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DRUMROOSK MIDDLE, DONEGAL TOWN, DONEGAL PO

Retention of extensions and alterations, and change of use from a guest house to domestic residential use.

2051688 · Donegal County Council · Lodged 9 November 2020

Reference: 2051688
Authority: Donegal County Council
Register status: Withdrawn
Type: RETENTION
Received: 9 November 2020

Summary

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This application seeks retention for a boiler room, bin storage, guest house extension, and internal alterations. It also requests permission to change the use of the commercial guest house to domestic residential use, remove a pergola, and construct a new site entrance with parking.

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Development description

(1) boiler room with an adjoining single skin cladding roof to the rear of the dwelling house to form a bin storage area (2) extension to the front of the existing guest house with chimney (3) internal works in relation to the repositioning of the stairs and the removal of interior walls in the kitchen of the existing dwelling house (4) roof light to the north and the south of the existing dwelling house and permission for (a) change of use of existing commercial guest house accommodation to domestic residential use, including minor internal revisions (b) removal of a covered pergola to the adjacent existing dwelling house and minor internal changes to the adjacent existing dwelling house and associated site works (c) associated site works including a ramped entrance to the existing guest house described at point a above (d) development of a new separate site entrance with kerbed and tarred driveway, boundary fences and 2 no. Car parking spaces

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
6 Orchard Drive, Donegal Town	Oct 2025	€255,000	441 m
24 Orchard Drive, Donegal Town, Donegal	Apr 2025	€193,000	463 m
House No 2, 12 Orchard Park, Donegal Town	May 2025	€175,000	465 m
5 Orchard Dr, Donegal Town, Donegal	Jun 2025	€235,000	478 m
38 Orchard Dr, Donegal Town, Donegal	Mar 2025	€232,000	483 m
17 Orchard Dr, Donegal, Donegal	May 2025	€240,000	484 m

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Application received9 November 2020
Application withdrawn14 December 2020

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