Observation pack · Donegal County Council

AUGHAGAULT BIG , DRUMKEEN , LIFFORD PO

(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2661699 · 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: 107 m²
Site area: 1,071 m²
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 8 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/2661699/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661699 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

Recorded monument × 2
Clochan · R176425

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2562038	Conditional	15 Jan 2026	0	0 m	CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO THE SIDE AND REAR, INCLUDING MINOR INTERNAL CHANGES, WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561720	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	0	290 m	(1) EXTENSIONS TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DETACHED STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560160	Conditional	3 Apr 2025	1	101 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE UNDER THE DCBGS (MICA SCHEME), PLUS ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2460037	Conditional	7 Mar 2024	0	437 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND STORAGE SHEDS ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR INCLUDING ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, AND (4) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2350539	Conditional	1 Jun 2023	0	0 m	(1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) REFURBISHMENT WORKS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250373	Conditional	22 Apr 2022	0	302 m	ERECTION OF A KITCHEN AND LIVING AREA EXTENSION AT THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, AND ALL ASSOICATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 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.