Planning application 2661208
A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF THE PROVISION OF A TOTAL OF 346 NO…
WINDYHALL, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
Application timeline
Key milestones
Key dated milestones from the planning record.
Application received
Further information requested
Further information received
Decision due
Target dateCurrent decision target recorded by the council.
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Why this application matters
Development scale
The proposal is a 346-unit large-scale residential development: 175 duplex apartments and 171 houses, ranging from one to three storeys. It also includes a neighbourhood centre with crèche, surface parking, EV infrastructure, cycle/bin storage, play and communal open space, and landscaping.
Infrastructure and access
Works include a new link road with walking and cycling infrastructure, intended to facilitate part of the Northern Network Project, plus new site entrances and pedestrian connections. Drainage works include culverting watercourses, internal culverts, realignment/decommissioning of drainage channels, headwalls and attenuation with hydrocarbon and silt interceptors.
Relevant recorded consent
A 2023 retention application at Windyhall covered an existing dwelling house and garage stated to have been constructed under planning reference 98/615, with associated site works.
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Application details
- Planning reference
- 2661208
- Council
- Donegal County Council
- Proposal description
- A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF THE PROVISION OF A TOTAL OF 346 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS ALONG WITH THE PROVISION OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE THAT WILL INCORPORATE A CRECHE. PARTICULARS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMPRISE AS FOLLOWS (1) SITE EXCAVATION WORKS TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE EXCAVATION AND GENERAL SITE PREPARATION WORKS, (2) PROVISION OF A TOTAL OF 346 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH WILL CONSIST OF: 10 NO. 1 BED DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS; 123 NO. 2 BED DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS; 42 NO. 3 BED DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS; 98 NO. 2 BED DWELLINGS; 53 NO. 3 BED DWELLINGS AND 20 NO. 4 BED DWELLINGS. BUILDING TYPOLOGIES RANGE IN HEIGHT FROM SINGLE TO THREE STOREY AND COMPRISE A MIXTURE OF DETACHED, SEMI-DETACHED AND TERRACED DWELLINGS ALONG WITH PROVISION OF DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS, (3) PROVISION OF A CRECHE THAT WILL SERVE AS A NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE, (4) PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING AT SURFACE LEVEL VIA A COMBINATION OF IN-CURTILAGE PARKING FOR DWELLINGS AND VIA ON-STREET PARKING FOR THE CRECHE AND APARTMENT UNITS, (5) PROVISION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE POINTS WITH ASSOCIATED SITE INFRASTRUCTURE DUCTING TO PROVIDE CHARGE POINTS FOR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SITE, (6) PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED BICYCLE STORAGE FACILITIES AT SURFACE LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE SITE AND BIN STORAGE FACILITIES, (7) PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED OPEN SPACE AREAS, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNAL OPEN SPACE AREAS TO INCLUDE FORMAL PLAY AREAS ALONG WITH ALL HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPE WORKS FOR PRIVATE GARDENS AND AMENITY SPACES ALONG WITH PUBLIC LIGHTING, PLANTING AND BOUNDARY TREATMENTS TO INCLUDE BOUNDARY WALLS, RETAINING WALLS, RAILINGS AND FENCING, (8) PROVISION OF A NEW LINK ROAD WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS TO INCLUDE FOR PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED CYCLE AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG WITH ANCILLARY WORKS TO INCLUDE FOR CULVERTING OF EXISTING WATERCOURSES, LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING WORKS. THE PROPOSED LINK ROAD WILL FACILITATE PART OF THE NORTHERN NETWORK PROJECT, (9) PROVISION OF NEW ENTRANCES ONTO THE NEW LINK ROAD WITH ASSOCIATED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, (10) PROVISION OF INTERNAL CULVERTS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS ALONG WITH REALIGNMENT AND DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING DRAINAGE CHANNELS WITHIN THE SITE. CULVERT WORKS TO INCLUDE FOR PROVISION OF HEADWALLS, (11) PROVISION OF ESB SUBSTATIONS, (12) ASSOCIATED INTERNAL SITE WORKS AND ATTENUATION SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE FOR HYDROCARBON AND SILT INTERCEPTORS, (13) PROVISION OF ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT/CONSTRUCTION WORKS
- Location / address
- WINDYHALL, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Received / registered
- 30 Jun 2026
Location context
Nearby sold prices
Recent Property Price Register sales in Letterkenny. Distances are not shown because the sale records do not contain reliable coordinates.
€225,000
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26 ELMWOOD DOWNS, LETTERKENNY, DONEGAL
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€240,000
41 WOOD PARK, LETTERKENNY, DONEGAL
Sold 2 Sept 2026
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€216,000
CASHELNEGERE, LETTERKENNY, CO DONEGAL
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€265,000
ORCHARD GROVE, LETTERKENNY, DONEGAL
Sold 27 Aug 2026
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