Observation pack · Donegal County Council

THE CORNER HOUSE , GORTNACORRIB , LETTERKENNY

(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY KITCHEN EXTENSION TO THE WEST (23M2) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE WEST (NEW EXTENSION TOTAL AREA OF BOTH FLOORS COMBINED IS 79M2) COMPRISING OF A NEW KITCHEN, UTILITY AND WC AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND AN ADDITIONAL BEDROOM AND BATHROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND (2) INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING THE RELOCATION OF THE STAIRS, CONSTRUCTION OF (A) DORMER WINDOWS AT FIRST FLOOR TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE DWELLING AND (B) A GLAZED JULIET BALCONY TO THE REAR, REPLACEMENT OF ALL EXISTING WINDOWS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 15 Oct 2026 10 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661685 · 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: 2,590 m²
Received: 10 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 4 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/2661685/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661685 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 15 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
2660261	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	1	180 m	CHANGE OF USE OF GARAGE TO AN ANNEX APARTMENT DURING A MICA REBUILD, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461860	Conditional	9 Jan 2025	1	84 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED MICA-AFFECTED 2 STOREY DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2351130	Conditional	21 Sept 2023	1	219 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER REF: 19/51063
2351105	Conditional	14 Sept 2023	1	276 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2350812	Conditional	20 Jul 2023	0	192 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 19/50079
2251936	Conditional	2 Feb 2023	1	164 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING MICA AFFECTED DWELLING HOUSE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2251355	Conditional	22 Sept 2022	1	271 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2152028	Conditional	2 Dec 2021	1	164 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING MICA AFFECTED DWELLING HOUSE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 Oct 2026
10 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.