Observation pack · Donegal County Council

BALLYMACARRY , BUNCRANA , LIFFORD PO

(1) RETENTION OF (A) SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (B) ON-SITE STORAGE CONTAINERS UNTIL DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 10 NO. TWO STOREY SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 26 Nov 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2650130 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 10
Floor area: 1,114 m²
Site area: 4,069 m²
Received: 22 Oct 2026
Decision due: 16 Dec 2026

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/2650130/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2650130 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 26 Nov 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660493	Conditional	24 Sept 2026		291 m	(1) STEEL FRAMED DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED AND (2) ALTERATIONS TO LANDSCAPE IN THE FORM OF A RAISED SOIL BERM, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660835	Conditional	2 Jul 2026	1	267 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2660674	Conditional	5 Jun 2026	1	159 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING, SEMI-DETACHED, TWO STOREY HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SEMI-DETACHED, TWO STOREY HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE WITH THE RELEVANT ASSOCIATED REPLACEMENT WORKS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES
2660600	Conditional	22 May 2026		486 m	(A) EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. P17-86, (B) REORIENTATION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (C) SHED, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2660450	Conditional	30 Apr 2026	1	51 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60805
2660175	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	1	192 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY SEMI DETACHED DWELLING WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK (PLANNING REF. NOS. 01/5143 & 04/5762 REFERS) AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REPLACMENT 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN, ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES
2660003	Conditional	19 Feb 2026		434 m	(1) ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, INCLUDING THE ADDITION AND REPOSITIONING OF WINDOWS AND REPOSITIONING OF THE REAR PROJECTION, (2) ATTIC CONVERSION AND ALL ASSOCIATED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND (3) THE DWELLING’S REVISED POSITION AND ORIENTATION ON THE SITE, REVISED SITE ENTRANCE, AND ALL ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS OF THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/5170
2560755	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	1	475 m	ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316931		Granted	31 Aug 2023	55 m
317048		Granted	23 Aug 2023	273 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

22 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 26 Nov 2026
22 Oct 2026 Decision

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