Planning report · Donegal County Council · 1000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 06:53

Port Road, Letterkenny Municipal District

54.94982, -7.71663

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (100%). 1 application nearby open for comments.

See on the map Watch this area

Distance

250 m 500 m 1 km 2 km

Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Donegal County Council: zoning and council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2026 100%of home extensions approved nearbyn=58 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 48 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–51 1open for comments nearbyclose 6 Nov

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 48 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 5 months after
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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

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

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

2026
2661426 · extension · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2031
approvedstartedsigned off
2025
2560274 · demolition · approved 2025 · started, not signed off
approvedstartedsigned off

On this site

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Unifi texture Yarns Europe Limited (691 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 1.0 km

Within 1.0 km	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	7	Gortlee; Bus Eireann Bus Station
Monuments	5	Ringfort - unclassified; Ritual site - holy well

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. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 75 on the draft 2027 map; 75 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:21	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open

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: 100% approved, and 1 in 7 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site20 decided · more info asked 15%

100% · council 92%

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 · 20 nearby, 3,872 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballyraine, file by file since 2021

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

22 files with "Ballyraine" 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 · 2021–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Other	1	1	—

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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 48 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 91 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

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

Calculated58 decided home extensions, 15 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

0 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 4 of 12 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed2 decided

0 became permissions

Approvals appealed12 decided

4 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 5 in the last 12 months

501436 Refused · PORT ROAD , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY · 112 m
324533 Pending · Ballyraine, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · 510 m
324272 Pending · all routed along the electoral divisions of Dooish, Stranorlar,… · 607 m
501011 Pending · Ramelton Road, Letterkenny Po, Co. Donegal · 972 m
324104 Pending · Oatlands, Ramelton Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 V0DK · 903 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	30 Oct 2026, 23:12	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Port Road, Letterkenny Municipal District with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsAppealBuilding startedEmpty land zoned for homesApproved

1CANAL ROAD, LETTERKENNY 2661823No decision yet · 917 m
2PORT ROAD, BALLYRAINE 501436Appeal: refused · 112 m
3Polestar Roundabout, Letterkenny 2560274Building started · 25 m
44.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 38 m
50.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 241 m
67.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 278 m
70.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 278 m
87.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 313 m
90.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 320 m
10TESLA EV CHARGING HUB, THE MOUNT ERRIGAL HOTEL 2561989Approved with conditions · 249 m
11ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, PORT ROAD 2660065Approved with conditions · 301 m
12LETTERKENNY CAMPUS OF ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DONEGAL, PORT ROAD 2660054Approved with conditions · 307 m
1310 ORCHARD GROVE, BALLYRAINE 2660976Approved with conditions · 357 m
14HARMON HOUSE, BALLYRAINE ROAD 2660075Approved with conditions · 384 m
1527 ORCHARD GROVE, BALLYRAINE 2561964Approved with conditions · 468 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 28 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 3 have a completion certificate.

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.

Measured34 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 1.0 km; the first closes 5 Nov 2026.

Comments closeHigh Court window ends

Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 5 Nov 20265 days left
Refuse permission
112 m away
Comments close 6 Nov 20266 days left
12661823 · application received — CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER CAR SALES GARAGE AND PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED…
€20 to the council · 917 m away

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

Sites that could change 10 within 1.0 km

Empty land zoned for homes 10

44.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 38 m
50.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 241 m
67.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 278 m
70.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 278 m
87.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 313 m
90.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 320 m
0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 378 m
1.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 438 m
0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 513 m
0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 526 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 2 and 8 a year; busiest 2022. 85% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

1CANAL ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL comments close 6 Nov 2026
CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER CAR SALES GARAGE AND PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED RETAIL / SHOP…
26618232 Oct 2026917 m

Every application within 1.0 km 23 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

