Observation pack · Donegal County Council

MAGHEROARTY , GORTAHORK , LETTERKENNY PO

(1) RETENTION OF BUILDING CONTAINING A GAMES ROOM AND STORE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING CONTAINING SEAWEED BATHS ROOM, SAUNA, CHANGING ROOMS AND STORE

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661744 · 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: 1.85 ha
Received: 21 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 15 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/2661744/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661744 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 27 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
2660245	Conditional	8 May 2026	0	444 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) RAISING THE ROOF TO PROVIDE FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560272	Conditional	17 Apr 2025	0	116 m	SEAD STÓRÁLA A THÓGÁIL
2461440	Conditional	1 Nov 2024	0	71 m	INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE COMPRISING A 12-METRE HIGH LATTICE STRUCTURE SUPPORTING 4NO. DISHES, TOGETHER WITH EQUIPMENT CABINET, PALISADE FENCE AND GATE, FIBRE DUCTING AND CHAMBERS, FOUNDATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO CARRY THE BROADBAND DATA FROM THE NEW HIGH SPEED FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK ON THE ISLAND, TO THE MAINLAND BY RADIO LINK, TO CONNECT TO THE NBI NATIONAL FIBRE NETWORK, AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT’S NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN TO PROVIDE HIGH SPEED BROADBAND TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY, INCLUDING THE ISLANDS, AT THE SAME DATA SPEED
2460447	Conditional	16 May 2024	0	355 m	(1) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS AND ROOF DETAIL, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PREVIOUS REAR EXTENSION TO DWELLING, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351379	Conditional	3 Nov 2023	1	221 m	TEACH CONAITHE, DABHACH SEARACHAIS COMH MAITH LE GACH OBAIR FHORBARTHA AITE GAOLMHAR EILE
2251579	Conditional	10 Nov 2022	0	283 m	ERECTION OF DOMESTIC SHED, DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250022	Conditional	28 Jul 2022	0	69 m	(1) RENOVATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, COMPRISING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE ELEVATION WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE SAME (2) INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH INTERMITTENT MONO-GRADE SAND FILTER
2151477	Conditional	14 Jul 2022	1	356 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF PARTIALLY COMPLETED DWELLING HOUSE AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF 05/30334 (2) CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH BASEMENT GARAGE, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
21 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.