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06 Sept 2025

Planning permission sought for outdoor swimming pool beside a house in Donegal

Planning permission sought for outdoor swimming pool beside a house in Donegal

Donegal County Council's headquarters

Planning officials at Donegal Co. Council are set to examine a rather unusual planning application - a plan to build an outdoor swimming pool beside a house.

Private home swimming pools are few and far between in the county, with only a handful scattered about the county.

The local authority has received a planning application for the construction of an outdoor swimming pool at an existing dwelling at Garvagh, Barnesmore, outside Donegal Town.

The applicant is Margaret Loughrey.

A decision by planners is due on October 26, 2021.

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