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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 31 Oct 2026, 14:24

Aran ED, Glenties Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland

54.99092, -8.52810

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time
12 months2 years5 years

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

1open for comments nearbyclose 11 Nov

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.

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 houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built

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 2.0 km
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: 71% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 57%
71% · 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 · 7 nearby, 3,872 council-wide

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 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 Aran ED, Glenties Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland with 6 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsRefusedNo decision yetApproved
    1. 1LEABGARROW, ARANMORE 2661850No decision yet · 1.7 km
    2. 2ILLION, ARRANMORE ISLAND 2660174Refused · 1.2 km
    3. 3ILLION, ARRANMORE ISLAND 2661660No decision yet · 1.2 km
    4. 4ILLION, ARRANMORE ISLAND 2661659No decision yet · 1.2 km
    5. 5PLUGHOGE, ARRANMORE ISLAND 2661672No decision yet · 1.5 km
    6. 6APHORT LOWER, APHORT 2550157Approved with conditions · 1.8 km
    Figure 3

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 2.0 km; the first closes 11 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-11 2661850: application received — (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHEDS AND (2) REFURBISHMENT, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH INSTALLATIONtoday5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 Nov30 Nov2661850: application received — (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHEDS AND (2) REFURBISHMENT, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH INSTALLATION · 1.7 km away · 2026-11-11
    Comments close
    • Comments close 11 Nov 202611 days left
      12661850 · application received — (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHEDS AND (2) REFURBISHMENT, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING…
      €20 to the council · 1.7 km away

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

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    • 1LEABGARROW , ARANMORE , CO. DONEGAL comments close 11 Nov 2026
      (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHEDS AND (2) REFURBISHMENT, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH…
      26618507 Oct 20261.7 km
    Every application within 2.0 km 11 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
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Smarty Pants Pre- school · Crèche16 Oct 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 859 m
    Kiddlywinks CC Limited · Crèche29 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 859 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
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register28 Oct 2026, 23:19open
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Donegal County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here0
    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 4

    This street block against the council

    44% of homes built before 1971 (council 21%). 87% owner-occupied (council 70%).

    Homes built before 1971
    44% · council 21%
    Homes built since 2001
    24% · council 36%
    Owner-occupied
    87% · council 70%
    Rented
    2% · council 23%
    Children under 15
    12% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    35% · council 18%
    Households with 2+ cars
    24% · council 42%
    Work mainly from home
    19% · council 11%
    This small area (132 people)Donegal

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057003001

    Nearest school
    1.9 km
    Sn Arainn Mhor Ii, 21 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Sn Arainn Mhor Ii · primary · 21 pupils · 1.9 km

    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. Application 1.7 km away open for comments until 11 Nov 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        Council
      2. 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
      Ballintra
      Electoral division
      Aran
      Electoral area
      Glenties
      Council
      Donegal County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 11 Nov 2026.
      • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 87% owner-occupied (council 70%); 54% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 44% drive to work (council 63%); population up 2% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 50 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
      • 11 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
      • 0 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
      What the terms mean 4 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.
      • 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.
      • 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 24
      SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
      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—
      dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
      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
      meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public31 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.031 Oct 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
      propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence31 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026
      gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
      tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register28 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 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, 14:24 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.