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Commercial new build · Co. Donegal

Mccarter's road, buncrana, lifford po, Co. Donegal

Granted 30 Apr 2026

Archived record

This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 3 Jul 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Development to provide a new discount foodstore supermarket with…

DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE A NEW DISCOUNT FOODSTORE SUPERMARKET WITH ANCILLARY OFF-LICENCE SALES COMPRISING (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY (WITH MONO PITCH ROOF AND INTERNAL MEZZANINE PLANT DECK) LICENSED DISCOUNT FOODSTORE SUPERMARKET WITH ANCILLARY OFF-LICENCE SALES MEASURING APPROX. 2,356 m² GROSS FLOOR SPACE WITH A NET RETAIL SALES AREA OF APPROX. 1,497 m², (2) PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING AND INTERNAL TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ROUTES AND VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS (RELOCATING EXISTING) AND (3) FREE STANDING AND BUILDING MOUNTED SIGNAGE, TROLLEY BAY STRUCTURE / ENCLOSURE, EXTERNAL REFRIGERATION AND AIR HANDLING / CONDITIONING PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION BUILDING, ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS, PUBLIC LIGHTING, HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, CYCLE PARKING, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS (INCLUDING RETAINING STRUCTURES), WORKS AND CONNECTIONS TO WATER SUPPLY, WASTEWATER AND SURFACE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT AND WORKS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND LEVEL. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

Location
Lifford Po, Co. Donegal Map
Planning reference
2561528

Key facts

Floor area
3,853 m²
Indicative value
€3m–10mPlanningBrief estimate
Project type
Commercial new build
Received
5 Sep 2025
Granted
30 Apr 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested
  3. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 30 Apr 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 2561528 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Donegal County Council planning register, as last seen on 3 Jul 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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