Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CLOGHAN BEG , CLOGHAN , LIFFORD PO

(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM PART OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL PREMISES TO A SHOP / RETAIL USE AND (2) EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL PREMISES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 5 Nov 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661810 · 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: 2,360 m²
Received: 1 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 25 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/2661810/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661810 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 5 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

Recorded monument × 1
R176359

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661644	Conditional	22 Oct 2026	0	213 m	DEMOLITION OF REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561820	Conditional	5 Dec 2025	0	0 m	REDEVELOPMENT OF AN EXISTING SITE CONTAINING 2 NO. SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: (1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF RENOVATION WORK TO 2 NO. EXISTING DERELICT DWELLINGS INCLUDING THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR AND GABLE WALLS, REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ROOFS, AND ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF BOTH DWELLINGS, (2) CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF A REAR EXTENSION TO BOTH DWELLINGS AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT
2461439	Conditional	5 Dec 2024	1	352 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK /SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351104	Conditional	14 Sept 2023	0	495 m	(A) CHILDCARE FACILITY WHICH INCLUDES 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY CRECHE BUILDINGS AND 1 NO. STORAGE BUILDING AND (B) CONNECTION INTO EXISTING FOUL EFFLUENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 06/60875 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 Nov 2026
1 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.