Observation pack · Donegal County Council

SHEERCLOON , BALLINDRAIT , LIFFORD PO

CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORAGE SHED, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 10 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661822 · 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: 209 m²
Site area: 4,988 m²
Received: 2 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 26 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/2661822/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661822 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 6 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
2661184	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	1	307 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE (AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/6020) DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING ONSITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561337	Conditional	18 Sept 2025	0	268 m	INSTALLATION OF A DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2252067	Conditional	23 Feb 2023	1	348 m	(1) SELF-CONTAINED FLAT WITHIN THE APPROVED DOMESTIC GARAGE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE (2) COMPLETION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE
2250966	Refused	21 Jul 2022	1	348 m	ALTERATIONS TO APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED UNDER REF:17/50046 CONSISTING OF THE RELOCATION OF PERMITTED DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE IN A SOUTH-EASTERLY DIRECTION, ALSO REVISING THE FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SUIT THE NEW LOCATION
2152555	Conditional	17 Feb 2022	0	449 m	ERECTION OF A SLATTED SHEEP SHED

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324272	—	pending	7 May 2026	41 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

2 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 Nov 2026
2 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.