Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CREESLOUGH , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

ERECTION OF 11 NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO A PACKAGE SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 28 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661641 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 11
Floor area: 885 m²
Site area: 3,623 m²
Received: 3 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 28 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/2661641/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661641 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 8 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
2661245	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	342 m	INSTALLATION OF A 120KW (425M2) GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES, ALL WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE (RED III) RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/2413)
2561833	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	216 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ERECTION OF A NEW BUILDING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES WHICH WILL INCORPORATE (A) SHOP, (B) POST OFFICE, (C) OFF-LICENCE, (D) STORE, (E) DELI, (F) TOILETS INCLUDING ACCESSIBLE TOILETS, (G) STAFF WELFARE FACILITIES, (H) FORECOURT, (I) UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND PUMPS, (J) EXTERNAL CANOPY, (K) CAR WASH FACILITY, (L) ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE INCLUDING TOTEM SIGNAGE, (M) AN OUTDOOR LAUNDRETTE KIOSK, (N) OUTDOOR FUEL BUNKER STORAGE AND (O) AN ATM AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562275	Conditional	19 Feb 2026	248 m	ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562276	Conditional	19 Feb 2026	360 m	CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING HOUSE WITH A RAMPED ENTRANCE
2562031	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	342 m	(1) RECONFIGURATION OF CARPARKING AREA WITH 6 NO. EV CHARGING POINTS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61779 AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A SERVICE BUILDING CONSISTING OF AN ESB MV SUBSTATION, A MDB (MAIN DISTRIBUTION BOARD) ROOM AND A BATTERY STORAGE ROOM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ALL WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
2561055	Conditional	11 Dec 2025	240 m	RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATERMAINS AND PUBLIC FOUL AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE SEWER, AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561172	Conditional	21 Aug 2025	295 m	ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560660	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	221 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. COMMUNITY HOUSE WITH ACCESS ROAD VIA MAIN STREET, CREESLOUGH, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATERMAINS AND PUBLIC FOUL AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE SEWER, AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501159	—	pending	14 Apr 2026	216 m
501150	—	Invalid	13 Apr 2026	216 m
322031	—	Refused	18 Jun 2025	276 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

3 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 8 Oct 2026
3 Sept 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.