Observation pack · Donegal County Council

MAIN STREET & CANNONS COURT , MOUNTCHARLES TD , MOUNTCHARLES

(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A 2-STOREY DETACHED BUILDING WITH PRIVATE GARAGE STORAGE AT GROUND LEVEL AND 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT TYPE ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING UTILITIES AND WATER SERVICES ALL WITH VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE L-6315-1 PUBLIC ROAD AND (2) REARRANGEMENT OF CAR PARKING LAYOUT IN THE ADJOINING CAR PARKING AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661787 · 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: 578 m²
Received: 28 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 22 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/2661787/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661787 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 2 Nov 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 × 4
water pump · house · Gillespie Bros

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660737	Conditional	17 Sept 2026	0	194 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STORAGE SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2661126	Conditional	30 Jul 2026	0	36 m	ATTIC DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF AN EN-SUITE BEDROOM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2562197	Conditional	16 Jul 2026	0	167 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING TO PROVIDE 2 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, (2) ASSOCIATED BIN STORAGE AREA SERVING THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, (3) REMOVAL OF EXISTING STORAGE AREA AND GARAGE TO REAR OF BUILDING TO ALLOW FOR THE NEW EXTENSION AND (4) NEW CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660870	Refused	2 Jul 2026	1	0 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A 2-STOREY DETACHED BUILDING WITH PRIVATE GARAGE STORAGE AT GROUND LEVEL AND TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT TYPE ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO INCLUDE CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING UTILITIES AND WATER SERVICES, ALL WITH VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE L-6315-1 PUBLIC ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660746	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	152 m	ALTERATIONS TO APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 24/60229 WHICH CONSISTS OF THE EXTENSION OF THE APPROVED BUILDING TO INCLUDE FOR A NEW COMMUNITY ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561758	Conditional	6 Feb 2026	0	42 m	CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING TWO-STOREY TOWNHOUSE TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561415	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	1	391 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560355	Conditional	29 May 2025	1	483 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE INTO A RESIDENTIAL ANNEX, CONNECTION INTO EXISTING SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501854	—	Invalid	11 Aug 2026	167 m
500636	—	Refused	8 May 2026	391 m
320740	—	Refused	7 Aug 2025	169 m
322219	—	Refused	16 Jul 2025	160 m
318019	—	Refused	9 Oct 2023	245 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

28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
28 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.