Observation pack · Donegal County Council

LILY'S BAR , CARROWMORE , MALIN LIFFORD PO

DEVELOPMENT OF A ‘VISIT MALIN - EXPERIENCE CENTRE’ CONSISTING OF (1) DEMOLITION OF REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION OF LILY’S BAR INCLUDING THE REAR BOUNDARY WALL ALONG THE NORTH-EAST BOUNDARY, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A NEW TWO-STORY EXTENSION TO INCLUDE ATRIUM AND MEZZANINE TO THE REAR OF LILY’S BAR TO LINK THE FRONT BUILDING AND SIDE BUILDING (ALONG R-243-1) AND (B) A TWO-STOREY LINK AT THE CORNER OF THE FRONT BUILDING AND SIDE BUILDING (ALONG R-243-1), (3) INTERNAL RENOVATIONS TO GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS RESPECTIVELY TO RETAIN LILY’S BAR, PROVISION OF A CAFE AND ASSOCIATED KITCHEN SPACE, PROVISION OF RETAIL AREAS, MULTIMEDIA ROOMS AND GALLERY SPACES, TOILETS AND STORAGE SPACES, (4) RAISING THE EAVES AND RIDGE LEVEL OF SOUTHERN BUILDING ALONG R-243-1, (5) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO ALL SIDES, (6) PROVISION OF SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED LIGHTING TO ALL ELEVATIONS AND (7) CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING ON-SITE SERVICES ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661901 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 659 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
Decision due: 7 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/2661901/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661901 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 17 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

NIAH-recorded building × 5
Rockville House · public house · house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661647	Conditional	16 Oct 2026		254 m	(1) PROVISION OF 6 NO. 20M HIGH POLES WITH LED FLOODLIGHTING TO THE MAIN/TRAINING PITCHES INCLUDING DUCTING AND CABLING AND THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING METAL HALIDE FLOODLIGHTING AND (2) PROVISION OF A PERIMETER WALKWAY TO THE MAIN PITCH WITH LOW LEVEL LIGHTING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2562332	Conditional	19 Feb 2026		293 m	WORKS TO PROPERTY, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, REF. NO: 40801003 INCLUDING (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ATTACHED SHEDS, (2) RENOVATION OF EXISTING THATCHED COTTAGE, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A STORY AND HALF EXTENSION TO THE EAST OF EXISTING COTTAGE AND (4) CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2550156	Conditional	19 Dec 2025		188 m	(1) EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING MEDICAL CLINIC/FACILITY CONSISTING OF ERECTION OF A MODULAR BUILDING TO EXTEND THE EXISTING MEDICAL FACILITY INCLUDING A GP ROOM, NURSE'S TREATMENT ROOM, PHLEBOTOMY ROOM, ADMIN OFFICE AND W.C., (2) EXTENSION TO BE LINKED TO THE EXISTING CLINIC VIA AN EXISTING UTILITY ROOM WHICH WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A WAITING AREA, (3) THE FACILITY TO PROVIDE EXTERNAL RAMPED ACCESS TO AN AMBULANCE, IF EVER REQUIRED, AND (4) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ON SITE SERVICES (WATER, SEWAGE, ELECTRICITY) AND THE EXISTING ACCESS TO COUNTY ROAD
2460652	Conditional	20 Jun 2024		197 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2460092	Conditional	28 Mar 2024		0 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351813	Conditional	25 Jan 2024	1	383 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE BLOCK, SINGLE STOREY STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ROOMS, GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/4332 AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY STYLE DWELLING WITH ATTIC ROOMS WITH ALL NEW REPLACEMENT FOUL DRAINAGE PIPEWORK TO BE CONNECTED TO EXISTING PUBLIC MAINS CONNECTION PIPEWORK
2350495	Conditional	1 Jun 2023		224 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION, (2) ERECTION OF REAR AND SIDE SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350290	Conditional	20 Apr 2023		54 m	PROVISION OF AN OFF-LICENSE WITHIN EXISTING SUPERMARKET AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

What has happened on this file

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
13 Oct 2026 Decision

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