Refusal decisions · 14–20 Sep 2026

80Refusals
60Official evidence
60Substantive reasons
0Verification only
20Pending
20 of 80 refusal decisions are awaiting official decision evidence and not included below.

The refusal total is final. 60 evidence-complete decision cards are available below.

What this means

Applications were most often refused because the proposal did not fit its site or surroundings, conflicted with zoning or rural-housing policy, lacked enough technical evidence to demonstrate its impacts were acceptable, harmed the amenity of neighbouring homes or created access or road-safety problems.

60 of 80 records carry official reason text

132 published statements, 2.2 per analysed application

31 refused on more than one ground, up to 7

Most common pairs

  1. 23 Design + Missing evidence
  2. 23 Design + Zoning/policy
  3. 19 Design + Residential amenity

All ten refusal themes

Applications · statements
  1. 01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 42
  2. 02 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 31
  3. 03 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 26
  4. 04 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 23
  5. 05 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 21
  6. 06 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 17
  7. 07 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 15
  8. 08 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 15
  9. 09 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 13
  10. 10 Built heritage or archaeology 9
Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.
How this is counted

Week of 14–20 Sep 2026. Official refusal reasons were analysed for 60 of 80 refusal decisions; theme percentages use those 60 substantive-reason decisions as the denominator. Every figure comes from the official refusal reasons.

A reason can support more than one theme. Counts show affected applications and published reason statements.

Standard statutory conclusions are tracked separately and are not treated as refusal causes on their own.

  • Proper planning and sustainable development54
  • Development plan cited52
  • Undesirable precedent cited27

4 published reason statements did not fit the ten substantive themes.

Refusal decisions · 14–20 Sep 2026

6 of 6 cards shown · 60 case links · 3 linked projects

Refused

LEGLAND, KILLYGARVAN, RATHMULLAN, LETTERKENNY PO, CO DONEGAL, Donegal

LEGLAND, KILLYGARVAN, RATHMULLAN, LETTERKENNY PO, CO DONEGAL

Donegal County Council · 2661421

What was proposed

ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

Refusal reasons

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Refused

ROSHIN, CHURCHILL, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL, Donegal

ROSHIN, CHURCHILL, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL

Donegal County Council · 2661416

What was proposed

CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

Refusal reasons

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Refused

ROSHIN, CHURCHILL, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL, Donegal

ROSHIN, CHURCHILL, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL

Donegal County Council · 2661415

What was proposed

CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

Refusal reasons

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Refused

DERK BEG, GLENTIES, CO. DONEGAL, Donegal

DERK BEG, GLENTIES, CO. DONEGAL

Donegal County Council · 2661411

What was proposed

CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Refusal reasons

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Refused

'THE LEARNING TREE' CHILDCARE & PRE-SCHOOL, KILCONNELL / GLEBE, KILMACRENNAN LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL, Donegal

'THE LEARNING TREE' CHILDCARE & PRE-SCHOOL, KILCONNELL / GLEBE, KILMACRENNAN LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL

Donegal County Council · 2660104

What was proposed

PROVISION OF A NEW PREFABRICATED CLASSROOM BUILDING CONSISTING OF 2 NO. CLASSROOMS WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, INCLUDING CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Refusal reasons

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