Observation pack · Donegal County Council

HILLTOP HOUSE , CORRANAGH , LETTERKENNY

CONSTRUCTION OF (1) EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE PORCH AND MINOR ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS AND (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 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: 2661565 · 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: 1,933 m²
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 18 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/2661565/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661565 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 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.
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
2660548	Refused	27 May 2026	0	387 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELECTRICITY STORAGE FACILITY COMPRISING OF A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS), WITHIN A TOTAL SITE AREA OF UP TO 6.1HA TO INCLUDE ONE ELECTRICAL COMPOUNT, ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER/INVERTER STATION MODULES, BATTERY STORAGE ENCLOSURES (BSES), POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS ON CONCRETE SUPPORT STRUCTURES, ATTENUATION PONDS, INDICATIVE 110KV BURIED IMPORT/EXPORT CABLE AND INDICATIVE 110KV SUBSTATION TO FACILITATE CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING 110KV LETTERKENNY SUBSTATION, UPGRADED ACCESS TRACKS, CRANE HARDSTANDING, ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL DUCTING, PALISADE SECURITY FENCING AND CCTV SYSTEM, LANDSCAPING WORKS, LIGHTING POLES AND ALL OTHER ANCILLARY AND MISCELLANEOUS SITE WORKS INCLUDING CLEARANCE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2562184	Conditional	30 Jan 2026	0	467 m	ERECTION OF A STORAGE SHED WITHIN EXISTING YARD INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561640	Conditional	11 Dec 2025	1	248 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2550099	Conditional	28 Aug 2025	0	336 m	ERECTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561152	Conditional	28 Aug 2025	0	414 m	A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE EXISTING ESB NETWORKS 110KV LETTERKENNY SUBSTATION WHICH WILL CONSIST OF: (1) SOUTHWARD EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING ESB NETWORKS 110KV SUBSTATION COMPOUND BY 0.9HA, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A 110 KV (KILOVOLT) GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR (GIS) BUILDING (APPROXIMATELY 82.5M BY 18.5M) MAXIMUM HEIGHT 18.0M, TO REPLACE THE EXISTING 110KV AIR INSULATED SWITCHGEAR (AIS) SUBSTATION, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF 5 NO. 110 KV LINE CABLE INTERFACE MASTS (LCIMS) TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTH-WEST OF THE EXISTING AIS SUBSTATION COMPOUND AND PROPOSED REPLACEMENT GIS BUILDING, WHICH WILL COMPRISE THE END POINT OF THE EXISTING OVERHEAD LINE CIRCUITS ACCESSING THE PROPOSED GIS BUILDING, (4) CONNECTION OF EXISTING TRANSMISSION CIRCUITS TO THE PROPOSED GIS BUILDING BY WAY OF UNDERGROUND CABLES FROM THE NEW LCIMS, (5) DECOMMISSIONING AND REMOVAL OF 7 NO. EXISTING 110 KV TOWERS AND 3 NO. 110KV H POLES, CABLING, BUSBARS, SWITCHGEARS AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES, (6) ERECTION OF 3 NO. LIGHTNING MASTS AT 11M HIGH AT THE REPLACEMENT GIS COMPOUND, (7) TEMPORARY WIDENING (31M) OF THE EXISTING (4M) FIELD GATE ENTRANCE OFF THE L1054 TO FACILITATE A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION ACCESS TRACK (204M), PERMANENT ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE AS EXISTING FROM THE SUBSTATION ENTRANCE OFF THE N13 AND (8) ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY WORKS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED GROUND CABLING AND EARTHGRID, 5 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES, SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE, UNDERGROUND WASTEWATER STORAGE TANK, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT, SITE PREPARATION, SITE CLEARANCE AND LEVELLING, PROVISION OF HARDSTANDING, PERMANENT INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD (505M), 1 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND 1 NO. TEMPORARY LAYDOWN AREA WITH 20 NO. TEMPORARY CAR PARKING SPACES AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS, ON AN OVERALL SITE AREA OF 9.3HA. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2561057	Conditional	8 Aug 2025	0	465 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560943	Conditional	24 Jul 2025	0	465 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATION WORKS TO AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING, INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461898	Conditional	16 Jan 2025	0	284 m	MINOR RELOCATION OF DWELLING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 93/303 AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) RELOCATION OF EXISTING SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501599	—	pending	23 Jun 2026	387 m
324272	—	pending	7 May 2026	0 m
323688	—	pending	18 Sept 2025	414 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

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
24 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.