Observation pack · Donegal County Council

COOLCHOLLY , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO

CONSTRUCTION OF 39 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 23/52008. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF (1) 39 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF (A) 10 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES (3-BEDROOM UNITS), (B) 24 NO. APARTMENTS (2-BEDROOM UNITS) AND (C) 5 NO. TERRACED HOUSES (2-BEDROOM UNITS), (2) CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED ACCESS ROAD, PUBLIC FOOTPATHS, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND CAR PARKING FACILITIES WITH ACCESS ROAD TO BE VIA THE APPROVED SITE ENTRANCE ACCESSED FROM THE EXISTING R231 PUBLIC ROAD (AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/52008), (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC FOOTPATH AND CYCLE LANE THAT SHALL CONNECT BACHELOR’S WALK TO THE R231 TRAVERSING THROUGH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY PUBLIC LIGHTING, (4) PROVISION OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, (5) CONNECTION OF ALL SITE SERVICES INCLUDING FOUL, STORM AND WATERMAIN TO ADJOINING PUBLIC SERVICES VIA PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF. NO. 23/52008 REFERS) AND (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661863 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 15
Floor area: 1,560 m²
Site area: 2.79 ha
Received: 9 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 3 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/2661863/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661863 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 13 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 × 2
Ritual site - holy well · R175883

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661242	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	0	474 m	CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE AND SITE LAYOUT AS CONSTRUCTED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 13/50593 WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50359
2660968	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	151 m	CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 1ST FLOOR ATTIC STORAGE SPACE TO USE AS DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES
2561123	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	31	274 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF 35 NO. DWELLING UNITS CONSISTING OF 16 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS, 14 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES - 2 STOREY, SEMI-DETACHED, 1 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSE - 2 STOREY, DETACHED AND 4 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES - 3 STOREY, SEMI-DETACHED, (2) NEW SITE ENTRANCES, ACCESSED FROM EXISTING ROAD OFF CAMP LANE AND EXISTING ROAD UPGRADED BY WIDENING TO 6.0M WITH FOOTPATH, (3) OPEN SPACE AMENITY AND CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND LOCATED CENTRALLY WITHIN THE PROPOSED SCHEME, (4) NEW CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER SYSTEM, (5) REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER WITHIN THE SITE, (6) NEW CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC STORM WATER SYSTEM, (7) NEW CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATERMAIN AND (8) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660677	Conditional	5 Jun 2026	0	157 m	CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING CLASSROOM IN THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE FOR PRE-SCHOOL, PLAYSCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES / SERVICES INCLUDING MINOR ALTERATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660651	Conditional	5 Jun 2026	1	13 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER/WASTEWATER SERVICES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561998	Conditional	15 Jan 2026	0	250 m	CONVERSION OF THE ATTIC SPACES OF 2. NO TOWN HOUSES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51519 FOR USE AS DOMESTIC BEDROOMS, INCORPORATING THE RAISING OF THE REAR EAVES LEVEL TO FORM HABITABLE SPACE
2561517	Conditional	5 Dec 2025	1	398 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER, A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561541	Conditional	23 Oct 2025	1	265 m	ELEVATIONAL CHANGES INCLUDING EXTERNAL STAIRS AND PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT TO USE AS 1 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNIT

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319246	—	Granted with conditions	19 Jun 2024	316 m
316221	—	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2024	11 m
316735	—	Other	6 Nov 2023	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

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
9 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.