Donegal County Council grants permission for 94-home scheme at CHURCH ROAD, MAGHERACAR, Co. Donegal

In context

It is one of 95 housing scheme applications Donegal County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 23 June 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Donegal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF (1) DEMOLITION OF 2 NO. DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SHEDS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 91 NO. NEW DWELLING HOUSES IN A MIX OF 17 NO. DETACHED DWELLINGS (IN A MIX OF 3 & 4 BEDROOM HOUSE TYPES) AND 74 NO. SEMI-DETACHED 2 STOREY DWELLINGS (IN A MIX OF 2, 3 & 4 BED TYPES) AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITH ONSITE STORMWATER ATTENUATION, CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROVISION OF 2 NO. VEHICULAR ENTRANCES ONTO CHURCH ROAD TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION