Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DRUMOGHILL , MANORCUNNINGHAM , LETTERKENNY PO

REFURBISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT BUILDING / HOUSE, ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661598 · 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: 182 m²
Site area: 1,622 m²
Received: 30 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 24 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/2661598/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661598 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 5 Oct 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	Distance	Description
2561772	Conditional	27 Nov 2025	259 m	ERECTION OF NEW EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE FOR SAME WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561331	Conditional	18 Sept 2025	256 m	UPPER FLOOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE ANCILLARY TO DWELLING, EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461832	Conditional	7 Feb 2025	223 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE CONSISTING OF DRESSING ROOMS, STORAGE AREA, GYM AND FUNCTION ROOM INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY WORKS WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA
2351501	Conditional	15 Feb 2024	349 m	CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL PREMISES WITHIN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY YARD (PLANNING REF. NO. 13/50009) FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING AND FIXING OF MACHINERY ALONG WITH INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
2252043	Conditional	16 Feb 2023	23 m	(1) ALTERATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO ST. COLUMBA'S CHURCH TO PROVIDE NEW ENTRANCE LOBBIES, RECONCILIATION ROOM, DISABLED TOILET, PLANT/STORAGE ROOMS, ALSO INCLUDING UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FABRIC (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BOILER ROOM, EXTERNAL TOILET BLOCK (3) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO SERVICE EXISTING CHURCH (4) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND (5) MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING PARKING LAYOUT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324272	—	pending	7 May 2026	175 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

30 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
30 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.