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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 16 Oct 2026, 09:56

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

55.18985, -7.98505

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 8 planning files on this house, the latest from 2023.

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

8planning files on this houselatest 202349 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 44–520open 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 49 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 9 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 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 8 planning files on this house, the latest from 2023.

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. 8 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of LurgabrackBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2023: 2350406 · extension, approved2023: 2350042 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2023: 2350004 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2022: 2252011 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2020: 1951842 · new house, approved2019: 1951484 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2019: 1951262 · new house, withdrawn or invalid2018: 1850036 · new house, approved2017: 2 files on Lurgabrack2018: 1 file on Lurgabrack2019: 3 files on Lurgabrack2020: 3 files on Lurgabrack2021: 2 files on Lurgabrack2022: 4 files on Lurgabrack2023: 2 files on Lurgabrack2024: 1 file on Lurgabrack2025: 1 file on Lurgabrack2026: 1 file on Lurgabrack20 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. 2023
    2350406 · extension · approved 2023 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2023
    2350042 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?startedsigned off?
  3. 2023
    2350004 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?startedsigned off?
  4. 2022
    2252011 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?startedsigned off?
  5. 2020
    1951842 · new house · approved 2020 · started, not signed off
    approvedstartedsigned off
  6. 2019
    1951484 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  7. 2019
    1951262 · new house · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed off?
  8. 2018
    1850036 · new house · approved 2018 · 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
Heritage inventory buildings1Horn Head House
Monuments1House - 18th/19th century
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 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC 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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
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: 83% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site35 decided · more info asked 51%
83% · 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

Lurgabrack, file by file since 2017

4 of 4 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 11 of 11.

20 planning files on Lurgabrack since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2017 · two-storey rear · approved · 1751737No number · 2020 · other extension · approved · 2051417No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 2250297No number · 2022 · other extension · approved · 2250415Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2020 · other work · approved · 2051174No number · 2021 · other work · approved · 2150777No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2461055No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2561382No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660389New house in a side gardenNo number · 2017 · new house · approved · 1750055No number · 2018 · new house · approved · 1850036No number · 2019 · new house · approved · 1950293No number · 2019 · new house · approved · 1951425No number · 2019 · new house · approved · 1951842No number · 2020 · new house · approved · 2051041No number · 2021 · new house · approved · 2150153No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 2250399No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 2251253No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2350406No number · 2023 · new house · approved · 2351645
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

20 files with "Lurgabrack" 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 49 days. Building starts about 9 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 49 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 286 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 mo21 mo24 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 49 days, middle half 44–52 (n=20)49 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 286 days after permission (n=10)286 days after permissionSigned off50% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated25 decided home extensions, 10 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    2 of 8 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed8 decided
    2 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 Dunfanaghy ED, Glenties Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland with 1 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseNo decision yet
    1. 1LURGABRACK, DUNFANAGHY 2660936No decision yet · 54 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 18 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    18 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 18 approved, 0 refused. After appeals: 18 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 1 built with the owner's opt-out, 4 started, 7 with no start notice found, 6 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT18: lodged → approved18: approved → approved7: approved → no start notice found1: approved → built, owner opted out4: approved → started, not signed off6: approved → ran out18 lodged18 lodged18 approved18 approved18 approved18 approved7 no start notice found7 no start notice found1 built, owner opted out1 built, owner opted out4 started, not signed off4 started, not signed off6 ran out6 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.

    Measured18 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 4 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 3, 2021: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 105102017: 2 approved2’17*2018: 1 approved1’182019: 2 approved2’192020: 3 approved3’202021: 2 approved2’212022: 4 approved4’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved1’242025: 1 approved1’25
      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 2 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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      0
      How busy is this area Busier than most of Donegal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here23
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here27
      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 16 Oct 2026, 02:04
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 00:56open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 02:04open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 9

      This street block against the council

      73% owner-occupied (council 70%).

      Homes built before 1971
      29% · council 21%
      Homes built since 2001
      34% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      73% · council 70%
      Rented
      11% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      22% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      20% · council 18%
      Households with 2+ cars
      50% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      15% · council 11%
      This small area (185 people)Donegal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057057005

      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 16 Oct 2026, 01:42
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          Council consultation portalsPublic16 Oct 2026, 01:34open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public16 Oct 2026, 01:42open
          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. New house (1951842) started Aug 2021, never signed off: is it finished?
            Ask for: The completion certificate, or an engineer's opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. Extension (2350406): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
            Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          3. New house (1850036) ran out unbuilt in 2023: built anyway?
            Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          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
          Lurgabrack
          Electoral division
          Dunfanaghy
          Electoral area
          Glenties
          Council
          Donegal County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 1 job on this site started but never signed off as finished.
          • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 73% owner-occupied (council 70%); 44% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 54% drive to work (council 63%); population up 10% since 2016.
          • Around here the council decides in a median 62 days (about 9 weeks); 43% are asked for more information.
          • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          • 27 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          What the terms mean 7 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.
          • 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
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          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 4.015 Oct 2026
          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 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 16 Oct 2026, 09:56 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.