Observation pack · Donegal County Council

55 COYLIN COURT , RAMELTON , LETTERKENNY PO

(1) RETENTION OF THE CHANGE OF USE OF THE DOMESTIC GARAGE FORMING PART OF THE DWELLING TO BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ALTERATIONS MADE TO THE DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED, (2) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING MICA-DAMAGED DETACHED DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661779 · 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: 180 m²
Site area: 936 m²
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 19 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/2661779/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661779 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 30 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 × 2
milestone/milepost · house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661586	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	0	176 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE (DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS) TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2661135	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	1	52 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2660670	Conditional	11 Jun 2026	43	156 m	REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52027 TO INCLUDE (1) REVISIONS TO OVERALL SITE LAYOUT INCLUDING REVISED HOUSE TYPES (TOTAL NO. OF DWELLINGS 43 AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED) AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING OMISSION OF APPROVED ON-SITE FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES
2660093	Conditional	8 May 2026	0	257 m	THE FOLLOWING WORKS AT A PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE RAMELTON ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION AREA: (1) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SINGLE-GLAZED TIMBER SASH WINDOWS WITH NEW DOUBLE-GLAZED TIMBER SLIDING SASH WINDOWS, REPLICATING THE EXISTING WINDOW PROPORTIONS, GLAZING PATTERN, OPENING ARRANGEMENT AND OVERALL EXTERNAL APPEARANCE, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING EXTERNAL CONCRETE RENDER AND ITS REPLACEMENT WITH CORK BOARD INSULATION, LIME PLASTER AND BREATHABLE EXTERNAL PAINT, (3) REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING TIMBER FRONT DOOR WITH A NEW TIMBER DOOR OF THE SAME SIZE AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING GLAZED PANELS ABOVE THE FRAME WITH NEW DOUBLE-GLAZED PANELS MATCHING THE EXISTING NUMBER AND SIZE, (4) REPAIR AND/OR LIKE-FOR-LIKE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ROOF TILES, FLASHINGS, FASCIA BOARDS AND RAINWATER GOODS, (5) UPGRADING AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING EXTERNAL SERVICE WIRING TO THE PROPERTY AND (6) INSTALLATION OF TWO SMALL, TRADITIONAL STYLE, EXTERNAL LIGHT FITTINGS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, POSITIONED SYMMETRICALLY EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT DOOR
2562095	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	1	27 m	DEMOLITION OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562125	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	0	405 m	ERECTION OF A POLYTUNNEL AND GARDEN SHED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR RAMELTON, ON THE SITE LEASED FROM DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL
2562067	Conditional	15 Jan 2026	1	0 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DAMAGED DETACHED DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2560570	Conditional	20 Jun 2025	1	0 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315477	—	Granted with conditions	8 Feb 2024	456 m
313473	—	Granted with conditions	17 Aug 2023	430 m
310900	—	Granted with conditions	12 Apr 2022	159 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

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 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.