Observation pack · Donegal County Council

GADDYDUFF , CLONMANY , LIFFORD PO

DEMOLITION OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661879 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 203 m²
Site area: 2,712 m²
Received: 12 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 6 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/2661879/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661879 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 16 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2562182	Conditional	30 Jan 2026	0	443 m	CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING PAROCHIAL HOUSE TO A COMMUNITY HUB BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560494	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	20	323 m	SPOIL HEAPS OF EXCAVATED SOIL FROM SITE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) RELOCATION OF 4 NO. PERMITTED DWELLINGS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING ACCESS ROAD PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 19/50275 AND (2) ERECTION OF 16 NO. TERRACED DWELLINGS IN 4 BLOCKS WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING MAINS FOUL SEWER AND SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING REINFORCED CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS AND BOUNDARY FENCES
2560915	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	0	491 m	CHANGE OF USE OF ADJACENT RETAIL UNIT TO PUBLIC BAR TO ALLOW EXTENSION TO EXISTING BRINEY’S BAR WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2550024	Unconditional	1 May 2025	1	369 m	ERECTION OF A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING OF 8 NO. DWELLING HOUSES AND MAKE CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES
2462028	Refused	30 Jan 2025	1	394 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461978	Conditional	30 Jan 2025	0	443 m	CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING PAROCHIAL HOUSE TO A COMMUNITY HUB BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2461760	Conditional	13 Dec 2024	1	468 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES
2461571	Refused	21 Nov 2024	1	394 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500844	—	Granted with conditions	22 Jun 2026	443 m
320849	—	Granted with conditions	12 Sept 2025	443 m
321954	—	Refused	9 Jun 2025	443 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

12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026
12 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.