Retention of house landscaping, drainage, retaining wall, garden store, sauna and hot tub

Granted with conditions on 30 April 2026

Seamus McGowan has been given the go-ahead to keep landscape and drainage works around his house in Tullaghcullion, along with a tiered retaining wall with a guard rail along the shoreline, a garden store built into the wall, and a sauna room with sunken hot tub. The council has also approved soft landscaping between the wall tiers, external stairs to the lower garden level, and timber cladding on the garden store.

Full description from the council file

(1) RETENTION OF (A) HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING WORKS AROUND EXISTING HOUSE, (B) STORM AND FOUL DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CONNECTED TO EXISTING COMBINED PUBLIC SEWER, (C) SITE EXCAVATION WORKS AND TIERED RETAINING WALL STRUCTURE WITH GUARD RAIL ALONG SHORELINE, (D) GARDEN STORE INTEGRATED INTO RETAINING WALL STRUCTURE, (E) SAUNA ROOM AND SUNKEN HOT TUB WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (2) (A) SOFT LANDSCAPING WORKS BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER TIERS OF THE RETAINING WALL STRUCTURE, (B) PROVISION OF EXTERNAL ACCESS STAIRS FROM GARDEN TO LOWER TIER AND (C) PROVISION OF TIMBER CLADDING TO EXTERIOR OF GARDEN STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Details

Reference: 2660443
Applicant: SEAMUS MCGOWAN
Site address: TULLAGHCULLION, DONEGAL TOWN, CO. DONEGAL
Status: Decision code: CONDITIONAL
Date received: March 18, 2026
Decision due: May 12, 2026
Date decided: April 30, 2026
Authority: Donegal County Council

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Source: Donegal County Council planning portal. Full file, drawings, observations and decision documents are on the council's own ePlan site — view application 2660443 on the council portal →.
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