Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 29 Oct 2026, 18:05

Upper Main Street, Letterkenny Municipal District

54.95092, -7.73633

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 4 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (98%). 32 homes approved 429 m away haven't started.

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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.

4planning files on this houselatest 2025 98%of home extensions approved nearbyn=88 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 48 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–51 1open for comments nearbyclose 6 Nov 42homes approved nearby, not startednearest 80 m · 2561558

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 7 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 4 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
2561558 · garden room · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2031
approvedstartedsigned off
2025
2561499 · garden room · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?
2025
2561432 · garden room · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?
2025
2561165 · extension · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?

On this site

Yes

Protected or listed · inside the zone around a recorded monument (DG053-043004-); a building in the national heritage inventory (40502087)

Yes

Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Protected building2 within 100 m on the council's record (not republished); on the council's record (not republished)

Heritage inventoryOn this site house

Monument zoneOn this site Graveslab, Letterkenny; Graveslab, Letterkenny

Not on this site: 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

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	45	house; Hill Mount House
Monuments	9	Historic town; Bawn

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: 60 on the draft 2027 map; 60 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, SMR zones of notification, Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
SMR zones of notification	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:34	open
Records of Protected Structures	No licence stated · shown as a yes/no only	—	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
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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	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: 96% approved, and 1 in 7 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site26 decided · more info asked 15%

96% · 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 · 26 nearby, 3,858 council-wide

Figure 3

Letterkenny, file by file since 2021

14 of 14 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

89 files with "Letterkenny" 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 2 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

2 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Other	2	2	—

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	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 11 is asked for more information, which adds about 74 days. Building starts about 7 months after permission.

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

Calculated88 decided home extensions, 23 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. 5 of 13 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed2 decided

0 became permissions

Approvals appealed13 decided

5 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 6 in the last 12 months

501502 Granted · No. 5 Lower Main Street, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · 205 m
502158 Pending · Upper Main Street, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · 6 m
501952 Pending · 48 Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · 329 m
501727 Open · Lower Main Street, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · 380 m
500904 Refused · 52 Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal · 345 m
501011 Pending · Ramelton Road, Letterkenny Po, Co. Donegal · 436 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	28 Oct 2026, 23:11	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Upper Main Street, Letterkenny Municipal District with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedAppealEmpty land zoned for homesApproved

1CANAL ROAD, LETTERKENNY 2661823No decision yet · 405 m
2RAMELTON ROAD 2461761Approved, no sign building has started · 429 m
3PEARSE ROAD 2661166Approved, no sign building has started · 442 m
4Upper Main Street, Letterkenny 502158Appeal: no decision yet · 6 m
50.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 32 m
60.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 120 m
70.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 131 m
80.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 156 m
91.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 180 m
100.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 181 m
1163 UPPER MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY 2660765Approved with conditions · 94 m
126 ROSEMOUNT TERRACE, LETTERKENNY 2661474Approved with conditions · 101 m
13NO. 5 LOWER MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY 2660502Approved with conditions · 205 m
1415F LOWER MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY 2562279Approved with conditions · 239 m
1514 HIGH ROAD, LETTERKENNY 2661365Approved with conditions · 281 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 70 permissions since 2016, 10 show a start notice and 2 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.

Measured77 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 6 Nov 2026.

Comments closeHigh Court window ends

Comments close 6 Nov 20268 days left
12661823 · application received — CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER CAR SALES GARAGE AND PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED…
€20 to the council · 405 m away
Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 1 Dec 202633 days left
Grant permission
205 m away

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

Figure 8

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

32 homes 429 m away were approved Jul 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jul 2030.

Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

Sites that could change 12 within 500 m

Approved, not started 2

RAMELTON ROAD · 32 homes approved Jul 2025, not started · 429 m
PEARSE ROAD · 10 homes approved Oct 2026, not started · 442 m

Empty land zoned for homes 10

50.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 32 m
60.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 120 m
70.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 131 m
80.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 156 m
91.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 180 m
100.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 181 m
0.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 203 m
0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 208 m
0.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 216 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 219 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open

Figure 9

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 9 and 18 a year; busiest 2024. 94% 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 2026405 m

Every application within 500 m 16 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

126 ROSEMOUNT TERRACE , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING…
266147424 Sept 2026101 m
1514 HIGH ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF USE FROM LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS TO OFFICES ON GROUND FLOOR OF PREMISES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
266136510 Sept 2026281 m
3PEARSE ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF USE, CONVERSION, ALTERATION AND ROOF EXTENSION OF THE VACANT THIRD FLOOR OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL…
266116610 Sept 2026380 m
CHARLEY'S CAFÉ , PEARSE ROAD , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
(1) SINGLE STOREY ENTRANCE INTO THE CAFÉ, (2) MINOR ELEVATIONAL REVISIONS INCLUDING EXISTING SIGNAGE ON THE…
266113324 Sept 2026334 m
48 PORT ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
(1) DEMOLITION OF SMALL DOMESTIC SHED AT THE REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE…
266108930 Jul 2026329 m
COVEHILL , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
ERECTION OF A NEW FABRIC DOME OVER EXISTING TENNIS COURT, INCLUDING LIGHTWEIGHT STEEL SUBSTRUCTURE COVERED…
266078418 Jun 2026380 m
1163 UPPER MAIN STREET , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM CAFÉ / ANCILLARY USE TO 5 NO. APARTMENT UNITS AND ANCILLARY STORAGE SITUATED OVER…
266076518 Jun 202694 m
32 LOWER MAIN STREET , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL No decision yet
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ‘JOE’S GARDEN CENTRE’ BUILDING AND REAR GARAGE / SHED, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) NEW…
266065316 Apr 2026301 m
32 LOWER MAIN STREET , LETTERKENNY , LETTERKENNY URBAN Withdrawn or not valid
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 'JOE'S GARDEN CENTRE' BUILDING AND REAR GARAGE/SHED, (2) ERECTION OF NEW PUBLIC…
26605451 Apr 2026301 m
13NO. 5 LOWER MAIN STREET , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
VARIATION OF CONDITION NO. 8 OF PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61848 TO EXTEND PERMITTED OPENING HOURS
266050214 May 2026205 m
COLLEGE ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED, ANCILLARY GARDEN ROOM TO THE SOUTH OF THE PARENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL…
266050314 May 2026462 m
1415F LOWER MAIN STREET , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION (PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. L.79/04) TO A 2 BEDROOM…
256227926 Mar 20261 homes239 m
52 PORT ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Refused
REPLACEMENT OF 1 NO. ILLUMINATED 6.3M X 3.5M ADVERTISING DISPLAY WITH 1 NO. DIGITAL 6.28M X 3.4M ADVERTISING…
25621676 Feb 2026345 m
CLARKE'S NEWSAGENTS , 35 LOWER MAIN STREET , LETTERKENNY Approved with conditions
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY SECTION TO REAR OF SHOP AT GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR LEVELS, (2)…
256196923 Jul 2026299 m
LOWER MAIN STREET , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
(1) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLINGS NOS. 54, 58 & 62 TO FORM A NEW BAR / RESTAURANT AREA TO…
256191825 Jun 2026380 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Building work nearby 4 in the last 12 months

1 signed off as finished3 not signed off

Pearse Road, Letterkenny, Donegal · 9 Jun 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 2450211 · 319 m
Pearse Road, Letterkenny, Donegal, F92XRC3 · 11 May 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 428 m
Unit 10 Letterkenny Forte Retail Park, Letterkenny, Donegal, F92 NVR4 · 26 Feb 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/61367 · 492 m
Port Road, Letterkenny, Donegal, F92RV1F · 8 Dec 2025 · start notice signed off · 392 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 29 Oct 2026, 02:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open

