Donegal County Council grants permission for 52 residential units in Letterkenny

Donegal County Council has granted conditional planning permission for the building of 52 residential units near Letterkenny.

The applicant, Christopher McG Ltd, with a Letterkenny address, was awarded planning permission in Killyclug, Letterkenny, for the construction of 24 dwellings and 14 duplex units, each comprising a ground-floor apartment and a first-floor apartment. 

All associated site development works, including car parking, and connection to existing public services, including access to the site from an existing service road and a new proposed entrance, were part of the proposals that were granted planning permission by Donegal County Council. 

The development was granted “in lieu” of a previously successful application at the location, when Donegal County Council granted permission for a similar development, of 27 dwellings and 22 duplex units, in 2005. 

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Architects, MH Associates, said the new development would “provide functional living spaces with a modern design and with each of the units designed to relevant national/local standards.”

Donegal County Council granted the planning permission for the Killyclug proposals with 27 conditions, including a condition to pay €105,284.92 in respect of infrastructure and facilities benefiting development in the area of the Planning Authority that is already provided, or is intended to be provided by the Authority, to facilitate the provision of the capital works. 

Further conditional costs put by Donegal County Council include a security payment of €260,000 in cash deposit, or a bond of a banking or insurance company acceptable to the planning authority, to provide adequate security to the Planning Authority for the provision and completion of all services required by the development, including roads, sewers, water supply, footpaths, lighting, open spaces, and other services. 

The applicant is to also play the Planning Authority €234,000 prior to the commencement of the development, as a special contribution under Section 48 (2)(c) of the Planning Development Act 2000 for it was considered “reasonable that the developer should contribute towards the specific exceptional costs which are incurred by the Planning Authority which are not covered in the Development Contribution Scheme and which benefits the proposed development.”