Mill facility expansion with new grain store, warehouse, and demolition of dispatch shed

Granted with conditions on 30 April 2026

Smyths Daleside Feeds has been given the green light to expand its milling facility in Lifford. The company will build a new grain store and mill warehouse to the northwest, knock down the existing dispatch shed and add an extension to the southwest, plus install retaining walls and fencing around the site boundaries.

Full description from the council file

(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GRAIN STORE, MILL WAREHOUSE AND SERVICE YARD TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE EXISTING MILLING FACILITY, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DISPATCH SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE EXISTING MILL AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GABION RETAINING WALL, ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND BOUNDARY FENCING TO THE SOUTHWEST, NORTHWEST AND NORTH BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE

Details

Reference: 2660451
Applicant: SMYTHS DALESIDE FEEDS
Site address: MILLSESSIAGH, BALLINDRAIT, LIFFORD, CO. DONEGAL
Status: Decision code: CONDITIONAL
Date received: March 19, 2026
Decision due: May 13, 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 2660451 on the council portal →.
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