Observation pack · Donegal County Council

BALLYLIFFIN , LIFFORD PO , CO. DONEGAL

CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661693 · 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: 256 m²
Site area: 6,535 m²
Received: 13 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 7 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/2661693/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661693 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 19 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
2661303	Conditional	27 Aug 2026	1	418 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/61600, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2562308	Conditional	28 May 2026	1	421 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562320	Conditional	19 Feb 2026	1	365 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560744	Conditional	20 Nov 2025	0	100 m	(1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING FOUNDATIONS, RISING WALLS TO SUBFLOOR LEVEL AND FLOOR SLAB FOR SHED PREVIOUSLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, (2) ERECTION OF A NEW PRIVATE GARAGE / STORAGE SHED, (3) PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561600	Conditional	30 Oct 2025	1	418 m	(A) MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF: 06/70857, (B) RELOCATION AND MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES TO EXISTING SHED, AND (C) GARDEN ROOM AND PLANNING PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS; PLANNING REF: 06/70857, AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2560571	Conditional	29 May 2025	0	365 m	CONSTRUCTION OF (1) AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF PROPERTY AND (2) A DOMESTIC GARAGE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560092	Conditional	13 Mar 2025	0	397 m	RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2462109	Conditional	13 Feb 2025	1	479 m	EXTENSION AND MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 96/890 AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 96/890 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500459	—	Refused	27 Apr 2026	100 m
318358	—	Refused	10 May 2024	100 m
312373	—	Granted with conditions	23 Mar 2023	100 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

13 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
13 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.