Observation pack · Donegal County Council

KILDRUM UPPER , KILLEA , LIFFORD PO

CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE EXISTING POTATO STORE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NOS. 08/70657 & 11/70119 TO TIMBER FRAME FABRICATION UNIT

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 2 days left

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 application

Reference: 2661567 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.80 ha
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/2661567/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661567 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
2560286	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	1	452 m	CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS WITH CONNECTION TO SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
2560369	Conditional	25 Apr 2025	1	158 m	EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2450183	Unconditional	5 Sept 2024	30	174 m	COMPLETION OF AN UNFINISHED DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF (A) REMOVAL OF 7 EXISTING FOOTINGS ON SITE, (B) COMPLETION OF 3 DETACHED FOOTINGS, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 4 SINGLE STOREY DWELLINGS, (D) CONSTRUCTION OF 8 SEMI DETACHED DWELLINGS AND (E) CONSTRUCTION OF 15 DETACHED DWELLINGS AND COMPLETION OF ALL EXISTING UNFINISHED DRIVEWAYS, FOOTPATHS, LAMPSTANDS, SEWER PIPEWORK, SURFACE WATER PIPEWORK AND THE MAINS PIPEWORK AND ALL OTHER ANCILLARY WORK INCLUDING LANDSCAPING OF OPEN SPACES
2351209	Conditional	5 Oct 2023	0	0 m	DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL STORE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED CATTLE SHED WITH SLURRY TANK STORAGE
2350776	Conditional	20 Jul 2023	0	396 m	EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF THE DEMOLITION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO PERCOLATION AREA

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.