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260-home scheme proposed at LETTERKENNY PO, Co. Donegal

1 August 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Donegal County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026

An applicant lodged plans with Donegal County Council on 1 August 2025 for a 260-home scheme at LETTERKENNY PO.

Key facts

Reference
2561321
Planning authority
Donegal County Council
Location
GLENCAR IRISH AND GLENCAR SCOTCH, LETTERKENNY, LETTERKENNY PO
Received
1 August 2025
Application type
PERMISSION
Site area
8.3 hectares
Homes
260
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Submissions until
4 September 2025 (closed)

In context

It is one of 95 housing scheme applications Donegal County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF (A) 260 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS, CONSISTING OF 100 NO DWELLINGS AND 160 NO APARTMENTS (B) A NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE CONTAINING A SHOP UNIT AND A CRECHE (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO NEW ROADS FROM COUNTY ROAD L-1174-1 (GRANGE ROAD) AND AN INTERNAL DISTRIBUTOR ROAD AND SERVICE ROADS (D) AMENITY OPEN SPACES AND PLAY AREAS (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION TANKS, FOOTPATHS, CAR PARKING AND CYCLE PATHS, THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY (I) AN ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (ECIAR) (II) A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (TIA) (III) AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (AIAR) (IV) AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT (AA) SCREENING REPORT (V) AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) SCREENING REPORT (VI) A BASELINE BADGER SURVEY AND CONSERVATION PLAN (VII) A BUILDING LIFE CYCLE REPORT (VIII) A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL & TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN (CETMP) (IX) AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STATEMENT (X) A STORM & FOUL DRAINAGE REPORT (XI) A LANDSCAPE REPORT

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "260-home scheme proposed at LETTERKENNY PO, Co. Donegal", 1 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/donegal-county-council/2561321

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/donegal-county-council/2561321">260-home scheme proposed at LETTERKENNY PO, Co. Donegal</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 1 August 2025.</p>
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