Observation pack · Donegal County Council

MAIN STREET , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGAL

CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BASEMENT APARTMENT AS CONSTRUCTED AND APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 09/20256 TO SHORT TERM LET ACCOMMODATION

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661686 · 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: 273 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 5 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/2661686/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661686 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 16 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
2661439	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	0	158 m	AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51194 (AMENDED BY PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51715) CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) RELOCATION OF SUBSTATION AND MINOR INCREASE IN ITS SIZE, (2) REDESIGN OF PUBLIC CONNECTION RAMP AND STEPS, AND RELOCATION OF BICYCLE PARKING, (3) MINOR AMENDMENTS TO SERVICE YARD INCLUDING REMOVAL OF WASTE COMPACTOR AND ADJUSTMENT OF MOE STAIRS, (4) ADJUSTMENT TO ENTRANCE WALLS, (5) INTRODUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, (6) REDUCTION IN LENGTH OF SERVICE YARD RAMP AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660952	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	460 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A SUNROOM EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660844	Conditional	2 Jul 2026	0	199 m	(1) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL WINDOWS ON THE NORTH FACING GABLE ELEVATION, (2) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL VELUX TYPE ROOFLIGHTS IN THE PITCHED ROOF AND (3) PROVISION OF SIGNAGE AT THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE GABLE ELEVATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660783	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	443 m	(1) RETENTION OF SHOPFRONT TO ‘KENNEDYS BY THE SEA’ INCLUDING RELOCATED ENTRANCE DOOR, GLAZING AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND (2) CHANGING WINDOWS ON FIRST FLOOR AND ERECTION OF A NEW WALL SIGN ON FRONT ELEVATION
2650066	Unconditional	18 Jun 2026	1	443 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 45 MIXED TYPE HOUSING UNITS TO INCLUDE (1) 9 NO. TWO STOREY, 4 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (2) 16 NO. TWO STOREY, 5 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH ATTIC UTILISATION (3) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM, GROUND AND FIRST DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO STOREY BUILDINGS (4) 10 NO. 2 BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BUILDINGS (5) 10 NO. 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY DUPLEX APARTMENT UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF STOREY BLOCKS (6) DEVELOPMENT OF ESTATE ROADS, FOOTPATHS AND OPEN GRASSED AND PLAY AREAS, ALL WITH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS VIA THE FARMLEIGH PARK ROAD ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD (L-2065-1) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF BOUNDARIES, RETAINING STRUCTURES, STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND ATTENUATION WITH DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING PIPE NETWORK, FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND CONNECTION INTO THE EXISTING MAINS PIPE NETWORK, MAINS WATER SUPPLY PIPES AND ALL ASSOCIATED PUBLIC LIGHTING, PUBLIC UTILITY NETWORKS SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2562203	Conditional	6 Feb 2026	4	460 m	MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 19/51971 & 21/51703 (AND EXTENDED BY PLANNING REF. NOS. 25/50040 & 25/50041) COMPRISING (1) AN INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO THE 4 NO. 2-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCKS CONVERTING THE 8 NO. FIRST FLOOR UNITS FROM 1 BEDROOM TO 2 BEDROOMS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. 2-STOREY 3 BEDROOM UNITS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY 3 BEDROOM UNITS, (3) RECONFIGURATION OF ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, AND (4) VARIOUS MINOR LANDSCAPING, BOUNDARY TREATMENT AND ANCILLARY MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE AMENDMENTS. THE AMENDMENTS WILL INCREASE UNIT NUMBERS ON THE SITE TO 62 NO. DWELLINGS
2561745	Conditional	20 Nov 2025	0	460 m	ALTERATION/MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING 3-STOREY 8 NO. UNIT APARTMENT BLOCK PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 19/51971 & 21/51703 CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2-STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK WITH 4 NO. GROUND FLOOR UNITS (TWO BEDROOM) AND 4 NO. FIRST FLOOR UNITS (TWO BEDROOM) ALL WITH OWN DOOR ACCESS ON GROUND FLOOR, RECONFIGURATION OF ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2560420	Conditional	9 May 2025	0	390 m	DEVELOPMENT TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF (1) REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING CHIMNEYS, SLATE AND FLAT ROOFS, (2) FABRICATION OF NEW HIP ROOF, (3) REMOVAL OF EXISTING PVC PORCH AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ENTRANCE PORCH TO NORTH ELEVATION AND (4) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY TO PROVIDE KITCHEN/DINER

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322358	—	Granted with conditions	2 Dec 2025	162 m
322125	—	Refused	14 Jul 2025	116 m
313870	—	Other	14 Sept 2023	366 m
313444	—	Granted with conditions	7 Jul 2023	365 m
311175	—	Granted with conditions	24 Mar 2022	162 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

11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
11 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.