Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DRUMACANOO , CHURCH HILL , LETTERKENNY PO

(1) RETENTION OF UPPER FLOOR DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA-DAMAGED DETACHED DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING, WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, (3) PLACEMENT OF A MOBILE HOME ON SITE FOR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE REPLACEMENT DWELLING, WITH A TEMPORARY CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ON-SITE SERVICES AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 11 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: 2661889 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 2
Floor area: 256 m²
Site area: 3,221 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/2661889/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661889 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
2661312	Refused	3 Sept 2026	1	373 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561788	Conditional	5 Dec 2025	1	374 m	CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION (PLANNING REF. NO. 22/50887 REFERS)
2560921	Conditional	2 Oct 2025	1	444 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561303	Conditional	2 Oct 2025	1	484 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
2251394	Conditional	25 May 2023	1	470 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
2250887	Conditional	7 Jul 2022	1	374 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2151669	Conditional	27 Jan 2022	1	69 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500593	—	Granted	30 Apr 2026	374 m
314246	—	Refused	25 Aug 2022	378 m
314260	—	Refused	25 Aug 2022	378 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.