Observation pack · Donegal County Council

GLENCAR IRISH , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND INTERNAL LAYOUT, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661663 · 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: 1,901 m²
Received: 7 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 1 Nov 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/2661663/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661663 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 12 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	Units	Distance	Description
2661111	Conditional	30 Jul 2026	0	221 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CARPORT ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2562209	Conditional	29 Jul 2026	10	225 m	CONSTRUCTION OF (1) BLOCK A CONTAINING 8 NO. 2 STOREY TERRACED HOUSES WITH 6 NO. APARTMENTS AT LOWER LEVEL OF SITE, BLOCK B CONTAINING 2 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES AT LOWER LEVEL OF SITE (TOTAL NO. OF UNITS = 16), (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCLUDING UPGRADING OF EXISTING ENTRANCE ONTO THE GLENCAR ROAD (L-1174-42) AND PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN ACCESSES TO THE 8 NO. HOUSES, PROVISION OF CARPARKING, BIN/BICYCLE STORAGE, AMENITY AREA, RETAINING WALLS AND LANDSCAPING AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES INCLUDING PROPOSED FOUL PUMP STATION, RISING MAIN AND PROPOSED STORM WATER NETWORK TO DISCHARGE TO EXISTING STREAM
2660809	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	219 m	REFURBISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO PART OF THE ROOF SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION
2660236	Conditional	10 Apr 2026	4	476 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF 4 NO. PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES (2 BLOCKS OF SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES EACH AT FOUNDATION AND ROOF LEVEL RESPECTIVELY) PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 04/88122 AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2550173	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	0	372 m	ERECTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561348	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	100	146 m	A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF (A) 260 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS, CONSISTING OF 100 NO DWELLINGS AND 160 NO APARTMENTS (B) A NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE CONTAINING A SHOP UNIT AND A CRECHE (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO NEW ROADS FROM COUNTY ROAD L-1174-1 (GRANGE ROAD) AND AN INTERNAL DISTRIBUTOR ROAD AND SERVICE ROADS (D) AMENITY OPEN SPACES AND PLAY AREAS (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION TANKS, FOOTPATHS, CAR PARKING AND CYCLE PATHS, THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY (I) AN ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (ECIAR) (II) A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (TIA) (III) AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (AIAR) (IV) AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT (AA) SCREENING REPORT (V) AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) SCREENING REPORT (VI) A BASELINE BADGER SURVEY AND CONSERVATION PLAN (VII) A BUILDING LIFE CYCLE REPORT (VIII) A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL & TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN (CETMP) (IX) AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STATEMENT (X) A STORM & FOUL DRAINAGE REPORT (XI) A LANDSCAPE REPORT. A WEBSITE HAS BEEN SETUP BY THE APPLICANT WITH DOCUMENTS https://www.glencarlrd.ie/
2561656	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	0	219 m	ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO REAR OF AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
2561675	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	0	98 m	DORMER WINDOW TO THE REAR OF DWELLING

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323518	—	Granted with conditions	27 Nov 2025	320 m
316160	—	Refused	17 Jun 2024	132 m
319283	—	Refused	11 Jun 2024	151 m
311133	—	Granted with conditions	29 Mar 2022	64 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

7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 Oct 2026
7 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.