Homes coming 42 not started

UPPER MAIN STREET · 198 homes · under appeal · runs out 27 Aug 2031 · 81 m
2RAMELTON ROAD · 32 homes · not started · runs out 1 Jul 2030 · 429 m
3PEARSE ROAD · 10 homes · not started · runs out 14 Oct 2031 · 442 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:02	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Coiste Forbartha Dhobhair Teo · Crèche	21 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 m
Learn and Play Preschool Letterkenny CDP · Crèche	1 Apr 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 m
Bee Kool Kidz Creche · Crèche	8 May 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 m
Bomany Nursery & Montessori School · Crèche	21 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 m
Fairytales Day Care · Crèche	29 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 m
First Five Early Years Education Ltd T/A Wonderyears Pergola · Crèche	27 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 m
First Steps Playgroup · Crèche	11 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 m
Child's Fun & Play Preschool · Crèche	9 Oct 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 98 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

Here304

Council middle0

Homes started

Here26

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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 02:33	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

16% owner-occupied (council 70%).

Homes built before 1971

17% · council 21%

Homes built since 2001

43% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

16% · council 70%

Rented

80% · council 23%

Children under 15

13% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

4% · council 18%

Households with 2+ cars

9% · council 42%

Work mainly from home

5% · council 11%

This small area (180 people)Donegal

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057107009

Bus

155 m

Market Sq · 974 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak

Nearest school

323 m

Loreto Secondary School, 938 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Loreto Secondary School · postprimary · 938 pupils · 323 m
S N Muire Gan Smal · primary · 480 pupils · 363 m
Scoil Choilmcille · primary · 658 pupils · 475 m
St Eunan's College · postprimary · 1003 pupils · 599 m
St Bernadette Spec Sch · primary · 129 pupils · 950 m

Stops 13

Market Sq · 974 · 155 m
Rosemount Lane · 290 · 0/hour at peak · 265 m
Library · 965, 974, 989 · 276 m
An Grianán · 974 · 0/hour at peak · 483 m
Pearse Rd · 989 · 496 m
Letterkenny Bus · 932A · 0/hour at peak · 550 m
Letterkenny Bus · 32, 480, 487, 491, 64 · 3/hour at peak · 594 m
Letterkenny Bus · 951 · 1/hour at peak · 605 m

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

Loreto Secondary School · 323 m-0.6% pupils (938)
S N Muire Gan Smal · 363 m+0.2% pupils (480)
Scoil Choilmcille · 475 m-0.5% pupils (658)
St Eunan's College · 599 m-1.1% pupils (1,003)
St Bernadette Spec Sch · 950 m+12.2% pupils (129) · 6 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 29 Oct 2026, 05:07

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	29 Oct 2026, 05:07	open
Council consultation portals	Public	29 Oct 2026, 01:01	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	29 Oct 2026, 02:14	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

Garden room (2561558) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
Next to a recorded monument: does digging need notice?
Ask for: Details of past works from the seller.
Seller · council
On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
Solicitor
Application 405 m away open for comments until 6 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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: Letterkenny
Electoral division: Letterkenny Urban
Electoral area: Letterkenny
Council: Donegal County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

4 applications on this site; latest 2561558, approved 2026, not started, runs out 2031.
Heritage-listed; monument zone; on the vacant land tax map.
12 sites nearby could change: 2 approved schemes, 10 empty zoned plots.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 6 Nov 2026.
42 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 32 at RAMELTON ROAD.
Rosemount Lane (bus 290) 265 m away: 2 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 80% rent (council 23%); 22% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 44% drive to work (council 63%); population up 19% since 2016.
2 home extensions within 250 m since 2026.

What the terms mean 8 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.
Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
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.

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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	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	29 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
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR zones)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	29 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	28 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
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	29 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	29 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	29 Oct 2026
services2.arcgis.com	Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures)	No licence stated · flag only	—
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 29 Oct 2026, 18:05 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.

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