Observation pack · Donegal County Council

LIAFIN , LINSFORT , BUNCRANA

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

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 9 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: 2661571 · 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: 205 m²
Site area: 4,105 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/2661571/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661571 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
2660049	Conditional	6 Mar 2026	1	468 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED MICA-AFFECTED 2 STOREY DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2562224	Conditional	6 Feb 2026	0	130 m	CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2560644	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	1	280 m	DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED 1½ STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE & CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2560458	Conditional	9 May 2025	0	377 m	GROUND FLOOR GARDEN ROOM TO REAR OF EXISTING GARAGE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO FIRST FLOOR OF SAME TO CREATE AN ENTERTAINMENT ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560304	Conditional	17 Apr 2025	0	486 m	FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT CONSERVATORY DUE TO DEFECTIVE BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461011	Conditional	22 Aug 2024	1	165 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2460993	Conditional	15 Aug 2024	1	311 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351362	Conditional	23 May 2024	1	470 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ATTACHED GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320735	—	Refused	20 Mar 2025	311 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.