Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CAMBLESTOWN , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 25 Sept 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661563 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 216 m²
Site area: 2,205 m²
Received: 21 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 15 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/2661563/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661563 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 25 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
2660887	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	1	249 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY STYLE DWELLING AND DETACHED DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING TO INCLUDE GARAGE / STORAGE / HOME OFFICE, INSTALLATION OF ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, NEW SITE ENTRANCE ONTO EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660182	Refused	2 Apr 2026	1	252 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY STYLE DWELLING AND DETACHED DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING TO INCLUDE GARAGE / STORAGE / HOME OFFICE, INSTALLATION OF ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, NEW SITE ENTRANCE ONTO EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660133	Conditional	20 Mar 2026	1	385 m	REMOVAL OF EXISTING SUBFLOOR BASE AND ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561618	Refused	30 Oct 2025	1	252 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY STYLE DWELLING, DETACHED DOMESTIC OUT BUILDING TO INCLUDE GARAGE / STORAGE / HOME OFFICE, ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, NEW SITE ENTRANCE ONTO EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561264	Conditional	4 Sept 2025	0	109 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF THE FRONT GABLE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RAISED ROOF TO PART OF DWELLING, (3) INCORPORATION OF 2 NO. BOX DORMERS AND ROOF CANOPY TO FRONT OF DWELLING AND (4) ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO ELEVATIONS INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF ALL EXISTING DOORS AND WINDOWS
2560529	Conditional	22 May 2025	1	0 m	(1) DECOMMISSIONING OF SEPTIC TANK SERVING EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AT NEW LOCATION AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2460237	Conditional	3 Apr 2025	1	480 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461738	Conditional	20 Feb 2025	1	465 m	ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322251	—	Refused	30 Jul 2025	480 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

21 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 25 Sept 2026
21 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.