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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 12 Oct 2026, 23:36

N56

55.17412, -7.92811

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2024. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (95%).

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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.
3planning files on this houselatest 202495%of home extensions approved nearbyn=55 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–520open 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. 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. Here about 3 months after
  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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations. 3 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 1991–2000. 3 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of RockhillBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1991–2000 (census estimate)most built2024: 2450095 · new house, refused2019: 1950500 · new house, approved2017: 1751213 · garden room, withdrawn or invalid2017: 2 files on Rockhill2019: 3 files on Rockhill2020: 1 file on Rockhill2021: 8 files on Rockhill2022: 3 files on Rockhill2023: 1 file on Rockhill2024: 3 files on Rockhill2025: 5 files on Rockhill2026: 1 file on Rockhill27 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
    2450095 · new house · refused 2024
    approvedstarted?signed off?
  2. 2019
    1950500 · new house · approved 2019 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
  3. 2017
    1751213 · garden room · 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: Dunfanaghy-Portnablagh (929 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments3Ringfort - cashel; R177194
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, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
epa_leapCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 23:31open
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 12 Oct 2026, 00:09
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bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
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 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site35 decided · more info asked 54%
91% · 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 · 35 nearby, 5,750 council-wide

Figure 3

Rockhill, file by file since 2017

9 of 9 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 7 of 10.

27 planning files on Rockhill since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · first-floor · approved · 1751219No number · 2021 · first-floor · approved · 2150264No number · 2021 · other extension · approved · 2150371No number · 2021 · other extension · approved · 2151511No number · 2021 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 2152370No number · 2022 · first-floor · approved · 2251010No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 2560307No number · 2025 · other extension · approved · 2560416No. 1 · 2025 · attic conversion / dormer · approved · 2560891Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2150096No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2151578No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2152003No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2152473No number · 2022 · other work · approved · 2250540No number · 2023 · other work · approved · 2350249No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2560588No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660709New house in a side gardenNo number · 2017 · new house · approved · 1750599No number · 2019 · new house · refused · 1950392No number · 2019 · new house · approved · 1950500No number · 2019 · new house · approved · 1951537No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 2050377No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 2250310No number · 2024 · new house · refused · 2450095No. 2 · 2024 · new house · approved · 2450197No number · 2024 · new house · refused · 2460255No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2561962
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

27 files with "Rockhill" 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 · 2017–2026

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 12 Oct 2026, 01:44
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    npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
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    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
    npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 50 days. 1 in 4 is asked for more information, which adds about 91 days. Building starts about 3 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 50 days; If more info asked (1 in 4): 139 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 93 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 50 days, middle half 48–52 (n=40)50 daysIf more info asked (1 in 4)With further information: median 139 days (n=15)139 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 93 days after permission (n=13)93 days after permissionSigned off54% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated55 decided home extensions, 13 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 2 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed2 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 N56 with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseApproved
    1. 1THE COVE RESTAURANT, ROCKHILL 2660709Approved with conditions · 474 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 25 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    29 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 26 approved, 3 refused. After appeals: 25 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 3 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 12 with no start notice found, 9 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT26: lodged → approved3: lodged → refused25: approved → approved3: refused → refused1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal12: approved → no start notice found3: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off9: approved → ran out29 lodged29 lodged26 approved26 approved3 refused3 refused25 approved25 approved4 refused4 refused12 no start notice found12 no start notice found3 built, owner opted out3 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off9 ran out9 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.

    Measured29 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

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 7 a year; busiest 2021. 90% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2020: 3, 2021: 7, 2022: 3, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 5, 2026: 105102017: 3 approved3’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 2 approved2019: 1 refused3’192020: 3 approved3’202021: 7 approved7’212022: 3 approved3’222023: 1 approved1’232024: 2 refused2’242025: 5 approved5’252026: 1 approved1’26*
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 1 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 12 Oct 2026, 01:44
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
      acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • no. 5 The Glebe, Portnablagh, Donegal, F92 Y279 · 16 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/ 61459 · 336 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: bcms · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:09
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      bcmsCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
      0
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Donegal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here19
      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-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:09open
      npadCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 01:44open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      86% owner-occupied (council 70%).

      Homes built before 1971
      22% · council 21%
      Homes built since 2001
      33% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      86% · council 70%
      Rented
      11% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      8% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      53% · council 18%
      Households with 2+ cars
      31% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      31% · council 11%
      This small area (163 people)Donegal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057006006/057006008/057006009

      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
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          gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          consultpublic12 Oct 2026, 01:26open
          moderngovpublic12 Oct 2026, 01:27open
          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 (2450095) refused 2024: built anyway?
            Ask for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. New house (1950500) ran out unbuilt in 2024: built anyway?
            Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          3. 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
          Rockhill
          Electoral division
          Ards
          Electoral area
          Glenties
          Council
          Donegal County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 3 applications on this site; latest 2450095, refused 2024.
          • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 86% owner-occupied (council 70%); 82% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 1991–2000; 47% drive to work (council 63%); population up 11% since 2016.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 63 days (about 9 weeks); 47% are asked for more information.
          • 1 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          • 19 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          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.
          • 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.
          • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
          • 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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          Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
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          National Transport Authority—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 12 Oct 2026, 23:36 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.