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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 17 Oct 2026, 07:18

175 The Beeches

54.79005, -7.77201

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (96%).

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3planning files on this houselatest 201996%of home extensions approved nearbyn=51 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs46 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 43–500open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 46 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 6 months after
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 2001–2010. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of NavennyBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2019: 1950836 · extension, approved2019: 1950235 · garage, approved2018: 1851232 · garage, withdrawn or invalid2018: 3 files on Navenny2019: 2 files on Navenny2020: 1 file on Navenny2021: 1 file on Navenny2022: 1 file on Navenny2023: 3 files on Navenny2024: 3 files on Navenny2025: 2 files on Navenny2026: 1 file on Navenny17 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

  1. 2019
    1950836 · extension · approved 2019 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2019
    1950235 · garage · approved 2019 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  3. 2018
    1851232 · garage · withdrawn
    approved?startedsigned off?
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 7 on the draft 2027 map; 7 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 84% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site37 decided · more info asked 35%
84% · council 90%
Approved nearbyDonegal overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 37 nearby, 5,763 council-wide

Figure 3

Navenny, file by file since 2018

6 of 6 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

17 planning files on Navenny since 2018, by kind and decision.201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2018 · single-storey rear · approved · 1851016No. 175 · 2019 · first-floor · approved · 1950836No number · 2020 · other extension · approved · 2050898No. 35 · 2023 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 2350302No number · 2024 · garage conversion · approved · 2461800No number · 2025 · rear · approved · 2561159Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2018 · other work · refused · 1850413No. 175 · 2019 · other work · approved · 1950235No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2151716No. 98 · 2022 · other work · approved · 2250998No. 98 · 2023 · other work · approved · 2351508No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2352015No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460058No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460887No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560354No. 73 · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660058New house in a side gardenNo number · 2018 · new house · approved · 1851989
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

17 files with "Navenny" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2018–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 46 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 67 days. Building starts about 6 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 46 days; If more info asked (1 in 5): 113 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 188 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 46 days, middle half 43–50 (n=41)46 daysIf more info asked (1 in 5)With further information: median 113 days (n=10)113 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 188 days after permission (n=13)188 days after permissionSigned off23% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated51 decided home extensions, 13 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed5 decided
    1 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    • 324568 Pending · County Donegal · 184 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher17 Oct 2026, 01:34open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around 175 The Beeches with 8 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseAppealEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1County Donegal 324568Appeal: no decision yet · 184 m
    2. 26.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 206 m
    3. 30.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 248 m
    4. 42.8 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 255 m
    5. 55.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 364 m
    6. 61.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 442 m
    7. 710.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 0 m
    8. 8NO. 72/73 THE BEECHES, NAVENNY 2660058Approved with conditions · 283 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    17 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 17 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 5 started, 8 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved17: approved → approved8: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out5: approved → started, not signed off3: approved → ran out17 lodged17 lodged17 approved17 approved17 approved17 approved8 no start notice found8 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out5 started, not signed off5 started, not signed off3 ran out3 ran out

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured17 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

      Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

      Sites that could change 6 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 6

      • 26.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 206 m
      • 30.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 248 m
      • 42.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 255 m
      • 55.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 364 m
      • 61.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 442 m
      • 710.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 m

      Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 6 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 6, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 105102018: 3 approved3’18*2019: 2 approved2’192020: 1 approved1’202022: 1 approved1’222023: 6 approved6’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 2 approved2’252026: 1 approved1’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 1 in the last 12 months

      See every application on the map

      How we work this out
      Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
      Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off
      • The Beeches, Ballybofey, Donegal · 6 Mar 2026 · 34 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/52015 · 240 m
      How we work this out
      Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.
      Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 01:09
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      Homes coming 0 not started
      • NAVENNY · 34 homes · building started · 236 m
      How we work this out
      Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:01open
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Estate: The Beeches · 14 applications in 10 years · 91% approved

      How we work this out
      Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.
      Source: Housing estates · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 20:18
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 20:18open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Donegal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here34
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here48
      Council middle2
      How we work this out
      Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
      Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:05
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 01:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.017 Oct 2026, 02:05open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      0% of homes built before 1971 (council 21%). 42% owner-occupied (council 70%).

      Homes built before 1971
      0% · council 21%
      Homes built since 2001
      81% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      42% · council 70%
      Rented
      55% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      28% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      4% · council 18%
      Households with 2+ cars
      36% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      10% · council 11%
      This small area (225 people)Donegal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057102004

      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      None nearby.

        Stops 0

          Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 02:12
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          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          Council consultation portalsPublic17 Oct 2026, 01:36open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public17 Oct 2026, 02:12open
          Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
          cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
          National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
          Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
          dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
          EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
          Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
          Question 6

          What to ask, and who

          1. Extension (1950836) built without official sign-off: built properly?
            Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. Garage (1950235): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
            Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          3. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
            Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
            Solicitor
          4. Any work done without planning permission?
            Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
            Seller · solicitor
          Reference

          Where this is, the terms, the sources

          Townland
          Navenny
          Electoral division
          Knock
          Electoral area
          Lifford-Stranorlar
          Council
          Donegal County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 3 applications on this site; latest 1950836, approved 2019, started, no sign-off needed.
          • Not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
          • 6 sites nearby could change: 6 empty zoned plots.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 55% rent (council 23%); 6% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 73% drive to work (council 63%); population up 6% since 2016.
          • The council decides in a median 50 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
          • Homes started within 1 km: 35 in the last year, 1 three years before.
          • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          What the terms mean 7 terms
          • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
          • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
          • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
          • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
          • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
          • Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
          • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
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          Measured
          counted from a public register
          Calculated
          a rate or median we worked out from those counts
          Our classification
          we sorted it by reading each description
          Estimate
          inferred from another source (census, map data)
          Rule summary
          the law, simplified: check before relying on it
          How we work this out
          Generated 17 Oct 2026, 07:18 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.