Provision of purpose built student accommodation providing for 6 no. 1 bed
UPPER MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL
0.302 ha · Granted · permission to Aug 2031 (estimate)
Planning application 2561558 to Donegal County Council: Provision of purpose built student accommodation providing for 6 no. 1 bed studio apartment type units, at Upper Main Street, Letterkenny. Granted by the council on 27 August 2026. The permission normally runs to August 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Further information requested
- Further information received
- Council granted
- Permission normally ends (estimate)
The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.
Key facts
Proposed development
(1) PROVISION OF PURPOSE BUILT STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PROVIDING FOR 6 NO. 1 BED STUDIO APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 2 NO. 4 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 5 NO. 5 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 9 NO. 7 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 4 NO. 6 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS AND 9 NO. 8 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, WITH A TOTAL OF 198 NO. BEDSPACES PROPOSED, (2) PROVISION OF FACILITY MANAGEMENT ACCOMMODATION, PLANT ROOMS AND BIN STORAGE, (3) THE ACCOMMODATION IS PROPOSED IN 2 NO. COJOINED BLOCKS, EACH WITH DIRECT ACCESS FROM A PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN JUSTICE WALSH CAR-PARK AND MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY AND THE LINK WILL INCORPORATE A LANDSCAPED 'COMMUNAL ART EXHIBITION SPACE' AS WELL AS PUBLIC PARKLET SEATING AREAS, (4) DEVELOPMENT OF A LANDSCAPED INTERNAL COURTYARD ALONG WITH THE PROVISION OF A PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN JUSTICE WALSH CAR-PARK AND MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY AND (5) PROVISION OF A SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES (FOUL SEWER AND SURFACE WATER DRAIN) AT ROSEMOUNT
Planning status
Permission was granted on 27 Aug 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Aug 2031 (estimate).
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