Observation pack · Donegal County Council
BALLINTRA , ARRANMORE ISLAND , LETTERKENNY
DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE
Observations close 1 Dec 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20
The application
- Reference
- 2650132 · full record
- Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Units
- 1
- Floor area
- 43 m²
- Site area
- 2,336 m²
- Received
- 27 Oct 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/2650132/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2650132at 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 1 Dec 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 | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2661190 | Conditional | 13 Aug 2026 | 236 m | UPGRADE OF EXISTING DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF A SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER |
| 2660428 | Conditional | 8 May 2026 | 242 m | PROVISION OF A NEW ROOF WITH INCREASED RIDGE HEIGHT AND ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61217, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2560985 | Conditional | 1 Aug 2025 | 350 m | CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING CULTURAL CENTRE ACCOMMODATING 2 NO. OFFICES / GENERAL PURPOSE ROOMS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2450115 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2025 | 263 m | REFURBISHMENT OF A DILAPIDATED COTTAGE AND EXTENSION TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST INCLUDING A NEW GABLED RETURN WITH PITCHED ROOF TO PROVIDE INCREASED LIVING SPACE AND ADDITIONAL BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION WITH ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS |
| 2550010 | Conditional | 3 Apr 2025 | 269 m | INSTALLATION OF NEW CORNER WINDOW TO THE SOUTH-EAST GABLE OF PROPERTY AND REINSTATEMENT OF GABLE WALL |
| 2461217 | Conditional | 26 Sept 2024 | 242 m | (1) EXTENSION AND RENOVATION TO AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DECOMMISSION OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND TO INSTALL A NEW SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2352026 | Conditional | 22 Feb 2024 | 242 m | INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, A SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2351146 | Conditional | 21 Sept 2023 | 236 m | ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING TO INCLUDE (A) REMOVAL OF PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT (EAST FACING) AND REAR (WEST FACING ELEVATION), (B) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE FRONT (EAST FACING) ELEVATION, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STOREY AND HALF EXTENSION TO THE REAR (WEST FACING) ELEVATION AND (D) ALL ANCILLARY WORKS |
What has happened on this file
- 27 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 1 Dec 2026
- 27 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.