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Observation pack · Donegal County Council

OLDTOWN , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

(1) SUNROOM EXTENSION AND MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) FLAT ROOF STRUCTURE TO DETACHED GARAGE IN LIEU OF A PITCHED ROOF DESIGN AS ORIGINALLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. T.81/78 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 29 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2661728 · 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
990 m²
Received
17 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
11 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661728/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661728 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 22 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2661241Conditional27 Aug 20260464 m(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONVERSION OF ATTACHED GARAGE TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION, (3) REPLACEMENT OF FLAT ROOF ON ATTACHED GARAGE WITH PITCHED ROOF AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560998Conditional6 Aug 20260276 mCONSTRUCTION OF 3 STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK ‘A’ CONTAINING 6 NO. APARTMENTS, AND A 4 STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK ‘B’ CONTAINING 14 NO. APARTMENTS INCLUDING SHARED ROOF TERRACES (20 NO. APARTMENTS IN TOTAL) WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS TO INCLUDE CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES, PROPOSED NEW ENTRANCE AND SPEED TABLE, ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, AMENITY SPACE, BICYCLE PARKING, BIN COMPOUNDS AND STORM WATER DISCHARGE TO EXISTING STREAM
2562217Conditional16 Jul 20260417 m(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND OUTBUILDINGS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 3 STOREY APARTMENT BLOCK CONTAINING 9 NO. 2 BED APARTMENTS IN TOTAL, (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING CARPARKING, BIN COMPOUND, EXTERNAL STORAGE COMPOUNDS FOR EACH APARTMENT, LANDSCAPED AMENITY AREA, FOOTPATH / CYCLE PATHS AND NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND (4) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES INCLUDING FOUL, STORM AND WATERMAINS
2660908Conditional9 Jul 20260121 mERECTION OF (1) NEW MODULAR BUILDING TO CONSIST OF 2 NO. TEAM CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWER ROOMS AND TOILET FACILITIES AND (2) NEW MODULAR BUILDING TO CONSIST OF 2 NO. OFFICIALS CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWER ROOMS AND TOILET FACILITIES, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING MAIN PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO INCREASE FOOTBALL PITCHES AND CLUB FACILITIES
2660725Conditional18 Jun 20260305 mALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
2660320Conditional24 Apr 20261416 mDEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING INCLUDING AN AMENDED DESIGN AND EXTENSION TO THE SIDES, FRONT AND REAR OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561502Conditional17 Oct 20251419 mDEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING MAIN PUBLIC SERVICES, MAIN PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560748Conditional1 Aug 20251437 mDEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING MAIN PUBLIC SERVICES, MAIN PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
321460Granted with conditions16 Apr 2025474 m
316727Granted30 Aug 2023276 m
316857Granted28 Aug 2023353 m
316861Other28 Aug 2023353 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

  • 17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026
  • 17 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.