Observation pack · Donegal County Council

BALLYBOFEY , LIFFORD PO , CO. DONEGAL

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD TO SERVE AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS

Observations close 22 Sept 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Oct 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: 2661534 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,746 m²
Received: 18 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 12 Oct 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/2661534/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661534 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 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	Distance	Description
2661210	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	105 m	(1) RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS TO PERMITTED RETAIL / WAREHOUSE UNIT (PLANNING REF. NO. 06/60443 REFERS) AND (2) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING RETAIL / WAREHOUSE UNIT (WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF RETENTION HEREIN) TO USE AS A GYM INCORPORATING COFFEE AREA (CAFÉ) AND (3) ALL PROPOSED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS / AMENDMENTS INCLUDING SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561416	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	473 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A WAREHOUSE AND STORE ANCILLARY TO EXISTING RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES LOCATED ON SITE, (2) DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCESSIBLE STORAGE YARD WHICH INCLUDES VEHICLE TURNING AND PARKING PROVISION AND (3) ALL SITE DRAINAGE WORKS, DEVELOPMENT OF SECURE BOUNDARY TREATMENTS AND ALL ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562235	Conditional	12 Feb 2026	473 m	(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM TYRE DEPOT TO A HARDWARE SALES PREMISES, (2) MINOR INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS INCLUDING PROVISION FOR AN INTERNAL MEZZANINE FLOOR, (3) PROVISION FOR A SHELTERED CANOPY TO THE EASTERN EXTERNAL ELEVATION AND (4) ALL EXTERNAL SIGNAGE TO THE BUILDING FAÇADE, REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TOTEM POLE SIGNAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE PREMISES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561728	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	400 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE
2560400	Conditional	9 May 2025	448 m	RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560089	Conditional	13 Mar 2025	184 m	(1) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND LEAN TO FUEL / BIN STORE, (2) STORAGE SHED ATTACHED TO THE SIDE GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) RAISED WALL AND FENCE TO REAR AND SIDE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2460976	Conditional	8 Aug 2024	375 m	DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351024	Conditional	1 Sept 2023	455 m	GARÁISTE TÍ SCOITE AGUS OIBREACHA GAOLMHARA FORBARTHA LÁITHREÁIN A THÓGÁIL

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324272	—	pending	7 May 2026	160 m
312461	—	Granted with conditions	31 Aug 2022	419 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

18 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 22 Sept 2026
18 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.