PORT ROAD , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY No decision yet
(1) CONTAINER WHICH IS USED AS AN OFFICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON SITE, (2) FIRST FLOOR BEDROOMS TO…
266178425 Sept 2026111 m
PORT ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
AMENDMENTS TO CONDITION NO. 4 OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 2560274 / ACP REF. 323552-25 TO ALLOW FOR AN…
266142617 Sept 20260 m
1310 ORCHARD GROVE , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
ERECTION OF A 1 BEDROOM MODULAR HOME TO BE USED AS AUXILIARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE MAIN HOUSE AND ALL EXISTING…
266097616 Jul 20261 homes357 m
10 ORCHARD GROVE , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY Withdrawn or not valid
ERECTION OF A 1 BEDROOM MODULAR HOME TO BE USED AS AUXILIARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE MAIN HOUSE AND ALL EXISTING…
266086614 May 2026357 m
25 CRUACH NA CILLE , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY END TERRACE DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK), RELATED TO…
266051114 May 20261 homes632 m
PORT ROAD , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
RETENTION AND CONTINUED USE OF AN EXISTING GUESTHOUSE FOR EMERGENCY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR HOMELESS…
266047614 May 2026112 m
NO. 46 BALLYRAINE PARK , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
REFURBISHMENT, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
265004230 Apr 2026488 m
LECK ROAD BUSINESS PARK , DRUMNAHOAGH , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BUILDING FROM AGRICULTURAL STORAGE BUILDING TO A BUILDING USED FOR COMMERCIAL…
266039722 Oct 2026900 m
LECK ROAD BUSINESS PARK , DRUMNAHOAGH , LETTERKENNY Withdrawn or not valid
RETENTION OF THE CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING FROM AN APPROVED AGRICULTIURAL STORAGE TO A BUILDING…
26603669 Mar 2026856 m
25 CRUACH NA CILLE , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY Withdrawn or not valid
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY END TERRACE DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) (PLANNING REF. NOS.…
266029427 Feb 20261 homes632 m
PORT ROAD , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY PO Withdrawn or not valid
RETENTION AND CONTINUED USE OF AN EXISTING GUESTHOUSE FOR EMERGENCY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR HOMELESS…
266023718 Feb 2026111 m
NO. 43 ORCHARD GROVE , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60112 ON AN INFILL SITE
266015426 Mar 20261 homes661 m
OATLANDS , RAMELTON ROAD , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO COMMUNITY DWELLING HOME FOR THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL…
266008718 Jun 2026880 m
14HARMON HOUSE , BALLYRAINE ROAD , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
REFURBISHMENT WORKS TO HARMON HOUSE - A BUNGALOW THAT FACES ON TO THE BALLYRAINE ROAD, TO INCLUDE (1)…
266007512 Mar 2026384 m
11ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY , PORT ROAD , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE CURRENT GYM LOCATED IN THE EXISTING ATU SPORTS CENTRE (AN DÁNLANN) AT THE…
26600656 Mar 2026301 m
12LETTERKENNY CAMPUS OF ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DONEGAL , PORT ROAD , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. SMALL EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING MAIN CAMPUS BUILDING, BUILT ON 2 EXTERNAL TERRACES TO…
266005412 Mar 2026307 m
LECK ROAD BUSINESS PARK , DRUMNAHOAGH , LETTERKENNY Refused
ERECTION OF A NEW COMMERCIAL SHED WITHIN EXISTING BUSINESS PARK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE…
266005110 Sept 2026856 m
CASH AND CARRY STORE , PORT ROAD , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
(1) RETENTION OF SINGLE STOREY DISPATCH EXTENSION TO EXISTING WAREHOUSE AND PORTABLE REFRIGERATION…
266001924 Apr 2026473 m
GORTLEE , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING PROPERTY (FORMERLY A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING) FROM UNAUTHORISED GUESTHOUSE TO…
256202915 Jan 20261 homes517 m
10TESLA EV CHARGING HUB , THE MOUNT ERRIGAL HOTEL , BALLYRAINE LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
INSTALLATION OF HIGH-POWER ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTING OF THE…
256198915 Jan 2026249 m
1527 ORCHARD GROVE , BALLYRAINE , LETTERKENNY PO Approved with conditions
ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
256196419 Dec 2025468 m
CERTA LETTERKENNY , PORT ROAD , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
(1) 3 NO. MODULAR STRUCTURES FOR STAFF FACILITIES, FUEL SALES AND TOILETS, (2) 5 NO. ABOVE GROUND SELF-BUNDED…
256193019 Dec 2025718 m

