Observation pack · Donegal County Council

COOLBEG , ROSSNOWLAGH , DONEGAL PO

(1) RETENTION OF (A) REFURBISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF DERELICT BUILDING INCLUDING RAISING THE ROOF LEVEL, NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, (B) REMOVAL OF STRUCTURE ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND (C) TIMBER CLAD MODULAR BUILDING (HOME OFFICE) TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT

Observations close 25 Nov 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661951 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 30 m²
Site area: 1,302 m²
Received: 21 Oct 2026
Decision due: 15 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/2661951/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661951 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 25 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
2661427	Refused	10 Sept 2026	1	0 m	(1) REFURBISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF DERELICT BUILDING INCLUDING RAISING THE ROOF LEVEL TO PROVIDE A DWELLING MEZZANINE LEVEL, (2) SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, (3) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, (4) NEW STRUCTURE TO THE REAR ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING, AND (5) TIMBER CLAD MODULAR BUILDING (HOME OFFICE) TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461025	Conditional	21 Aug 2024		170 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE, (2) WORKS TO THE EXISTING BUNGALOW INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW OPENINGS TO THE FRONT/REAR/SIDES AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, (3) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ROOF COVERING, (4) CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION WITH SINGLE STOREY LINK TO THE SOUTH EASTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING BUNGALOW, (5) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE, (6) RELOCATION OF EXISTING PRIMARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT TANK WITHIN THE SITE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SAND POLISHING FILTER AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2350660	Conditional	7 Jul 2023	1	423 m	ALTERATIONS TO FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF. NO. T.404/85) AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2252073	Conditional	16 Mar 2023	1	488 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM & POLISHING DISPOSAL PAD

What has happened on this file

21 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 25 Nov 2026
21 Oct 2026 Decision

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