Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CANAL ROAD , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE OF FORMER CAR SALES GARAGE AND PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED RETAIL / SHOP UNITS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 17/51336 AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO PROVIDE A CLINIC AND OFFICE SPACE FOR HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES WITH WORKS TO INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE STAIRWELLS AND MINOR AMENDMENTS TO PERMITTED GROUND FLOOR AREA TO INCLUDE ACCESS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 18 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: 2661823 · 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: 4,667 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/2661823/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661823 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	Distance	Description
2661474	Conditional	24 Sept 2026	297 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2661133	Conditional	24 Sept 2026	151 m	(1) SINGLE STOREY ENTRANCE INTO THE CAFÉ, (2) MINOR ELEVATIONAL REVISIONS INCLUDING EXISTING SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING, (3) MONOLITH SIGN LOCATED IN THE EXISTING CARPARK AND (4) ALL ANCILLARY WORKS INCLUDING CAR PARKING, MOBILE RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK AND SCREENING
2661166	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	183 m	CHANGE OF USE, CONVERSION, ALTERATION AND ROOF EXTENSION OF THE VACANT THIRD FLOOR OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING AT MCKENDRICK PLACE TO PROVIDE 10 NO. APARTMENTS, INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO THE EXTERNAL FAÇADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561558	Conditional	27 Aug 2026	287 m	(1) PROVISION OF PURPOSE BUILT STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PROVIDING FOR 6 NO. 1 BED STUDIO APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 2 NO. 4 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 5 NO. 5 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 9 NO. 7 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, 4 NO. 6 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS AND 9 NO. 8 BEDSPACE APARTMENT TYPE UNITS, WITH A TOTAL OF 198 NO. BEDSPACES PROPOSED, (2) PROVISION OF FACILITY MANAGEMENT ACCOMMODATION, PLANT ROOMS AND BIN STORAGE, (3) THE ACCOMMODATION IS PROPOSED IN 2 NO. COJOINED BLOCKS, EACH WITH DIRECT ACCESS FROM A PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN JUSTICE WALSH CAR-PARK AND MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY AND THE LINK WILL INCORPORATE A LANDSCAPED 'COMMUNAL ART EXHIBITION SPACE' AS WELL AS PUBLIC PARKLET SEATING AREAS, (4) DEVELOPMENT OF A LANDSCAPED INTERNAL COURTYARD ALONG WITH THE PROVISION OF A PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN JUSTICE WALSH CAR-PARK AND MAIN STREET, LETTERKENNY AND (5) PROVISION OF A SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES (FOUL SEWER AND SURFACE WATER DRAIN) AT ROSEMOUNT
2661089	Conditional	30 Jul 2026	459 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF SMALL DOMESTIC SHED AT THE REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING, (3) CHANGE OF USE FROM A TOWN HOUSE TO A COMMUNITY USE BUILDING AND (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561969	Conditional	23 Jul 2026	374 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY SECTION TO REAR OF SHOP AT GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR LEVELS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO REAR OF SHOP AT GROUND FLOOR INCLUDING NEW SHOP FRONT AND NEW ACCESS TO SHOP, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE AT FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR LEVELS INCLUDING ALTERATIONS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING HOUSE AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES
2660935	Refused	9 Jul 2026	469 m	(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM AN OVER SPILL CAR PARK AND FORMER STONE MASONS' YARD AND WORKSHOP TO A NEW WELLNESS, RECREATION AND SAUNA FACILITY, INCLUDING SINGLE-STOREY SAUNAS, CHANGING ROOMS, WC FACILITIES, RECEPTION AND ANCILLARY REFRESHMENT FACILITIES, EXTERNAL HOT TUBS, SHOWERS, AND COLD PLUNGE AREAS, (2) ERECTION OF A NEW TIMBER-CLAD PERIMETER SCREEN/FENCE, DESIGNATED CAR PARKING BAYS, NEW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, RECONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER NETWORK, AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660908	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	329 m	ERECTION OF (1) NEW MODULAR BUILDING TO CONSIST OF 2 NO. TEAM CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWER ROOMS AND TOILET FACILITIES AND (2) NEW MODULAR BUILDING TO CONSIST OF 2 NO. OFFICIALS CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWER ROOMS AND TOILET FACILITIES, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING MAIN PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO INCREASE FOOTBALL PITCHES AND CLUB FACILITIES

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502158	—	pending	22 Sept 2026	287 m
501952	—	pending	25 Aug 2026	459 m
501772	—	open	27 Jul 2026	469 m
501727	—	open	20 Jul 2026	321 m
500904	—	Refused	26 Jun 2026	468 m
501502	—	pending	8 Jun 2026	383 m
501011	—	pending	20 Mar 2026	494 m
500173	—	Refused	12 Feb 2026	280 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.