Observation pack · Donegal County Council

LACKAGH , PORTNOO , DONEGAL PO

(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE (SOUTH) AND REAR (WEST) OF THE EXISTING DWELLING CONSISTING OF AN ACCESSIBLE BEDROOM WITH EN-SUITE, WC AND UTILITY, CONNECTION TO EXISTING ON-SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 24 Sept 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661553 · 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: 1,508 m²
Received: 20 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 14 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/2661553/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661553 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 24 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
2561585	Conditional	15 Jan 2026	1	495 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2560496	Conditional	22 May 2025	0	396 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GROUND-FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GROUND-FLOOR SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION TO INCLUDE A BEDROOM WITH AN ENSUITE AND FEATURING UPDATED FRONT FENESTRATION AND A SLOPED ROOF TO THE REAR
2462066	Conditional	7 Feb 2025	0	378 m	DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE GABLE END OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461877	Refused	16 Jan 2025	0	112 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 9 NO. GLAMPING PODS WITH ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, CONNECTION TO A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351907	Conditional	8 Feb 2024	0	199 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE RENOVATION WORKS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250463	Conditional	30 Mar 2023	1	495 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN & RELOCATION OF DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 20/50205 & ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2251968	Conditional	2 Feb 2023	0	75 m	(1) ORIENTATION OF DWELLING HOUSE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 94/1950, (2) ERECTION OF SUN PORCH TO THE GABLE OF DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2152524	Conditional	10 Feb 2022	0	274 m	(A) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING (B) INSTALLATION OF A DORMER WINDOW TO THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING (C) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312921	—	Granted with conditions	31 May 2022	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

20 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 24 Sept 2026
20 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.