Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CRISSLAGHKEEL , BURNFOOT , LIFFORD PO

CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORK

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2650113 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 185 m²
Site area: 3,856 m²
Received: 17 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 11 Nov 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2650113/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2650113 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Donegal County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 22 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Donegal County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560911	Conditional	21 Aug 2025	1	479 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560672	Conditional	10 Jul 2025	0	252 m	(1) RENOVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING, (2) DEMOLITION OF ATTACHED OUTBUILDING AND WALLSTEAD AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT UNITS TO CONSIST OF ATTACHED GARAGE AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE DWELLING, (3) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (4) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2560397	Conditional	20 Jun 2025	1	353 m	ERECTION OF DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461048	Conditional	29 Aug 2024	1	442 m	CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE INTO A TEMPORARY DWELLING FOR THE DURATION OF THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK DWELLING, ALONG WITH TEMPORARY CONNECTION TO EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SERVICES
2460651	Refused	20 Jun 2024	1	307 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250151	Conditional	24 Mar 2022	1	442 m	DOMESTIC SHED ON SITE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DAMAGED HOUSE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026
17 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.