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Planning report · Donegal County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 21 Oct 2026, 04:30

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

55.27770, -7.41495

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2025.

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

2planning files on this houselatest 202550 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 45–520open 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
  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. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026.

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. 2 planning files on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of AnnaghBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2026: 2562311 · new house, approved2022: 2251073 · new house, approved2017: 1 file on Annagh2020: 1 file on Annagh2022: 1 file on Annagh2024: 2 files on Annagh2025: 3 files on Annagh8 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. 2026
    2562311 · new house · approved 2026 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned off?
  2. 2022
    2251073 · new house · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027
    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
Monuments1R177488
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), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
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: 89% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site45 decided · more info asked 40%
89% · 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 · 45 nearby, 5,763 council-wide

Figure 3

Annagh, file by file since 2017

1 of 1 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 4.

8 planning files on Annagh since 2017, by kind and decision.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2020 · side · approved · 2050468Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2460089No number · 2024 · other work · approved · 2462149No number · 2025 · other work · approved · 2562311New house in a side gardenNo number · 2017 · new house · approved · 1750019No number · 2022 · new house · approved · 2251073No number · 2025 · new house · refused · 2561353No number · 2025 · new house · approved · 2561730
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

8 files with "Annagh" 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
    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 45–52 (n=13)50 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeks

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

    Calculated16 decided home extensions, 0 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    1 of 4 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Approvals appealed4 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 Straid ED, Inishowen Municipal District, County Donegal, Ulster, Éire / Ireland with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseBuilding startedApproved
    1. 1Upper Annaugh, Clonmany 25/62311Building started · 11 m
    2. 2BINNION, CLONMANY 2562062Approved with conditions · 449 m
    Figure 6

    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 7

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2022. 86% of decisions were approvals.

      2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 405102020: 1 approved1’20*2022: 1 approved1’222024: 1 approved1’242025: 3 approved2025: 1 refused4’25
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2020 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

      • ANNAGH , CLONMANY , LIFFORD PO Approved with conditions
        CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51073, TOGETHER WITH ALL…
        256231119 Feb 20261 homes0 m
      • 2BINNION , CLONMANY , LIFFORD PO Approved with conditions
        (1) REMOVAL OF DERELICT CHIMNEY STACKS, (2) REAR EXTENSION, NEW ROOF, REPLACEMENT DERELICT WALLS AND…
        25620626 Feb 2026449 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
      Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
      1 no sign-off needed
      • 1Upper Annaugh, Clonmany, Donegal · 9 Sept 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/62311 · 11 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 21 Oct 2026, 01:58
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
      0
      Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

      Named places estate, developments, inspections

      Crèches and schools inspected

      NameLatest inspectionDistance
      Amanda's Cots'N'Tots Creche · Crèche4 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 898 m
      How we work this out
      Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.
      Sources: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 23:20
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Tusla early years registerPublic register14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
      How busy is this area About as busy as most of Donegal County Council.
      Homes approved
      Here0
      Council middle0
      Homes started
      Here3
      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 21 Oct 2026, 02:27
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
      Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 01:58open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.021 Oct 2026, 02:27open
      Question 5

      What's the area like?

      Figure 8

      This street block against the council

      82% owner-occupied (council 70%).

      Homes built before 1971
      24% · council 21%
      Homes built since 2001
      33% · council 36%
      Owner-occupied
      82% · council 70%
      Rented
      11% · council 23%
      Children under 15
      23% · council 20%
      Aged 65 and over
      18% · council 18%
      Households with 2+ cars
      56% · council 42%
      Work mainly from home
      18% · council 11%
      This small area (228 people)Donegal

      MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 057136004

      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 21 Oct 2026, 02:35
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
          Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          Council consultation portalsPublic21 Oct 2026, 01:42open
          Council meetings (ModernGov)Public21 Oct 2026, 02:35open
          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 (2562311) built without official sign-off: built properly?
            Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. New house (2251073) approved 2022, not started: still planned?
            Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
            Seller · solicitor
          3. Building work started 11 m away: for how long?
            Ask for: The planning conditions for 25/62311.
            Agent · 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
          Annagh
          Electoral division
          Straid
          Electoral area
          Carndonagh
          Council
          Donegal County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
          • 2 applications on this site; latest 2562311, approved 2026, started, no sign-off needed.
          • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
          • Here (2022 census): 82% owner-occupied (council 70%); 35% of homes empty (council 26%); most built 2001–2010; 43% drive to work (council 63%).
          • Around here the council decides in a median 48 days (about 7 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
          • 2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.
          • 1 building job started within 250 m in the last six months.
          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 25
          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 4.016 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026
          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
          services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
          dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public21 Oct 2026
          www2.courts.ie—© the publisher21 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 4.019 Oct 2026
          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.021 Oct 2026
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          services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.018 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 21 Oct 2026, 04:30 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.