Observation pack · Donegal County Council

MAGHERABOY , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

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

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 4 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: 2661568 · 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: 198 m²
Site area: 2,459 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/2661568/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661568 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
2660944	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	329 m	(1) ALTERATIONS/RENOVATION TO EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND FRONT OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT
2561504	Conditional	17 Oct 2025	1	322 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO-STOREY HOUSE DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561218	Conditional	28 Aug 2025	1	328 m	ERECTION OF A SELF-CONTAINED FLAT AUXILIARY TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING A NEW CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461032	Conditional	22 Aug 2024	0	402 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2251978	Conditional	10 Feb 2023	1	364 m	CHANGE OF DESIGN OF SINGLE STOREY DWELLING TO THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF 21/50082
2250667	Conditional	2 Jun 2022	1	374 m	DETACHED SHED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF A HABITABLE DWELLING (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2152510	Conditional	10 Feb 2022	0	248 m	(1)ALTERATIONS TO INTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE DWELLING AT BOTH GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR LEVELS (2)ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT & REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXTERNAL FACADES (3)ALTERATION TO EXISTING ROOF STRUCTURE WHICH WILL INVOLVE THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SHED TYPE DORMER WINDOW ON THE FRONT ELEVATION AND PROVISION OF 2 NO GABLE TYPE DORMER WINDOWS (4)ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

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.