Observation pack · Donegal County Council

PORTNOO ROAD , ARDARA , DONEGAL PO

CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 14 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: 2661902 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,789 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 7 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/2661902/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661902 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.

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
2661595	Conditional	16 Oct 2026	0	232 m	STORE ASSOCIATED WITH EXISTING SHOP AND WITH A LINK TO THE EXISTING SHOP AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560786	Conditional	26 Jun 2025	0	92 m	CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING GARAGE TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560229	Conditional	10 Apr 2025	0	292 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560115	Conditional	13 Mar 2025	0	262 m	ERECTION OF A SHED, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO THE REAR OF ARDARA COMMUNITY CENTRE
2351401	Conditional	25 Jun 2024	0	317 m	CONSTRUCTION OF ONE MODULAR CLASSROOM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2351368	Conditional	3 Nov 2023	1	91 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2350597	Conditional	22 Jun 2023	0	317 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A RECONFIGURED VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND EXIT INCLUDING A NEW CAR PARKING AREA
2251931	Conditional	26 Jan 2023	0	447 m	ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315843	—	Other	28 Mar 2024	294 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

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

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.