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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open

Building work nearby 5 in the last 12 months

4 not signed off1 no sign-off needed

3Polestar Roundabout, Letterkenny, Donegal · 29 Jun 2026 · start notice not signed off · 2560274 · 25 m
Pearse Road, Letterkenny, Donegal · 9 Jun 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 2450211 · 981 m
GORTLEE, Letterkenny, Donegal · 21 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560261 · 598 m
Unit 10 Letterkenny Forte Retail Park, Letterkenny, Donegal, F92 NVR4 · 26 Feb 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/61367 · 827 m
3 Port Road, Letterkenny, Donegal · 20 Feb 2026 · start notice not signed off · 2460016 · 601 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:56

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Wonderyears CS · Crèche	14 Aug 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	401 m

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.

Sources: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 23:19

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	28 Oct 2026, 23:19	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Donegal County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here20

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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

25% owner-occupied (council 70%).

Homes built before 1971

21% · council 21%

Homes built since 2001

15% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

25% · council 70%

Rented

7% · council 23%

Children under 15

39% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

10% · council 18%

Households with 2+ cars

17% · council 42%

Work mainly from home

7% · council 11%

This small area (372 people)Donegal

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057106007

Road noise

65–69 dB

day–night average (EPA 2022)

Bus

300 m

ATU Letterkenny · 264, 290, 32 · busiest stop within 500 m: 3 an hour at peak

Nearest school

327 m

S N Baile Raighin, 215 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

S N Baile Raighin · primary · 215 pupils · 327 m

Stops 12

ATU Letterkenny · 264, 290, 32, 480, 64, 953 · 2/hour at peak · 300 m
ATU Letterkenny · 264, 32, 480, 64, 953, 959 · 3/hour at peak · 328 m
Ballyraine Sch · 989 · 383 m
ATU Ballyraine · 989 · 0/hour at peak · 506 m
Letterkenny SC · 961 · 599 m

Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

S N Baile Raighin · 327 m-3.2% pupils (215) · temporary classrooms 2025, approved with conditions

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:02	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 05:04	open
Council consultation portals	Public	31 Oct 2026, 01:06	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	31 Oct 2026, 02:21	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC 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 maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Demolition (2560274) started Jun 2026, never signed off: is it finished?
Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Extension (2661426) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
Application 917 m away open for comments until 6 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
Building work started 25 m away: for how long?
Ask for: The planning conditions for 2560274.
Agent · council
Mapped at 65–69 dB from road traffic: will you hear it inside?
Ask for: A visit at rush hour (and at night), and the windows' glazing specification.
Visit at rush hour
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: Ballyraine
Electoral division: Letterkenny Rural
Electoral area: Letterkenny
Council: Donegal County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

1 job on this site started but never signed off as finished.
Not protected; no vacant land tax.
10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 6 Nov 2026.
ATU Letterkenny (bus 264, 32) 328 m away: 3 an hour at morning peak; 5 from all stops within 500 m.
Noise from road traffic mapped at 65–69 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
Here (2022 census): 24% owner-occupied (council 70%); 6% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 1981–1990; 43% drive to work (council 63%); population up 7% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.

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.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
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.

Sources and licences 27

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
EPA strategic noise maps	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council	—	CC BY 4.0	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
National Transport Authority	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	31 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	30 Oct 2026
cso.ie	—	CC BY 4.0	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	—	CC BY 4.0	—
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	31 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	31 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	28 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026

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 31 Oct 2026, 06:53 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.

Something wrong with this page?