Observation pack · Donegal County Council

BALLAGH , MALIN , LIFFORD PO

CONSTRUCTION OF (1) 2 NO. SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHEDS AND (2) MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 23 Nov 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661928 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 5,741 m²
Received: 18 Oct 2026
Decision due: 12 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/2661928/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661928 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 23 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
2660413	Conditional	25 Jun 2026	1	417 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND ATTACHED GARAGE WITH A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
2351949	Conditional	15 Feb 2024	1	420 m	ATTIC CONVERSION FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, INCLUDING GABLE WINDOWS AND ROOF LIGHTS OF EXISTING MICA AFFECTED DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING (AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE NO. 05/4617) DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING ON-SITE SERVICES AND (3) ALL RELATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS
2251369	Conditional	29 Sept 2022	1	420 m	(A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING (AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO 05/4617) DUE TO DEFECETIVE MICA BLOCKWORK (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING ON-SITE SERVICES AND ALL RELATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS

What has happened on this file

18 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 23 Nov 2026
18 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.