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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 14 Oct 2026, 23:06

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

55.04878, -8.29005

Homes here mostly date from the 1980s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.
2planning files on this houselatest 202445 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–501open for comments nearbyclose 23 Oct

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 45 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 1981–90, after planning permission began and before building regulations (1992). 2 planning files 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 1981–1990. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of KnockastollerBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1981–1990 (census estimate)most built2024: 2450164 · new house, approved2021: 2051897 · alterations, approved2019: 1 file on Knockastoller2020: 1 file on Knockastoller2021: 1 file on Knockastoller2023: 2 files on Knockastoller2024: 2 files on Knockastoller2025: 1 file on Knockastoller8 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
    2450164 · new house · approved 2024 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2021
    2051897 · alterations · approved 2021 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned 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
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments2Standing stone; R176792
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: zoning, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
rzltCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
constraints.smrCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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: bcms, npad · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 00:33
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
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: 85% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site13 decided · more info asked 46%
85% · council 90%
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 · 13 nearby, 5,750 council-wide

Figure 3

Knockastoller, file by file since 2019

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

8 planning files on Knockastoller since 2019, by kind and decision.20192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2023 · rear · approved · 2351688Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2019 · other work · approved · 1950364No number · 2020 · other work · approved · 2051897No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2151320No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2450164No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2561978New house in a side gardenNo number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2351616No number · 2024 · new house · approved · 2461122
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

8 files with "Knockastoller" 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 · 2019–2026

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: npad, acp · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 45 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 45 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 45 days, middle half 44–50 (n=13)45 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off100% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated16 decided home extensions, 1 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Magheraclogher ED, Glenties Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland with 4 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1MEENADUFF, BUNBEG 2661740No decision yet · 442 m
    2. 2KNOCKASTOLLER, DERRYBEG 2561978Approved with conditions · 17 m
    3. 3CNOC AN STOLLAIRE, NA BUN BEAGA 2562130Approved with conditions · 28 m
    4. 4NO. 2 KNOCKASTOLLER, BUNBEG 2660787No decision yet · 399 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 12 permissions since 2016, 0 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    12 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 12 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 12 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 7 with no start notice found, 5 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT12: lodged → approved12: approved → approved7: approved → no start notice found5: approved → ran out12 lodged12 lodged12 approved12 approved12 approved12 approved7 no start notice found7 no start notice found5 ran out5 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.

    Measured12 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 23 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-23 2661740: application received — ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKStoday19 Oct24 Oct29 Oct3 Nov8 Nov13 Nov2661740: application received — ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS · 442 m away · 2026-10-23
    Comments close
    • Comments close 23 Oct 20269 days left
      12661740 · application received — ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL…
      €20 to the council · 442 m away

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

    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 3 a year; busiest 2020. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2019: 1, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 305102019: 1 approved1’19*2020: 3 approved3’202021: 1 approved1’212023: 2 approved2’232024: 2 approved2’242025: 3 approved3’25
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2019 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    • 1MEENADUFF , BUNBEG , LETTERKENNY PO comments close 23 Oct 2026
      ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED…
      266174018 Sept 20261 homes442 m
    Every application within 500 m 4 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 02:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Donegal County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here2
    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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 00:33open
    npadCC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026, 02:03open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    10% of homes built before 1971 (council 21%). 85% owner-occupied (council 70%).

    Homes built before 1971
    10% · council 21%
    Homes built since 2001
    33% · council 36%
    Owner-occupied
    85% · council 70%
    Rented
    7% · council 23%
    Children under 15
    19% · council 20%
    Aged 65 and over
    22% · council 18%
    Households with 2+ cars
    45% · council 42%
    Work mainly from home
    15% · council 11%
    This small area (211 people)Donegal

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057114011

    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 0

        Sources: gtfs, schools, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
        schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        consultpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
        moderngovpublic14 Oct 2026, 01:30open
        lda_landsCC-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. New house (2450164): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
          Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        2. Alterations (2051897) ran out unbuilt in 2026: built anyway?
          Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        3. Application 442 m away open for comments until 23 Oct 2026: comment?
          Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
          Council
        4. 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
        Knockastoller
        Electoral division
        Magheraclogher
        Electoral area
        Glenties
        Council
        Donegal County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
        • 2 applications on this site; latest 2450164, approved 2024, work already done.
        • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 23 Oct 2026.
        • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
        • Here (2022 census): 85% owner-occupied (council 70%); 33% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 1981–1990; 65% drive to work (council 63%); population up 3% since 2016.
        • Around here the council decides in a median 59 days (about 8 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
        • 4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
        What the terms mean 6 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.
        • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
        • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
        • 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.
        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-4.09 Oct 2026
        data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.013 Oct 2026
        data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…27 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | https:Local authorities (consultation portals)public14 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—all-rights-reserved14 Oct 2026
        cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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        services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026
        transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026
        lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
        meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)public14 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC-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 14 Oct 2026, 23:06 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.