Observation pack · Donegal County Council

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DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BAR AREAS, TOILET FACILITIES, KITCHEN AND STOREROOMS AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT BAR AREAS, TOILET FACILITIES, COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, FUNCTION ROOM, ANCILLARY STOREROOMS, BEER GARDEN AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO THE REAR OF THE PREMISES KNOWN AS MCCAFFERTY’S BAR

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 3 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2661832 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 5,312 m²
Received: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: —
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/2661832/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661832 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 9 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
bridge

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661387	Conditional	30 Oct 2026	0	4 m	CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING STORAGE FACILITY OVER RETAIL SHOP TO 3 NO. SINGLE-BED APARTMENTS, DEVELOPMENT OF CAR PARKING FACILITIES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERS SERVING THE EXISTING BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2661047	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	0	464 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND RELOCATION OF EXISTING STEEL CONTAINERS
2661385	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	1	360 m	AS CONSTRUCTED DETACHED SINGLE-STOREY HOUSE NO. 12 BEING USED AS A HOLIDAY COTTAGE IN-LIEU OF A BOOKING OFFICE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 99/4564, CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2650091	Refused	21 Aug 2026	0	290 m	CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING HOUSE TO EIR - B&B
2660479	Conditional	14 May 2026	0	0 m	CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2562268	Conditional	12 Feb 2026	0	497 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560890	Conditional	7 Nov 2025	31	483 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 31 NO. DWELLINGS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, STORM WATER ATTENUATION SYSTEM, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ACCESS ROAD
2550125	Conditional	7 Nov 2025	0	191 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF FLAT ROOF PORCH TO THE REAR (7SQM), (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A PITCHED ROOF DOUBLE HEIGHT KITCHEN / DINING / LIVING ROOM TO REPLACE THE PORCH AT THE REAR, AND FIRST FLOOR MASTER BEDROOM ENSUITE WITH DORMER WINDOWS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324105	—	pending	20 Feb 2026	223 m
321422	—	Granted with conditions	10 Apr 2025	123 m
321209	—	Granted	28 Nov 2024	123 m
321178	—	Invalid	4 Nov 2024	123 m
318282	—	Refused	30 Apr 2024	0 m
317002	—	Other	23 Aug 2023	23 m
309988	—	Granted with conditions	7 Mar 2022	0 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

5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
5 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.