Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CARRICK LOWER , CARRICK , DONEGAL PO

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

Observations close 20 Oct 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661704 · 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: 231 m²
Site area: 8,818 m²
Received: 15 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 9 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/2661704/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661704 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 20 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
2660415	Conditional	30 Apr 2026	0	311 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561325	Conditional	11 Sept 2025	0	309 m	EXTENSION AND THE RELOCATION OF AGRICULTURAL SHED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61614 AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2461273	Conditional	13 Dec 2024	0	285 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 5 NO. GLAMPING PODS, RECEPTION BUILDING, CAR PARKING AREA, PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2461614	Conditional	28 Nov 2024	0	309 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH MACHINERY STORAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350848	Conditional	3 Aug 2023	1	466 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250552	Unconditional	12 May 2022	1	478 m	ERECTION OF 5 NO DETACHED DWELLINGS AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER APPLICATION REF 05/20054 WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2250063	Conditional	22 Apr 2022	0	382 m	DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING CARRICK RIVER WALK & ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2152006	Unconditional	25 Nov 2021	0	496 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DISTILLERY COMPLEX TO CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING:- (1) A NEW WHISKEY DISTILLERY FACILITY WITH VISITOR CENTRE AND ASSOCIATED OFFICES, LABORATORY, STAFF & ANCILLARY FACILITIES. (2) EXTERNAL ESB SUB STATION. (3) EXTERNAL COOLING TOWER. (4) A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE WITH ASSOCIATED FILTER LANE OFF THE MAIN COUNTY ROAD, WITH INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS AND INTERNAL FOOTPATHS, CAR AND BUS PARKING AREAS. (5) COOLING AND SURFACE WATER RETENTION PONDS WITHIN THE SITE AREA. (6) FIRE RETENTION POND. (7) A COMMERCIAL BARREL STORE AND PROVIDE A FILLING ROOM WITH BOTTLING AREA. (8) A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WITH ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREAS. (9) ERECTION OF ROAD SIDE SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE TO THE FACTORY BUILDINGS. (10) CONSTRUCTION OF A HELICOPTER PAD. (11) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OLD FARM BUILDINGS TO COMMERCIAL USE WITH ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ANNEXED ROOF AREAS TO THE OLD FARM BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE FOR A GIN/ POITÍN DISTILLERY AND GIN/POITÍN MUSEUM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT & LANDSCAPING WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

15 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 20 Oct 2026
15 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.