Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CROAGHBEG , KILCAR , DONEGAL PO

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661570 · 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: 251 m²
Site area: 7,484 m²
Received: 25 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 19 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/2661570/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661570 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 29 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
2660559	Refused	22 May 2026	1	0 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560629	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	0	178 m	EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560117	Conditional	20 Mar 2025	0	323 m	(1) POSITION OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION, (2) ALTERATION TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE FROM THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/21217, (3) REPLACEMENT OF SINGLE WINDOW AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL TO REPLACE 2 NO. GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/21217, (4) REPLACEMENT OF WALL PLATE DORMERS WITH LARGER WINDOWS AND CONTINUOUS DORMER AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, (5) EXTERNAL STAIRS AND EXTERNAL DOOR AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO EXISTING GARAGE RETAINED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50522 AS ACCESS AND ESCAPE ROUTE FROM ATTIC STORAGE SPACE AND HOME GYM AND (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350968	Conditional	12 Jun 2024	0	247 m	EXISTING SHEEP SHED AND PERMISSION FOR RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL LANE
2350545	Conditional	15 Jun 2023	0	405 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE WITH SEPARATE ACCESS TO CREATE A HOME GYM/STUDIO AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2251033	Refused	4 Aug 2022	0	247 m	EXISTING SHEEP SHED AND PERMISSION FOR RETENTION AND COMPLETION FOR AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL LANE
2151270	Conditional	4 Nov 2021	0	142 m	RELOCATED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION 00/396 AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO ALL FACADES TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2151782	Unconditional	21 Oct 2021	0	146 m	EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE PLUS ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320121	—	Granted with conditions	21 Jan 2025	247 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

25 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 29 Sept 2026
25 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.