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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 30 Oct 2026, 08:48

Letterkenny Municipal District

54.97191, -7.76309

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s.

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

50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–510open 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 50 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  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.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of KillyclugBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2022: 6 files on Killyclug2023: 1 file on Killyclug2024: 3 files on Killyclug2025: 1 file on Killyclug2026: 5 files on Killyclug16 files

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

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

On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
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.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
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. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 22 on the draft 2027 map; 22 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
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: 97% approved, and 1 in 8 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site39 decided · more info asked 13%
97% · 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 · 39 nearby, 3,858 council-wide

Figure 3

Killyclug, file by file since 2022

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 5 of 5.

16 planning files on Killyclug since 2022, by kind and decision.20222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 22 · 2022 · rear · approved · 2250226No. 6 · 2022 · rear · approved · 2251813Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2250485No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 2250608No number · 2022 · other work · refused · 2251785No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2251951No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2350109No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2461711No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2461986No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660357No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2661176New house in a side gardenNo. 59 · 2024 · new house · approved · 245013259No. 35 · 2025 · new house · approved · 256213735No. 52 · 2026 · new house · approved · 266058952No. 53 · 2026 · new house · approved · 2660590No. 38 · 2026 · new house · approved · 2660755
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

16 files with "Killyclug" 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 · 2022–2026

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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 44–51 (n=10)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off0% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated11 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

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

    Refusals appealed2 decided
    2 became permissions
    Approvals appealed4 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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Letterkenny Municipal District with 12 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseLarge schemeEmpty land zoned for homesApproved
    1. 1KILLYCLUG, LETTERKENNY 2660444No decision yet · 63 m
    2. 24.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 68 m
    3. 30.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 134 m
    4. 40.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 149 m
    5. 51.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 203 m
    6. 63.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 212 m
    7. 71.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 282 m
    8. 835 GLEÁNN EADÁN, KILLYCLUG 2562137Approved with conditions · 230 m
    9. 9NO. 38 GLEANN EADAN, KILLYCLUG 2660755Approved with conditions · 246 m
    10. 1052 GLEÁNN EADÁN, KILLYCLUG 2660589Approved with conditions · 292 m
    11. 1153 GLEÁNN EADÁN, KILLYCLUG 2660590Approved with conditions · 299 m
    12. 12KILLYLASTIN, LETTERKENNY 2660846Approved with conditions · 445 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 20 permissions since 2016, 7 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate.

    21 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 19 approved, 2 refused. After appeals: 20 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 4 started, 13 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT19: lodged → approved2: lodged → refused18: approved → approved1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal2 refused by the council, approved after an appeal13: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out4: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off21 lodged21 lodged19 approved19 approved2 refused2 refused20 approved20 approved1 refused1 refused13 no start notice found13 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out4 started, not signed off4 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off

    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.

    Measured21 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 10 within 500 m

      Empty land zoned for homes 10

      • 24.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 68 m
      • 30.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 134 m
      • 40.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 149 m
      • 51.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 203 m
      • 63.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 212 m
      • 71.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 282 m
      • 0.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 298 m
      • 0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 326 m
      • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 326 m
      • 0.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 344 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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
      Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
      Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
      Figure 8

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 5 a year; busiest 2024. 90% of decisions were approvals.

      2022: 6, 2023: 3, 2024: 5, 2025: 2, 2026: 505102022: 4 approved2022: 2 refused6’22*2023: 3 approved3’232024: 5 approved5’242025: 2 approved2’252026: 5 approved5’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2022 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 8 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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
      Building work nearby 4 in the last 12 months
      1 not signed off3 no sign-off needed
      • 38 Gleánn Eadán, Letterkenny, Donegal · 26 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2660755 · 258 m
      • An Clárach, Letterkenny, Donegal · 16 Jul 2026 · 25 homes · start notice not signed off · 26/60357 & 24/61711 · 317 m
      • 34 Gleánn Eadán, Letterkenny, Donegal · 15 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2562137 · 249 m
      • 1 An Clárach, Letterkenny, Donegal · 23 Jan 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 381 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 30 Oct 2026, 02:44
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
      Homes coming 0 not started
      • AN CLÁRACH · 38 homes · building started · 291 m
      • KILLYCLUG · 20 homes · building started · 418 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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
      Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Donegal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here218
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here238
      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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 02:44open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      85% owner-occupied (council 70%).

      Homes built before 1971
      12% · council 21%
      Homes built since 2001
      48% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      85% · council 70%
      Rented
      8% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      25% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      12% · council 18%
      Households with 2+ cars
      66% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      11% · council 11%
      This small area (406 people)Donegal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057062002/057062005

      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 30 Oct 2026, 02:17
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
          Council consultation portalsPublic30 Oct 2026, 01:04open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public30 Oct 2026, 02:17open
          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. 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
          Killyclug
          Electoral division
          Edenacarnan
          Electoral area
          Letterkenny
          Council
          Donegal County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 85% owner-occupied (council 70%); 5% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 70% drive to work (council 63%); population up 10% since 2016.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 51 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
          • Homes started within 1 km: 86 in the last year, 27 three years before.
          • 8 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 93%).
          • 238 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          What the terms mean 5 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.
          • 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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          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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.023 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
          dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public30 Oct 2026
          www2.courts.ie—© the publisher29 Oct 2026
          cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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          services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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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 30 Oct 2026, 08:48 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.