Observation pack · Donegal County Council

AGHAVANNAN NEAR , RATHMULLAN , LETTERKENNY PO

CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 4 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: 2661777 · 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: 186 m²
Site area: 6,777 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
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/2661777/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661777 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
2562293	Conditional	19 Feb 2026	0	387 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY BED ANIMAL HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561280	Conditional	23 Oct 2025	1	495 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH PART ATTIC ACCOMMODATION AND A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, A SURFACE WATER SOAKAWAY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2561104	Conditional	17 Oct 2025	0	99 m	ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
2561481	Conditional	17 Oct 2025	1	311 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOLIDAY HOME AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT HOLIDAY HOME IN THE SAME LOCATION WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, INCLUDING THE FOUL AND STORM SEWERS
2560952	Refused	24 Jul 2025	1	261 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER
2560442	Conditional	9 May 2025	0	405 m	ATTACHED GARAGE AS BUILT TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2462137	Conditional	13 Feb 2025	0	240 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351276	Conditional	28 Mar 2024	0	439 m	(A) KING POLE TENT FOR USE AS A COVERED OUTDOOR DINING AND FUNCTION SPACE, (B) SERVICE AND STORAGE BUILDING, (C) TOILETS AND (D) MISCELLANEOUS COVERED SEATING AREAS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500277	—	Refused	27 Mar 2026	311 m
311336	—	Granted with conditions	23 May 2022	275 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.