Observation pack · Donegal County Council

MAIN STREET , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGAL

(1) CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, PREVIOUSLY USED AS RETAIL TO AN APARTMENT WITH ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, (2) REAR FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC EXTENSIONS/ALTERATIONS AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

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: 2661715 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 84 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/2661715/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661715 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

NIAH-recorded building × 8
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 1
R176077

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661581	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	0	314 m	CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2661439	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	0	318 m	AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51194 (AMENDED BY PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51715) CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) RELOCATION OF SUBSTATION AND MINOR INCREASE IN ITS SIZE, (2) REDESIGN OF PUBLIC CONNECTION RAMP AND STEPS, AND RELOCATION OF BICYCLE PARKING, (3) MINOR AMENDMENTS TO SERVICE YARD INCLUDING REMOVAL OF WASTE COMPACTOR AND ADJUSTMENT OF MOE STAIRS, (4) ADJUSTMENT TO ENTRANCE WALLS, (5) INTRODUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, (6) REDUCTION IN LENGTH OF SERVICE YARD RAMP AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660844	Conditional	2 Jul 2026	0	178 m	(1) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL WINDOWS ON THE NORTH FACING GABLE ELEVATION, (2) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL VELUX TYPE ROOFLIGHTS IN THE PITCHED ROOF AND (3) PROVISION OF SIGNAGE AT THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE GABLE ELEVATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660783	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	217 m	(1) RETENTION OF SHOPFRONT TO ‘KENNEDYS BY THE SEA’ INCLUDING RELOCATED ENTRANCE DOOR, GLAZING AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND (2) CHANGING WINDOWS ON FIRST FLOOR AND ERECTION OF A NEW WALL SIGN ON FRONT ELEVATION
2562032	Refused	15 Jan 2026	0	472 m	(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SINGLE BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION UNIT ADJOINING AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO THE GARAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND (3) ALTERATION TO THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561771	Conditional	20 Nov 2025	0	372 m	CONVERSION OF ATTACHED GARAGE TO BEDROOM, CHANGES TO ALL HOUSE ELEVATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560491	Conditional	1 Aug 2025	1	468 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A 2-STOREY DETACHED 3-BEDROOM DWELLING HOUSE WITH VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC ROAD AND CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITY AND WATER SERVICES
2560622	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	0	328 m	RESIDENTIAL EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR OF DWELLING

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324568	—	pending	6 Aug 2026	346 m
322358	—	Granted with conditions	2 Dec 2025	321 m
322125	—	Refused	14 Jul 2025	332 m
313870	—	Other	14 Sept 2023	245 m
313444	—	Granted with conditions	7 Jul 2023	246 m
311175	—	Granted with conditions	24 Mar 2022	321 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

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.