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Observation pack · Donegal County Council

ARDLENAGH & LURGANBOY , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGAL

(1) LEAN TO EXTENSION TO THE EAST ELEVATION OF THE MAIN BUILDING, (2) RELOCATED POWER WASHER STORAGE SHED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/50116 AND (3) EXCAVATED AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE MAIN BUILDING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 7 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2661606 · 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
4.20 ha
Received
31 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
25 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661606/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661606 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2661448Conditional17 Sept 20260114 m(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED ATTACHED TO DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, (3) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES INCLUDING PROVISION OF NEW WINDOWS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2661343Conditional3 Sept 20260427 mCONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660757Conditional11 Jun 2026028 m(1) PART DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE TO PROVIDE SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO EXISTING GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/62093, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED LINKED CANOPY BETWEEN THE GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND PROPOSED SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562093Conditional30 Jan 2026028 m(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE TO GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND (2) ENCLOSED STORAGE SPACE TO THE REAR ELEVATION AND PERMISSION FOR (1) EXTENSION WORKS TO EXISTING GARAGE AND CHANGE OF USE TO PROVIDE SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO EXISTING GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION ON SITE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED LINKED CANOPY BETWEEN THE GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND GARAGE SOUGHT FOR CHANGE OF USE HEREIN AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561985Conditional15 Jan 2026034 mCONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION TO INCLUDE 2 NO. BEDROOMS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561747Conditional20 Nov 20251334 mCONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2561712Conditional13 Nov 20250360 mEXTENSIONS TO DWELLING HOUSE, ATTACHED SHEDS AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561589Conditional30 Oct 202500 m(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A 614M2 TWO-STOREY OFFICE EXTENSION TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING MANUFACTURING FACILITY, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A 343M2 TWO STOREY LABORATORY EXTENSION TO THE EAST OF THE EXISTING BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED SECOND FLOOR PLANT ROOM AND EXTERNAL STEEL ACCESS STAIRCASE AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING ALL ON EXISTING 10.5HA MANUFACTURING SITE

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
319705—Refused18 Feb 2025183 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

  • 31 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
  • 31 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.