Observation pack · Donegal County Council

MUFF , CULDAFF , LIFFORD PO

(1) ERECTION OF 3 NO. DETACHED DWELLINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND PERCOLATION AREAS AND (2) PROPOSED ACCESS LANE TO SERVICE PROPOSED DWELLINGS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

Observations close 20 Oct 2026 27 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: 2661705 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 3
Floor area: 822 m²
Site area: 9,135 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/2661705/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661705 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
2660958	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	318 m	INSTALLATION OF AN 18M HIGH STEEL MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE CARRYING 3 NO. MULTIBAND ANTENNAS, 2. NO DISHES, REMOTE RADIO UNITS (RRUS), GPS, EQUIPMENT CABINETS, ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT, ASSOCIATED FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO PROVIDE FOR HIGH SPEED WIRELESS DATA AND BROADBAND SERVICES
2561471	Conditional	9 Oct 2025	0	406 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560468	Refused	15 May 2025	0	378 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT SHED TO INCORPORATE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2461731	Conditional	13 Dec 2024	0	398 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461119	Conditional	13 Sept 2024	1	61 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 01/4156 AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2152025	Conditional	2 Dec 2021	0	262 m	CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNIT TO A CAFÉ (78.0M2) AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION (14.1M2) TO REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE NEW ACCESSIBLE WC & CIRCULATION SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAFÉ

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501814	—	pending	5 Aug 2026	318 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

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.