Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CRAIGTOWN , FAHAN , LIFFORD PO

CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING SILAGE PIT, WITH NEW CONCRETE APRON AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2661635 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,019 m²
Received: 2 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 27 Oct 2026
Decision: Conditional

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/2661635/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661635 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 7 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

Recorded monument × 2
Ringfort - unclassified · R176897

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660841	Refused	24 Sept 2026	1	347 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561812	Conditional	27 Nov 2025	1	320 m	GARDEN ROOM AND MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO DETACHED GARAGE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 99/5133 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2561692	Conditional	20 Nov 2025	0	0 m	ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TO ABUT EXISTING SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS WITHIN EXISTING FARM YARD
2460383	Conditional	19 Sept 2024	1	343 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351593	Conditional	7 Dec 2023	0	122 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A NEW UNDERGROUND SLURRY RUN-OFF TANK AND (B) EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING SLATTED SHED TO PROVIDE COVER TO THE PROPOSED TANK AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2251448	Conditional	25 May 2023	0	122 m	(1) ADDITIONAL FOOTPRINT PROVIDED TO AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT SHED (2) A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE PUBLIC ROAD (3) THE CLOSURE OF AN EXISTING ENTRANCE TO THE PUBLIC ROAD (4) AN ENLARGED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE PIPE DISCHARGING INTO THE EXISTING STREAM AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A NEW SLATTED SHED, EFFLUENT TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS INCLUDING THE LOCAL RAISING OF GROUND LEVEL TO TIE INTO THE EXISTING CONCRETE YARD (B) A NEW LEAN-TO STORAGE SHED TO THE EAST OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED
2251745	Conditional	8 Dec 2022	0	122 m	SLATTED SHED, EFFLUENT TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2152156	Conditional	27 Jan 2022	1	401 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
2 Sept 2026 Decision
2 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.