Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CASTLE STREET , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO

(1) CHANGE-OF-USE FROM EXISTING OFFICES TO 3 NO. APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE THE APARTMENTS, (2) CHANGE-OF-USE FROM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, (3) CHANGE-OF-USE FROM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, (4) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FIRST-FLOOR BATHROOM AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT EXTENSION AT FIRST AND SECOND-FLOOR LEVELS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ACCESS STAIRWELL TO APARTMENTS ON THESE FLOORS AND (5) CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS STEPS FROM STREET LEVEL TO THE STORAGE BASEMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 2 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: 2661750 · 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: 1,766 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/2661750/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661750 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

NIAH-recorded building × 14
house · house · The Market House
Recorded monument × 3
Historic town · Castle - unclassified · R185042

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661593	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	0	429 m	EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
2661455	Conditional	17 Sept 2026	0	346 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
2661437	Refused	10 Sept 2026	0	187 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ACCOMMODATION UNIT WITH ADJACENT STORAGE AND (2) REPLACEMENT ACCOMMODATION UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
2561123	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	31	453 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF 35 NO. DWELLING UNITS CONSISTING OF 16 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, 14 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES - 2 STOREY, SEMI-DETACHED, 1 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSE - 2 STOREY, DETACHED AND 4 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES - 3 STOREY, SEMI-DETACHED, (2) NEW SITE ENTRANCES, ACCESSED FROM EXISTING ROAD OFF CAMP LANE AND EXISTING ROAD UPGRADED BY WIDENING TO 6.0M WITH FOOTPATH, (3) OPEN SPACE AMENITY AND CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND LOCATED CENTRALLY WITHIN THE PROPOSED SCHEME, (4) NEW CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER SYSTEM, (5) REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER WITHIN THE SITE, (6) NEW CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC STORM WATER SYSTEM, (7) NEW CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATERMAIN AND (8) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660651	Conditional	5 Jun 2026	1	425 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER/WASTEWATER SERVICES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2660677	Conditional	5 Jun 2026	0	197 m	CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE FOR PRE-SCHOOL, PLAYSCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES / SERVICES INCLUDING MINOR ALTERATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561713	Conditional	30 Apr 2026	2	489 m	ERECTION OF 2 ASSISTED LIVING HOUSES WITH NEW CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, STORM AND WATERMAINS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561066	Conditional	6 Feb 2026	6	416 m	ERECTION OF 6 NO. DWELLING HOUSES, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND STORM SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 24/60206 REFERS)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324241	—	pending	23 Apr 2026	100 m
319246	—	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2024	279 m
316221	—	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2024	424 m
316735	—	Other	6 Nov 2023	413 m
311454	—	Granted with conditions	9 May 2022	193 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.