Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DINGLEI COUSH , MAGHERACOR , BUNDORAN DONEGAL PO

A NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 99 NO. NEW DWELLING UNITS, COMPRISING OF 10 NO. 2-BEDROOM, TWO STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, 44 NO. 3-BEDROOM, TWO STOREY SEMI-DETACHED AND END OF TERRACE HOUSES, 38 NO. 4-BEDROOM, THREE STOREY SEMI-DETACHED AND END OF TERRACE HOUSES, 3 NO. 4-BEDROOM, TWO STOREY DETACHED HOUSES AND 4 NO. 4-BEDROOM, SINGLE STOREY DETACHED HOUSES, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. CRECHE FACILITY WITH ASSOCIATED OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, (3) ANCILLARY STRUCTURES, INCLUDING ESB SUBSTATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SWITCH ROOMS, BICYCLE AND BIN STORES, PROVISION OF NEW ESTATE ROADS, PARKING, FOOTPATHS, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, SITE LANDSCAPING, PUBLIC LIGHTING, A PUMPING STATION, FOUL AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING REMOVAL OF EXISTING POLYTUNNEL

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 22 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2661772 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 4.10 ha
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: —
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/2661772/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661772 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
2661306	Conditional	27 Aug 2026	0	335 m	CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2661197	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	1	256 m	(1) REMOVAL OF ROOF TO FRONT PART OF SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ROOF STRUCTURE INCORPORATING TWO ATTIC BEDROOMS, BATHROOM AND RISING OF THE RIDGE HEIGHT AND REAR WALL TO TWO STOREYS, (3) INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS TO THE ROOF, (4) PLACEMENT OF A CARAVAN FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND A SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR DOMESTIC STORAGE FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS IN THE REAR GARDEN AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING
2661187	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	0	61 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2562152	Conditional	20 Mar 2026	0	122 m	INSTALLATION OF HIGH-POWER ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) INSTALLATION OF 8 NO. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING BAYS WITH 8 NO. TESLA ILLUMINATED CHARGING UNITS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, (2) INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED TESLA SUPERCHARGER POWER CABINET EQUIPMENT, (3) INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED MODULAR SUBSTATION, (4) ERECTION OF ASSOCIATED EV SIGNAGE, (5) RELOCATION OF AN EXISTING LIGHTING POLE AND (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING SURFACING, LIGHTING AND LINE MARKING
2660084	Conditional	12 Mar 2026	0	252 m	CHANGE OF USE OF VISCOUNT GUESTHOUSE FROM A GUESTHOUSE TO A RESIDENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION APPLICANTS
2562324	Conditional	19 Feb 2026	0	116 m	CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO NORTH WEST ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING
2550146	Refused	5 Dec 2025	0	489 m	ERECTION OF A BUILDING CONTAINING (1) AUDIO VISUAL DISPLAY AREA AT LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (2) GALLERY/DISPLAY AREA, RETAIL UNIT AND RECEPTION AREA AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (3) OFFICE SPACE WITH CIRCULATION AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, (4) OFFICE SPACE WITH CIRCULATION AREA AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, (5) CAR PARK CONTAINING 20 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES, 13 NO. BICYCLE STANDS AND LOADING BAY AND (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561190	Conditional	21 Aug 2025	0	135 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR OF DWELLING, (2) ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW FENESTRATION ON NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS, AND REAR EXTERNAL DOOR ON WEST ELEVATION AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321287	—	Refused	18 Dec 2025	491 m
310190	—	Granted with conditions	4 Nov 2021	0 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 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.