Observation pack · Donegal County Council

BALLYMACOOL RESPITE HOUSE , BALLYMACOOL , LETTERKENNY

CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING RESPITE HOUSE, PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS

Observations close 24 Nov 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661944 · 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: 3,740 m²
Received: 20 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 14 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/2661944/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661944 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 24 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
2661354	Refused	10 Sept 2026	0	389 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING CONSISTING OF 4 NO. APARTMENTS WITH AUXILIARY STORES, CAR PARKING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2661356	Refused	10 Sept 2026	2	380 m	TWO REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSES WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AS BUILT, CONSTRUCTED FOLLOWING THE DEMOLITION OF THE TWO PREVIOUSLY EXISTING DWELLING HOUSES
2661212	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	0	426 m	BLOCK-BUILT BOUNDARY WALL WITHIN THE CURTILAGE AND TO THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560855	Conditional	10 Jul 2025	4	455 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES
2560173	Conditional	15 May 2025	1	41 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH DETACHED SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE, INCLUDING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2351376	Conditional	15 Aug 2024	49	497 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 52 NO. DWELLING HOUSES COMPRISING OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) 20 NO. 4 BED SEMI DETACHED HOUSES, (B) 1 NO. 4 BED DETACHED HOUSE, (C) 30 NO. 3 BED SEMI DETACHED HOUSES AND (D) 1 NO. 3 BED DETACHED HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2250677	Conditional	26 Jan 2023	0	283 m	(1) ERECTION OF NEW FLOODLIGHTING AND BALLSTOPS TO AN EXISTING PLAYING FIELD (2) DEVELOPMENT OF (A) A NEW PLAYING FIELD (145M x 90M) WITH FLOODLIGHTING, GOALPOSTS AND BALLSTOPS (B) A NEW WALKING TRACK (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250460	Conditional	6 May 2022	0	157 m	DETACHED STORAGE SHED & SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING PREMISES INCORPORATING A TRAINING ROOM, INDOOR & OUTDOOR COVERED SENSORY AREAS AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, (2) RECONFIGURATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING CAR PARKING AREA, (3) DEVELOPMENT OF AN OUTDOOR SENSORY GARDEN INCORPORATING WALKWAYS AND RAISED PLANT BEDS, (4) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BOILER HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BOILER HOUSE ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND SUBJECT OF RETENTION PERMISSION, (5) INSTALLATION OF A FOUL EFFLUENT PUMP AND SOIL POLISHING FACILITY CONNECTED INTO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND SUBJECT OF RETENTION PERMISSION AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

20 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 24 Nov 2026
20 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.