Observation pack · Donegal County Council

ROISIN ACRES , BURTONPORT , LETTERKENNY PO

SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO FRONT OF EXISTING HOUSE

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 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: 2661713 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,814 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 10 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/2661713/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661713 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 21 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
2561941	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	0	112 m	DINING ROOM EXTENSION INCLUDING SITE WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2461682	Conditional	9 May 2025	1	481 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/50157 INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2462080	Conditional	7 Feb 2025	1	483 m	MOBILE HOME FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS DWELLING HOUSE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE MOBILE HOME WILL THEN BE REMOVED, INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461529	Conditional	7 Nov 2024	0	374 m	(1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF AN ATTIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350157	Conditional	30 Mar 2023	1	481 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2251623	Conditional	17 Nov 2022	0	47 m	DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO SERVE THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2251118	Conditional	13 Oct 2022	1	387 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2152012	Conditional	25 Nov 2021	0	457 m	INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE SAND FILTER TOGETHER WITH NECESSARY SITE WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 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.