Observation pack · Donegal County Council

RANNY , LETTERMACAWARD , DONEGAL PO

CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS, ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FENESTRATION, UPGRADING EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2661525 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 7,328 m²
Received: 17 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: —
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/2661525/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661525 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 21 Sept 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
2561514	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	1	82 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560975	Conditional	1 Aug 2025	0	308 m	(1) RECONSTRUCTION OF ORIGINAL STONE-WALLED COTTAGE INCLUDING A FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM EXTENSION TO THE COTTAGE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A SPLIT-LEVEL SINGLE-STOREY VAULTED ROOF EXTENSION TO THE GABLE-SIDE OF THE COTTAGE, (3) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2450168	Refused	15 Aug 2024	0	460 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE. DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351233	Conditional	16 Nov 2023	1	401 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2252104	Conditional	1 Sept 2023	0	290 m	EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED OUTBUILDING, REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH NEW PACKAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2250739	Conditional	10 Jun 2022	0	428 m	(1) ERECTION OF DOMESTIC EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ALL FACADES (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318033	—	Granted with conditions	30 May 2024	290 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

17 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 Sept 2026
17 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.