Observation pack · Donegal County Council

PLUGHOGE , ARRANMORE ISLAND , CO. DONEGAL

CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 19 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: 2661672 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 274 m²
Site area: 5,613 m²
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/2661672/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661672 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	Units	Distance	Description
2660174	Refused	2 Apr 2026	1	422 m	REVISED HOUSE TYPE IN LIEU OF THAT PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51211, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
2561330	Conditional	23 Oct 2025	0	357 m	(1) DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR FROM DOMESTIC GARAGE TO ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351680	Conditional	29 Feb 2024	1	181 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351852	Conditional	1 Feb 2024	0	300 m	CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH REQUIRED SITE WORKS
2351211	Conditional	5 Oct 2023	1	456 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ON-SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2351212	Conditional	5 Oct 2023	1	435 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ON-SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350910	Conditional	17 Aug 2023	1	229 m	(A) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF SITE ACCESS ROAD INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS & (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
2350872	Conditional	10 Aug 2023	0	0 m	REMOVAL OF EXISTING WALL-STADES AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY-GOODS STORE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE WORKS

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.