Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CULINEEN , REDCASTLE , LIFFORD PO

(1) RENOVATION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EAST FACING, REAR EXTENSION, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING DWELLING ROOF FINISH AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PITCHED ROOF, COVERING THE EXISTING COTTAGE AND PROPOSED REAR EXTENSION, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SIDE SOUTH FACING EXTENSION TO PROVIDE ENTRANCE HALLWAY, KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM AND W.C FACILITIES AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS/SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING FOUL WASTEWATER SYSTEM

Observations close 16 Nov 2026 2 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: 2661895 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 1,284 m²
Received: 12 Oct 2026
Decision due: 6 Dec 2026

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/2661895/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661895 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460970	Conditional	15 Aug 2024		482 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A GROUND FLOOR FRONT AND SIDE EXTENSION TO PROVIDE A SUNROOM AND FOR THE PROVISION OF A NEW BUILD GARAGE AND STORE TO INCLUDE A HOME OFFICE AND FIRST FLOOR STORAGE AREA WITH ASSOCIATED EXTENDED DRIVEWAY AND SITE WORKS
2350394	Conditional	29 Feb 2024	1	303 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING AND INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND SITE WORKS
2351650	Conditional	14 Dec 2023		157 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF AN EXISTING COTTAGE (71.5m²) CONTAINING A NEW KITCHEN / DINING / LIVING AREA, BATHROOM, SHOWER ROOM AND UTILITY ROOM; TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2350337	Refused	5 May 2023		420 m	ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2251716	Conditional	1 Dec 2022		263 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A GARDEN HOUSE, COMPRISING OF GAMES ROOM, UTILITY SPACE AND FACILITIES, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
2251005	Conditional	20 Oct 2022	1	68 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2250797	Conditional	25 Aug 2022	1	486 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW STYLE DWELLING WITH ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SMALL DOMESTIC GARAGE
2250167	Refused	24 Mar 2022	1	68 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT WITH ASSOCIATED POLISHING FILTER SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE

What has happened on this file

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

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