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Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DRUMABODEN , RAMELTON , LETTERKENNY PO

CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT TERM HOLIDAY LET

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
2661857 · 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
971 m²
Received
8 Oct 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
2 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661857/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661857 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 12 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2650092Conditional13 Aug 20261429 mERECTION OF (1) A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (2) AGRICULTURAL DRY BED STORAGE SHED
2562263Conditional16 Apr 2026186 mCONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK
2461991Conditional25 Apr 2025185 mCONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE INTO A SELF-CONTAINED FLAT AUXILIARY TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2350490Conditional9 Nov 20232406 m(1) EXISTING TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC SHED, (2) EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE PROPOSED NEW HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A PERCOLATION AREA AND (3) ALL EXISTING GROUND WORKS INCLUDING THE HARDSTAND AND VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2152001Conditional10 Jun 20221419 mCONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC SHED AND A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM UNIT WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 Nov 2026
  • 8 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.