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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 30 Oct 2026, 15:39

Kilmacrennan

55.02765, -7.77281

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024. 12 homes approved 467 m away haven't started.

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

1planning file on this houselatest 202450 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 45–560open for comments nearbywithin 500 m12homes approved nearby, not startednearest 467 m · 2562295

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. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024.

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. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of BallykeeranBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2024: 2450074 · erection of mixed, withdrawn or invalid2021: 5 files on Ballykeeran2022: 1 file on Ballykeeran2024: 1 file on Ballykeeran2026: 2 files on Ballykeeran9 files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. 2024
    2450074 · erection of mixed · withdrawn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.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Kilmacrennan (628 m)

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), EPA licensed facilities (LEAP), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 23:21
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed facilities (LEAP)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:21open
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: 88% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site25 decided · more info asked 48%
88% · 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 · 25 nearby, 3,858 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballykeeran, file by file since 2021

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

9 planning files on Ballykeeran since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2022 · side · approved · 2250846Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2150261No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2150719No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2151042No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2152609No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460662No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2661122New house in a side gardenNo number · 2021 · new house · approved · 2150988No number · 2026 · new house · approved · 2660113
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

9 files with "Ballykeeran" 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 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 45–56 (n=14)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off67% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated15 decided home extensions, 6 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed1 decided
    1 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 Kilmacrennan with 5 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedLarge schemeApproved
    1. 1KILMACRENNAN 2562295Approved, no sign building has started · 467 m
    2. 2ARD NA GLAISE, MASSREAGH 2660849No decision yet · 206 m
    3. 3BALLYKEERAN, KILMACRENNAN 2661122Approved with conditions · 48 m
    4. 4MASSREAGH, KILMACRENNAN 2660934Approved with conditions · 438 m
    5. 5ARD NA GLAISE, KILMACRENNAN 2650034Approved with conditions · 450 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 19 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

    20 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 19 approved, 1 refused. After appeals: 19 approved. Of those: 2 signed off, 2 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 11 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT19: lodged → approved1: lodged → refused19: approved → approved1: refused → refused11: approved → no start notice found2: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off2: approved → signed off3: approved → ran out20 lodged20 lodged19 approved19 approved1 refused1 refused19 approved19 approved1 refused1 refused11 no start notice found11 no start notice found2 built, owner opted out2 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off2 signed off2 signed off3 ran out3 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.

    Measured20 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

      Figure 8

      Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

      12 homes 467 m away were approved Aug 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Aug 2031.

      KILMACRENNAN · 12 homes: 12 homes approved Aug 2026, not started202420252026202720282029203020312032KILMACRENNAN · 12 homes467 m · 256229512 homes approved Aug 2026, not started12 homes approved Aug 2026, not startedtoday

      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 1 within 500 m

      Approved, not started 1

      • KILMACRENNAN · 12 homes approved Aug 2026, not started · 467 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 9

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 2 and 4 a year; busiest 2022. 95% of decisions were approvals.

      2021: 6, 2022: 4, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 3, 2026: 305102021: 6 approved6’21*2022: 4 approved4’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved2024: 1 refused2’242025: 3 approved3’252026: 3 approved3’26*
      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 6 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 3 in the last 12 months
      3 not signed off
      • Ard Na Glaise, Kilmacrennan, Donegal · 29 Jun 2026 · 20 homes · start notice not signed off · PART 8 – PG 24/16 · 469 m
      • Ard Na Glaise, Kilmacrennan, Donegal · 29 Jun 2026 · 20 homes · start notice not signed off · PART 8 – PG 24/16 · 492 m
      • Ard Na Glaise, Kilmacrennan, Donegal · 29 Jun 2026 · 20 homes · start notice not signed off · PART 8 – PG 24/16 · 481 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 12 not started
      • 1KILMACRENNAN · 12 homes · not started · runs out 25 Aug 2031 · 467 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
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Donegal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here12
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here34
      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 10

      This street block against the council

      84% owner-occupied (council 70%).

      Homes built before 1971
      12% · council 21%
      Homes built since 2001
      57% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      84% · council 70%
      Rented
      8% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      24% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      9% · council 18%
      Households with 2+ cars
      61% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      6% · council 11%
      This small area (372 people)Donegal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057100002/057100001

      Road noise
      55–59 dB
      day–night average (EPA 2022)
      Bus
      153 m
      Kilmacrennan · 965 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak
      Nearest school
      536 m
      S N Naomh Colmchille, 231 pupils
      Schools, stops and the council

      Schools

      • S N Naomh Colmchille · primary · 231 pupils · 536 m

      Stops 6

      • Kilmacrennan · 965 · 0/hour at peak · 153 m
      • Kilmacrennan · 965 · 0/hour at peak · 249 m
      • Kilmacrennan · 964 · 424 m
      • Kilmacrennan · 964 · 425 m
      • Kilmacrennan · 932, 932A · 1/hour at peak · 535 m
      • Kilmacrennan · 932, 932A · 538 m

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

      • S N Naomh Colmchille · 536 m+1.3% pupils (231) · temporary classrooms 2026, 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 30 Oct 2026, 05:03
      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
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 05:03open
      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
      Ballykeeran
      Electoral division
      Kilmacrenan
      Electoral area
      Milford
      Council
      Donegal County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 2450074, withdrawn.
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 1 site nearby could change: 1 approved scheme.
      • 12 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 12 at KILMACRENNAN.
      • Kilmacrennan (bus 965) 153 m away: 3 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
      • Noise from road traffic mapped at 55–59 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
      • Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 70%); 18% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 70% drive to work (council 63%); population up 2% since 2016.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 52 days (about 7 weeks); 36% are asked for more information.
      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.
      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 4.023 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—
      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
      data.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)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)Public30 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.030 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 licence30 Oct 2026
      services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
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      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 30 Oct 2026, 15:39 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.