Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CARRICKAFODEN , CARNDONAGH , LIFFORD PO

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA AFFECTED DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DORMER DWELLING HOUSE UNDER THE DCBGS (MICA SCHEME) PLUS ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 window closed

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 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: 2661731 · 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: 227 m²
Site area: 2,052 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661731/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661731 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 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.
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
2661021	Conditional	24 Sept 2026	1	265 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560230	Conditional	10 Apr 2025	0	349 m	CREATION OF A NEW ENTRANCE AND ACCESS LANE ONTO THE COUNTY ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350494	Conditional	1 Jun 2023	0	376 m	DOMESTIC GARAGE AT REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING
2252098	Conditional	5 May 2023	0	339 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY CLUBHOUSE AND SPORTS HALL, WITH CHANGING/SHOWERING FACILITIES, FUNCTION ROOM, INDOOR TRAINING PITCH AND ASSOCIATED ACCOMMODATION, 3 NO. OUTDOOR FOOTBALL PITCHES CONSISTING OF A MAIN GRASS PLAYING PITCH, A GRASS TRAINING PITCH AND A 3G PITCH, WALKING TRACK, A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2251525	Conditional	4 Nov 2022	1	234 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE BLOCK DORMER STYLE DWELLING HOUSE, GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 02/4892 (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SIMILAR IN STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC VELUX WINDOWS IN LIEU OF DORMERS, WITH NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING FOUL DRAINAGE PIPEWORK TO BE CONNECTED TO EXISTING PREVIOULSY APPROVED FOUL SYSTEM AS GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF:02/4892
2152090	Conditional	16 Jun 2022	0	0 m	EXISTING HAIR SALON AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH LIVING ACCOMMODATION ABOVE AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF WORKS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2250495	Conditional	6 May 2022	0	129 m	RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2152087	Conditional	17 Feb 2022	1	281 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317243	—	Granted with conditions	1 May 2024	339 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.