Observation pack · Donegal County Council

ARDMORE , MUFF , LIFFORD PO

PORTACABIN TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING FOR PROVISION OF A CHILDCARE ROOM WITH TOILET FACILITIES, ANCILLARY TO EXISTING CHILDCARE FACILITIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 11 Nov 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661852 · 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: 4,702 m²
Received: 7 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 1 Dec 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/2661852/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661852 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 11 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
R176885

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2561369	Conditional	25 Sept 2025	1	36 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560489	Conditional	15 May 2025	2	302 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME ON SITE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350652	Conditional	21 Dec 2023	1	61 m	(1) TEMPORARY PLACEMENT OF MOBILE HOME ON SITE TO BE REMOVED UPON COMPLETION OF DWELLING AND (2) ERECTION OF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ACCESS VIA ESTABLISHED ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351684	Conditional	14 Dec 2023	0	166 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE DETACHED GARAGE
2350441	Conditional	25 May 2023	0	242 m	ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2251901	Conditional	26 Jan 2023	0	393 m	CHANGE TO CONDITION NO. 5 REGARDING OPENING HOURS FOR PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONVERSION OF A SECTION OF AN EXISTING GARAGE / SHED BUILDING INTO A SMALL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN (13.5M2) TO SERVICE SMALL SCALE FOOD DELIVERIES (22/50693 REFERS)
2152502	Conditional	1 Dec 2022	1	61 m	ERECTION OF STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250693	Conditional	25 Aug 2022	0	393 m	CONVERSION OF A SECTION OF AN EXISTING GARAGE / SHED BUILDING INTO A SMALL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN (13.5M2) TO SERVICE SMALL SCALE FOOD DELIVERIES

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

7 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 11 Nov 2026
7 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.