Appeal lodged against planned four-storey Letterkenny apartment block

An appeal has been lodged to An Coimisiún Pleanála against Donegal County Council’s decision to grant conditional planning permission for the construction of a four-storey apartment block containing 22 apartments in Letterkenny.

A decision by An Coimisiún Pleanála on the appeal is due by May 5. 

The appeal will make a decision on the granted permission for the four-storey apartment block, which also includes plans for a communal roof terrace and ancillary areas, including lower-level car parking and bicycle parking, a toddlers’ play area and landscaped amenity areas. 

Brian Brogan is the listed applicant for the planned 16 two-bed apartments and six one-bed apartments, with the proposed location being Calhame Road, next to the Mountain Top roundabout. 

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Donegal County Council granted the application planning permission with 24 conditions in November 2025. 

In a letter submitted to Donegal County Council prior to the planning permission decision, MH Associates stated: “In our opinion, the proposed development represents a high-quality apartment scheme which has been designed to help to diversify the housing stock in Letterkenny and to help address the ongoing housing need.”

The location in question has been subject to previous applications. In 2021, the current applicant submitted and then withdrew an application for the construction of 32 apartments.

Prior to that application, in 2007, BEC Construction Ltd was granted conditional planning permission for the erection of a building containing warehouse units, storage units, offices, and accommodation.