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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 14:59

Letterkenny Municipal District

54.98705, -7.78024

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

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

3planning files on this houselatest 20260open 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
  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. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

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 GortnacorribBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2026: 2660261 · change of use, approved2023: 2251936 · demolition, approved2021: 2151862 · demolition, withdrawn or invalid2021: 1 file on Gortnacorrib2022: 1 file on Gortnacorrib2023: 2 files on Gortnacorrib2024: 1 file on Gortnacorrib2026: 2 files on Gortnacorrib7 files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. 2026
    2660261 · change of use · approved 2026 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2023
    2251936 · demolition · approved 2023 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  3. 2021
    2151862 · demolition · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
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.
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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
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: 91% approved, and 1 in 4 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site11 decided · more info asked 27%
91% · 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 · 11 nearby, 3,872 council-wide

Figure 3

Gortnacorrib, file by file since 2021

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 3.

7 planning files on Gortnacorrib since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2026 · first-floor · approved · 2661685Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2350812No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2351130No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660261New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 2152028No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 2251936No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2461860
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

7 files with "Gortnacorrib" 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
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
Dormer or attic11—

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
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Letterkenny Municipal District with 3 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingBuilding startedApproved
    1. 1THE CORNER HOUSE, GORTNACORRIB 2661685Approved with conditions · 187 m
    2. 2GORTNACORRIB, Letterkenny 2461860Building started · 84 m
    3. 3GORTNACORRIB, LETTERKENNY 2660261Approved with conditions · 11 m
    Figure 4

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 10 permissions since 2016, 6 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    10 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 10 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 10 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 4 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 3 with no start notice found, 1 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT10: lodged → approved10: approved → approved3: approved → no start notice found4: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off1: approved → ran out10 lodged10 lodged10 approved10 approved10 approved10 approved3 no start notice found3 no start notice found4 built, owner opted out4 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off1 ran out1 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.

    Measured10 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 19 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-19 2661685: CONDITIONAL — (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY KITCHEN EXTENSION TO THE WEST (23M2) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY EXTENtoday5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov2661685: CONDITIONAL — (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY KITCHEN EXTENSION TO THE WEST (23M2) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY EXTEN · 187 m away · 2026-11-19
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 19 Nov 202619 days left
      12661685 · CONDITIONAL — (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY KITCHEN EXTENSION TO THE WEST (23M2) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 187 m away

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

    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2023. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2026: 205102021: 2 approved2’21*2022: 2 approved2’222023: 3 approved3’232024: 1 approved1’242026: 2 approved2’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 500 m 2 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 31 Oct 2026, 05:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    1 no sign-off needed
    • 2GORTNACORRIB, Letterkenny, Donegal · 28 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2461860 · 84 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
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Donegal County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here4
    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
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 02:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.031 Oct 2026, 05:04open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    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 31 Oct 2026, 02:21
        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 portalsPublic31 Oct 2026, 01:06open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public31 Oct 2026, 02:21open
        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. Change of use (2660261): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
          Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Demolition (2251936) built without official sign-off: built properly?
          Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        3. Decision 187 m away can be appealed until 19 Nov 2026: appeal?
          Ask for: The decision on the council's website (€220 to appeal).
          Council
        4. Building work started 84 m away: for how long?
          Ask for: The planning conditions for 2461860.
          Agent · council
        5. 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
        Gortnacorrib
        Electoral division
        Edenacarnan
        Electoral area
        Letterkenny
        Council
        Donegal County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 3 applications on this site; latest 2660261, approved 2026, work already done.
        • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • 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.
        • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 51 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
        • 2 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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        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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.031 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)Public31 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher30 Oct 2026
        cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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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 31 Oct 2026, 14:59 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.