Observation pack · Donegal County Council

FINCASHEL , PETTIGO , DONEGAL PO

(1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA PROVIDED IN MANUFACTURING AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, (2) ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING LIGHT ENGINEERING WORKSHOP CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60275, TO PROVIDE OFFICE AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT SERVICING THE ADJACENT ENVIRO GRIND COMPLEX, IN LIEU OF THE APPROVED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60275 AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCLUDING REVISION TO PARKING ARRANGEMENTS AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE NETWORK TO ACCOMMODATE PROPOSED EXTENSION

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661667 · 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: 1.96 ha
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 2 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/2661667/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661667 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 13 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	Description
2661128	Conditional	1 Oct 2026	(1) REMOVAL / DEMOLITION OF EXISTING WORKSHOP BUILDING AND BAGGING LINE BUILDING TO FACILITATE AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SORTING SHED, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR MATERIAL PROCESSING, SCREENING, STORAGE, HANDLING, TRANSFER, BLENDING TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY PLANT AND MACHINERY AND (3) ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560275	Conditional	17 Apr 2025	CONSTRUCTION OF A LIGHT ENGINEERING WORKSHOP FOR THE FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS, INCLUDING SITE PARKING, VARIOUS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, NEW PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY PERCOLATION AREA, RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK, FIREFIGHTING WATER RESERVOIR TANK, LANDSCAPING, BOUNDARY FENCE AND THE PROVISION AND DIVERSION OF EXISTING SERVICES, INCLUDING AN OVERHEAD ELECTRICITY CABLE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
2251327	Conditional	12 Jan 2023	(1) INTENSIFICATION OF THE EXISTING COMPOSTING AND WASTE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES FROM AN ANNUAL TONNAGE OF 25,000 TONNES TO 150,000 TONNES, (2) UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, AN UPGRADED ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (OSWTS) WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER, (3) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING AREA AND (4) ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A LICENCE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ACTIVITY. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 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.