Observation pack · Donegal County Council

BALLYMACARRY LOWER LUDDAN LISFANNON FIGARY CARROWMULLIN CARRONTLIEVE GLEBE GLEBE LARGE CASTLEQUARTER MAGHERABEG TIEVEBANE CARNASHANNAGH INCH LEVEL CARROWNAMADDY & SPEENOGUE , INISHOWEN , CO. DONEGAL

A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 13 KILOMETRES OF STRATEGIC TRUNK WATERMAIN TO REPLACE THE EXISTING WATERMAIN BETWEEN BUNCRANA AND BURT WITHIN THE CARRIAGEWAY OF THE R238 AND R239 REGIONAL ROADS AND THE L7921 AND L1841 LOCAL ROADS, AND IN PRIVATE LANDS IN BALLYMACARRY LOWER IN THE BUNCRANA URBAN ELECTORAL DIVISION, LUDDAN IN THE BUNCRANA RURAL ELECTORAL DIVISION, LISFANNON, FIGARY, CARROWMULLIN, CARRONTLIEVE, GLEBE, GLEBE LARGE, CASTLEQUARTER, MAGHERABEG, TIEVEBANE, CARNASHANNAGH AND INCH LEVEL, ALL IN FAHAN ELECTORAL DIVISION AND INCH LEVEL, CARROWNAMADDY, AND SPEENOGUE, ALL IN BURT ELECTORAL DIVISION. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 5 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2661837 · 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: 27.72 ha
Received: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 29 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/2661837/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661837 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 × 18
Fahan Catholic Chapel of Ease · bridge · Ennerdale
Recorded monument × 17
Midden · Flat cemetery · Megalithic tomb - unclassified

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661602	Conditional	16 Oct 2026	1	313 m	ERECTION OF A GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2661512	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	35	163 m	MINOR REVISIONS TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51671 AND EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 26/50008 INCLUDING (1) MINOR AMENDMENTS TO OVERALL SITE LAYOUT INCLUDING MINOR RELOCATION OF ALL DWELLINGS, INCREASED SEPARATION DISTANCES TO EXISTING DWELLINGS TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT THUS REDUCING THE IMPACT ON EXISTING NEARBY DWELLINGS, WHILST RETAINING THE OVERALL TOTAL NUMBER OF APPROVED DWELLINGS AT 35 NO., (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPES TO ALL DWELLINGS INCLUDING INTRODUCTION OF HIPPED ROOFS AND GENERAL ELEVATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT, (3) REPLACEMENT OF 7 NO. PARTIALLY COMPLETED HOUSES WITH 7 NO. HOUSES OF REVISED HOUSE TYPES AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF FRONT BOUNDARY ENTRANCE PIERS AND METAL RAILINGS ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY
2661554	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	1	96 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH MICA AND REINSTATEMENT OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING INCLUDING UPDATES TO DESIGN
2661546	Conditional	1 Oct 2026	1	145 m	DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED, WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION (PLANNING REF. NO. 15,881A REFERS), ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO SERVICES
2661494	Conditional	24 Sept 2026	1	0 m	(1) RAISING THE FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL OF THE PROPOSED DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51089 AND (2) CONTINUATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED DWELLING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2661453	Conditional	17 Sept 2026	0	166 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AND GROUND FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION, (2) RELOCATION OF FRONT PORCH, AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2660741	Conditional	3 Sept 2026	1	414 m	(1) RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED TO PROVIDE A DETACHED GRANNY FLAT AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND REPLACEMENT OF SAME WITH NEW SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2661280	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	0	466 m	(1) RETENTION OF (A) ALTERATIONS TO FRONT PORCH AND MINOR WINDOW / DOOR ALTERATIONS AND (B) 2 NO. PLANT ROOMS TO THE REAR OF THE PREMISES, (3) CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES TO A GUEST HOUSE, (4) DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY SIDE OUT-SHOTS AND 2-STOREY REAR OUTSHOT AND (5) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501404	—	Refused	21 Sept 2026	336 m
324342	—	pending	2 Jun 2026	0 m
320621	—	Refused	19 Nov 2025	453 m
318686	—	Refused	30 May 2024	425 m
315187	—	Refused	17 Jan 2024	287 m
314076	—	Other	12 Dec 2023	173 m
314900	—	Granted with conditions	23 Aug 2023	443 m
317834	—	Invalid	15 Aug 2023	459 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.