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Observation pack · Donegal County Council

ARDMALIN , MALIN HEAD , LIFFORD PO

RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 7 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 17 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2661564 · 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
1,067 m²
Received
23 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
17 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661564/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661564 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 28 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2561397Conditional27 Nov 20251446 m(A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 97/1172 REFERS) AND (B) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2461616Conditional28 Aug 20250439 mDEMOLITION OF EXISTING RESTAURANT AREA, ERECTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO PROPERTY OF SEAVIEW TAVERN CONTAINING (1) UPGRADING OF RESTAURANT AREA TO INCLUDE NEW TOILETS AND BAR, (2) REVISED RECEPTION AREA AND GLAZED SITTING AREA AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (3) PROVISION OF 7 NO. BEDROOMS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND (4) NEW STORAGE AREA AT BASEMENT LEVEL TO INCLUDE UNDER ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING (ROAD NO. L-1021-1), ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE
2460273Conditional25 Apr 20240140 mCONSTRUCTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2151617Refused30 Sept 20210456 mCONSTRUCTION FOR 10NO. CAMPERVANS / MOTORHOME PARKING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 23 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
  • 23 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.