Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DOWNIES , DOWNINGS , LETTERKENNY PO

CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661771 · 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: 693 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 18 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/2661771/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661771 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 29 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
2661539	Conditional	1 Oct 2026	0	3 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE TO FORM AN EXTENDED KITCHEN/LIVING/DINING ROOM AND COVERED EXTERNAL PATIO AREA, (2) INTERNAL RENOVATIONS TO CONVERT THE EXISTING GARAGE INTO 2 NO. BEDROOMS, (3) ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND (4) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE ONSITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING DEFINED BOUNDARY TREATMENT
2660177	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	1	372 m	ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED GARAGE INCLUDING CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562230	Refused	12 Feb 2026	0	424 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT STORE AS PART OF SITE CLEARANCE TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY COMBINED ARTIST STUDIO AND GALLERY SPACE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2560636	Conditional	12 Jun 2025	1	0 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER
2351580	Conditional	28 Mar 2024	1	105 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351876	Conditional	1 Feb 2024	0	309 m	ALTERATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO BUNGALOW WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2351184	Refused	28 Sept 2023	1	1 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER
2350461	Refused	25 May 2023	1	153 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314252	—	Refused	7 Nov 2023	195 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 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.