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Observation pack · Donegal County Council

KNOCK , BALLYBOFEY , LIFFORD PO

FILLING OF LAND WITH CLEAN, INERT EXCAVATED MATERIAL AND NON-HAZARDOUS CONSTRUCTION WASTE, FREE FROM HYDROCARBONS, ASBESTOS, INVASIVE SPECIES, AND IONISING RADIATION

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 7 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
2661891 · 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
6,041 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661891/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661891 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 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.
  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
2561719Conditional13 Nov 20251449 mCONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561582Conditional7 Nov 2025167 m(1) DWELLING HOUSE, ATTACHED CAR PORT, EXTERNAL PATIO AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR (2) CLOSE EXISTING UNAUTHORISED VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (PLANNING REF:19/51760 AND 23/50238 REFER )
2560368Conditional1 May 20250160 mGAZEBO AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF HORSE STABLES WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461335Conditional17 Apr 202510 mCONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2460758Conditional11 Jul 20241226 mDETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, STORAGE SHED AND PLACEMENT OF A MOBILE HOME WITHIN THE SITE WHICH WILL BE USED AS TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2460770Conditional11 Jul 20241278 m(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORAGE SHED AND PLACEMENT OF A MOBILE HOME WITHIN THE SITE TO BE USED AS TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS RELATING TO THE REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE SOUGHT HEREIN AND PERMISSION FOR (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2460556Refused12 Jun 202400 mCONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2450070Conditional23 May 20241296 mERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.