Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 04:12

Fahan ED, Inishowen Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland

55.09146, -7.47633

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025. 2 applications nearby open for comments.

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

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

3planning files on this houselatest 2025 46 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 43–51 2open for comments nearbyclose 9 Nov–30 Nov

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 46 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council
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 2025.

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

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

2025
2560577 · new house · approved 2025 · work already done
approvedstartedsigned off?
2024
2460060 · new house · refused 2024
approvedstartedsigned off?
2023
2351750 · new house · withdrawn
approved?started?signed off?

On this site

Protected or listed · on the council's list

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 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	4	Fahan Catholic Chapel of Ease; bridge
Monuments	2	Flat cemetery; R176899

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), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:13	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:58	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

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: 84% approved, and 1 in 5 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site37 decided · more info asked 19%

84% · 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 · 37 nearby, 3,872 council-wide

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

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
First-floor	1	1	—

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 5 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 46 days.

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

Calculated18 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

1 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed2 decided

1 became permissions

Approvals appealed1 decided

0 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

Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months

501404 Refused · FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO · 257 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	4 Nov 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Fahan ED, Inishowen Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland with 9 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApprovedRefusedNo decision yet

1BALLYMACARRY LOWER LUDDAN LISFANNON FIGARY CARROWMULLIN CARRONTLIEVE GLEBE GLEBE LARGE CASTLEQUARTER MAGHERABEG TIEVEBANE CARNASHANNAGH INCH LEVEL CARROWNAMADDY & SPEENOGUE, INISHOWEN 2661837No decision yet · 114 m
2FIGARY, FAHAN 2661974No decision yet · 287 m
3CARRONTLIEVE CARROWMULLIN FIGARY, LISFANNAN LUDDAN & BALLYMACARRY LOWER 2562206Approved with conditions · 114 m
44 GOLLAN HILL, FAHAN 2661453Approved with conditions · 126 m
55 GOLLAN HILL, FAHAN 2661546Approved with conditions · 151 m
6FIGARY, FAHAN 2562240Approved with conditions · 201 m
7FIGARY, FAHAN 2650039Refused · 257 m
8FIGARY, FAHAN 2562135Approved with conditions · 340 m
9FIGARY, FAHAN 2661770No decision yet · 365 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 30 permissions since 2016, 8 show a start notice and 2 have a completion certificate.

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.

Measured35 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 6

The next 30 days

3 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 9 Nov 2026.

Comments closeHigh Court window ends

Comments close 9 Nov 20264 days left
12661837 · application received — A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 13 KILOMETRES OF STRATEGIC TRUNK…
€20 to the council · 114 m away
Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 16 Nov 202611 days left
Refuse permission
257 m away
Comments close 30 Nov 202625 days left
22661974 · application received — CHANGE OF DWELLING TYPE INCORPORATING A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND RELOCATION OF PROPOSED DWELLING…
€20 to the council · 287 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 5 and 10 a year; busiest 2024. 86% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

1BALLYMACARRY LOWER LUDDAN LISFANNON FIGARY CARROWMULLIN CARRONTLIEVE GLEBE GLEBE LARGE CASTLEQUARTER MAGHERABEG TIEVEBANE CARNASHANNAGH INCH LEVEL CARROWNAMADDY & SPEENOGUE , INISHOWEN , CO. DONEGAL comments close 9 Nov 2026
A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 13 KILOMETRES OF STRATEGIC TRUNK WATERMAIN TO REPLACE…
26618375 Oct 2026114 m
2FIGARY , FAHAN , CO. DONEGAL comments close 30 Nov 2026
CHANGE OF DWELLING TYPE INCORPORATING A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND RELOCATION OF PROPOSED DWELLING PREVIOUSLY…
266197425 Oct 20261 homes287 m

Every application within 500 m 12 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

9FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO No decision yet
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT…
266177024 Sept 20261 homes365 m
55 GOLLAN HILL , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO Approved with conditions
DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED, WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION (PLANNING…
26615461 Oct 20261 homes151 m
44 GOLLAN HILL , FAHAN , CO. DONEGAL Approved with conditions
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AND GROUND FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION, (2) RELOCATION OF FRONT PORCH,…
266145317 Sept 2026126 m
FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO Withdrawn or not valid
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING & DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM &…
266135822 Jul 2026365 m
7FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO Refused
(A) CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PRIMARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ALONG WITH…
265003930 Apr 20261 homes257 m
6FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO Approved with conditions
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER,…
25622406 Aug 20261 homes201 m
FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO Withdrawn or not valid
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER,…
256219411 Dec 20251 homes201 m
3CARRONTLIEVE CARROWMULLIN FIGARY , LISFANNAN LUDDAN & BALLYMACARRY LOWER , LIFFORD PO Approved with conditions
A TEN-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE EXISTING BUNCRANA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP)…
256220612 Feb 2026114 m
8FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO Approved with conditions
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HOUSES, WITH EACH DWELLING HAVING A SEPARATE VEHICULAR ACCESS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING…
256213520 Mar 2026340 m
FIGARY , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO Withdrawn or not valid
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER,…
25619488 Nov 20251 homes201 m

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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open

Building work nearby 3 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off2 no sign-off needed

3 Beacon Hill, Fahan, Donegal · 22 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2561389 · 454 m
Figary, Fahan, Donegal · 23 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2462009 · 355 m
9 Figary, Fahan, Donegal · 12 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2461312 · 373 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Donegal County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here11

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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

66% owner-occupied (council 70%).

Homes built before 1971

24% · council 21%

Homes built since 2001

48% · council 36%

Owner-occupied

66% · council 70%

Rented

20% · council 23%

Children under 15

10% · council 20%

Aged 65 and over

41% · council 18%

Households with 2+ cars

36% · council 42%

Work mainly from home

20% · council 11%

This small area (297 people)Donegal

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057063001

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 5 Nov 2026, 02:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:05	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Council consultation portals	Public	5 Nov 2026, 01:15	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	5 Nov 2026, 02:33	open
Land Development Agency public land register	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC 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 maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Keeping new house was refused (2460060, 2024): was it removed?
Ask for: Proof it was removed, or a later grant.
Seller · solicitor
New house (2560577): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Application 114 m away open for comments until 9 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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: Lisfannan
Electoral division: Fahan
Electoral area: Buncrana
Council: Donegal County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

3 applications on this site; latest 2560577, approved 2025, work already done.
Not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 9 Nov 2026.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 66% owner-occupied (council 70%); 43% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 57% drive to work (council 63%); population down 4% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
Around here the council decides in a median 46 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 5 is asked for more information.

What the terms mean 8 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.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
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.

Sources and licences 25

Source	Publisher	Licence	Fetched
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.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	5 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	4 Nov 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.com	Local authorities (derelict sites registers)	CC BY 4.0	2 Nov 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	5 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	Tailte Éireann	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors	CC BY 4.0	4 Oct 2026
propertypriceregister.ie	Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)	© PSRA, PSI licence	5 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 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 5 Nov 2026, 04:12 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.

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