Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DRISTERNAN , GLENEELY , LIFFORD PO

CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING TO A DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 24 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: 2661904 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 41 m²
Site area: 716 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
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/2661904/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661904 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
2660691	Conditional	5 Jun 2026	1	117 m	(1) RETENTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 08/70971 AND (3) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING TO BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING PUBLIC MAINS SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2660565	Conditional	22 May 2026	1	265 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561931	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	0	264 m	CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PITCH, BALL STOP NETTING, FLOODLIGHTING, SECURITY FENCING, COMMUNITY GREENWAY FOOTPATH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561810	Conditional	27 Nov 2025	1	158 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561676	Conditional	13 Nov 2025	0	238 m	DOMESTIC GARAGE TO REAR OF DWELLING AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING
2561596	Conditional	30 Oct 2025	0	282 m	(A) MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 99/4913 AND (B) EXISTING SHED, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
2561149	Conditional	21 Aug 2025	0	140 m	EXTENSIONS AND ATTIC CONVERSION AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS CARRIED OUT TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
2460376	Conditional	2 May 2024	0	476 m	(1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH CONNECTION TO ALL ANCILLARY WORKS, (2) ERECTION OF 2 NO. GALVANISED STEEL SILOS, (3) OPENING OF NEW ENTRANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANEWAY TO EXISTING FARMYARD ON SITE

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.