Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DOWNIES , DOWNINGS , LETTERKENNY PO

CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE AND REVISED ENTRANCE TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING WITH ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT (PLANNING REF. NO. 25/61388 REFERS)

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 window closed

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 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: 2661748 · 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: 275 m²
Site area: 5,292 m²
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/2661748/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661748 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
2561388	Conditional	20 Mar 2026	1	0 m	CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
2561187	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	0	367 m	ERECTION OF 5 NO. GLAMPING PODS, ANCILLARY COMMUNAL FACILITIES BUILDING, INSTALLATION OF PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, LANDSCAPING SCHEME, ACCESS AND PARKING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560768	Conditional	26 Jun 2025	1	459 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51217 REFERS) AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF APPROVED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61323
2461323	Conditional	10 Oct 2024	0	460 m	INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TO SERVE DWELLING APPROVED UNDER GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION 23/51217 IN LIEU OF CONNECTION TO COMMUNAL SYSTEM
2460942	Conditional	1 Aug 2024	0	422 m	(1) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TO INCLUDE AN INCREASE TO THE EXISTING OVERALL RIDGE HEIGHT, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO ABOVE MENTIONED EXISTING DWELLING, (3) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION, FOR USE AS PART OF OVERALL ABOVE REFERENCED DWELLING, (4) REVISED FENESTRATION AND INCREASE TO OVERALL RIDGE HEIGHT OF ABOVE REFERENCED EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED, (5) PROVISION OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM TO SERVICE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, (6) UPGRADE AND WIDENING OF EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE, (7) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2460867	Conditional	25 Jul 2024	0	236 m	RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF DORMANT DWELLING AND PROVISION OF NEW ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
2351217	Conditional	23 Nov 2023	1	460 m	ERECTION OF DWELLING AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2251365	Conditional	19 Jan 2023	0	146 m	REFURBISHMENT AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING, NEW SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500378	—	pending	1 Dec 2025	367 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

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.