Observation pack · Donegal County Council

TULLYARVAN , BUNCRANA , LETTERKENNY PO

1) AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING AND (2) A DOMESTIC SHED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 closes today

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: 2661798 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 656 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/2661798/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661798 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	Units	Distance	Description
2661458	Conditional	17 Sept 2026	0	393 m	SIDE EXTENSION (EASTERN ELEVATION) AND REAR EXTENSION (NORTHERN ELEVATION) AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2661420	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	1	279 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2660947	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	453 m	PRE-SCHOOL FACILITY, LOCATED WITHIN EXISTING COMMUNITY CENTRE BUILDING
2560846	Refused	9 Oct 2025	1	332 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED 2 STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2561081	Conditional	8 Aug 2025	1	391 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 01/5123 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2560691	Conditional	12 Jun 2025	2	371 m	REPLACEMENT OF 1 NO. PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DETACHED DWELLING (APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 16/50480) WITH 2 NO. SEMI DETACHED DWELLINGS ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2560437	Conditional	9 May 2025	1	485 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560073	Conditional	13 Mar 2025	1	422 m	DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED 2 STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321568	—	open	2 Jan 2025	416 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.