Observation pack · Donegal County Council

TULLAGHCULLION , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGAL

CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 47 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND COMPRISING OF (1) 14 NO. THREE-BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY HOUSES, (2) 12 NO. THREE-BEDROOM TWO-STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, (3) 6 NO. TWO-BEDROOM TWO-STOREY TERRACED HOUSES, (4) 15 NO. TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENTS CONTAINED IN A THREE-STOREY BLOCK, (5) NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS JUNCTION WITH R-267-31, WIDENING OF FOOTPATHS AND PROVISION OF PUBLIC LIGHTING AND (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING A STORM WATER ATTENUATION SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 16 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: 2661888 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 32
Floor area: 3,816 m²
Site area: 1.77 ha
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/2661888/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661888 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

Recorded monument × 1
R176065

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660858	Conditional	8 Oct 2026	1	294 m	WORKS TO PROPERTY, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, RPS NO: 40909946 KNOWN AS MAGHERABEG HOUSE CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM AN EXISTING PRIVATE DWELLING TO SHORT-TERM GUEST ACCOMMODATION, (2) DEMOLITION OF NON-ORIGINAL EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR (NORTH-WEST) SIDE OF THE HOUSE, (3) ADDITION OF A NEW ORANGERY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH OF THE HOUSE, (4) INTERIOR ALTERATIONS AND REFURBISHMENT WORKS TO THE MAIN BUILDING, (5) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO NORTH-WEST OF THE HOUSE TO INCLUDE UTILITY AND SERVICE SPACES, (6) ADDITION OF NEW BAY WINDOW TO THE NORTH OF THE HOUSE, (7) PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING IN REAR COURTYARD TO ENTERTAINMENT SPACE INCLUDING ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND THE ADDITION OF A NEW STORE TO THE SOUTHWEST, (8) CREATION OF NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM R-267, (9) CREATION OF NEW SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION WITHIN AN EXISTING DETACHED OUTBUILDING ANCILLARY TO MAGHERABEG HOUSE, (10) REDUCTION IN LEVELS TO EXTEND GARDENS TO THE SOUTH-WEST, (11) WORKS TO THE GROUNDS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE PROTECTED STRUCTURE INCLUDING DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2660050	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	308 m	CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE (F94 WR98) TO OFFICE / LABORATORY, ANCILLARY TO EXISTING ADJACENT DENTIST PRACTICE (F94 FY22)
2562215	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	0	333 m	SINGLE STOREY SURGERY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF THE ABBEYGLEBE DENTAL PRACTICE AND STANDALONE PREFABRICATED CANTEEN, OFFICES AND STERILIZATION PORTACABINS TO REAR OF PREMISES, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660604	Refused	28 May 2026	1	146 m	CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A SCREENING REPORT FOR APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
2660575	Conditional	22 May 2026	0	176 m	INSTALLATION OF 2NO. WINDOWS TO THE SIDE ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING
2660550	Conditional	22 May 2026	0	370 m	CONSTRUCTION OF (A) AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AT GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND (B) A WINDOW IN LIEU OF EXISTING ROOFLIGHT TO THE FRONT ELEVATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562092	Conditional	22 May 2026	1	215 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH SINGLE STOREY STORE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2562094	Conditional	22 May 2026	1	184 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH SINGLE STOREY STORE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500697	—	open	28 Jan 2026	176 m
323050	—	open	16 Jul 2025	176 m
323008	—	Invalid	11 Jul 2025	176 m
317012	—	Granted	1 Sept 2023	3 m
317013	—	Granted	23 Aug 2023	43 m
316988	—	Granted	23 Aug 2023	43 m
312468	—	Granted with conditions	16 May 2022	284 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.