Observation pack · Donegal County Council

ROUGHAN , LIFFORD , CO. DONEGAL

DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF NEW REPLACEMENT FOUL EFFLUENT SYSTEM INCORPORATING A REED BED SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661793 · 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: 8,075 m²
Received: 29 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 23 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/2661793/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661793 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 3 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2661509	Conditional	24 Sept 2026	309 m	INSTALLATION OF CHANGING FACILITIES, TOILETS, KITCHEN FACILITIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2661169	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	0 m	(1) RETENTION OF FIRST FLOOR ACCESSIBLE WC AND LOBBY, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REAR EXTENSION TO INCLUDE PASSENGER LIFT, CHANGING PLACES TOILET ON GROUND FLOOR AND WCS AND STORE TO FIRST FLOOR AND (3) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDING NEW ACCESS RAMP AND CONNECTION INTO EXISTING SERVICES
2562056	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	463 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COMMERCIAL STORAGE SHED
2560542	Conditional	7 Nov 2025	414 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING, (2) INTERNAL PLAN ALTERATIONS TO INCREASE NO. OF APARTMENTS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51192 FROM 17 TO 19 UNITS AND (3) MINOR ALTERATIONS TO ROOF AND FACADE DESIGN OF PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING REF. NOS. 23/51192 & 07/40652
2462070	Conditional	7 Feb 2025	0 m	ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351192	Conditional	16 May 2024	414 m	(1) COMPLETION OF WORKS GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/40652, (2) CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, (3) ALTERATION OF THE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED ROOF DESIGN WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL APARTMENT BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS TO 17 AND (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351469	Conditional	16 Nov 2023	377 m	(1) CHANGE OF USE OF GROUND FLOOR OF THE FORMER POST OFFICE BUILDING INTO OPEN PLAN OFFICE ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING CANTEEN, TOILETS (2) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES ON GROUND FLOOR, (3) DEMOLITION OF 33.65 SQ AREA ON GROUND FLOOR, (4) PROPOSED NEW INSULATED METAL DECK ROOF COVERING, AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350799	Conditional	27 Jul 2023	465 m	ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL PREMISES CONSISTING OF ALTERATIONS TO FRONT ELEVATION AND INTERNAL LAYOUT CHANGES

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501214	—	Granted	13 Aug 2026	463 m
501219	—	Invalid	23 Apr 2026	463 m
501178	—	Invalid	20 Apr 2026	463 m
313755	—	Granted with conditions	6 Jul 2023	271 m
311468	—	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2023	486 m
311542	—	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2023	60 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

29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026
29 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.