Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CORLACKY , BALLYBOFEY , LIFFORD PO

CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT

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: 2661735 · 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: 6,240 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/2661735/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661735 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
2561877	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	0	212 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE EXISTING PRIVATE ACCESS ROAD TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED SITE, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS, (3) RENOVATION AND ALTERATION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING TOGETHER WITH THE CONVERSION OF AN ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL SHED TO PROVIDE NEW ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING INCLUDING CHANGES TO THE EXISTING ELEVATIONS, (4) DEMOLITION OF REAR WALL OF THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND GABLE WALL OF ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL SHED WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (5) ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT
2351303	Conditional	19 Oct 2023	1	456 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTEWATER SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.