Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DOONAN , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGAL

(1) DEMOLITION OF HOSTEL AND OUTBUILDINGS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 14 NO. 3 BEDROOM TOWN HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 25 Nov 2026 15 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: 2661957 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 14
Floor area: 1,389 m²
Site area: 3,535 m²
Received: 21 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 15 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/2661957/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661957 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.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 2
Burnt mound · R176087

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661309	Refused	27 Aug 2026	0	375 m	CHANGE OF USE OF DWELLING HOUSE AND EXTENSION (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 26/60021) TO SHORT TERM LET AND REPOSITIONING OF EXISTING ENTRANCE TO THE NORTH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2660919	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	146 m	(1) RETENTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND (2) CHANGE OF USE OF A SECTION OF THE DOMESTIC GARAGE FOR WHICH RETENTION IS SOUGHT TO ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE ADJOINING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORK
2660021	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	0	376 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF GARAGE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE WESTERN ELEVATION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE PLUS ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO WINDOWS AND DOORS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560148	Conditional	5 Dec 2025	39	27 m	ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION, PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52557, TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) 68 NO. ONE AND TWO STOREY CABINS / LODGES CONSISTING OF 17 NO. ONE BEDS, 12 NO. TWO BEDS, 5 NO. THREE BEDS AND 34 NO. FOUR BEDS, (2) SINGLE STOREY RECEPTION BUILDING CONTAINING RESTAURANT, SHOP AND ANCILLARY AREAS, (3) TWO STOREY BEDROOM BLOCK CONTAINING 20 BEDROOMS, (4) TWO STOREY STAFF ACCOMMODATION BUILDING, (5) SINGLE STOREY GYM BUILDING, (6) 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY STUDIO BUILDINGS, (7) ONE AND A HALF STOREY CINEMA BUILDING, (8) SINGLE STOREY SPA BUILDING, (9) TENNIS COURTS WITH TOILET BUILDING, (10) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING STONE SHEDS TO PROVIDE SINGLE STOREY MANAGERS OFFICE AND BIKE RENTAL AND (11) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CAR PARK WITH 77 SPACES, ROADS, PATHS, LANDSCAPING AND FOUL / STORM DRAINAGE IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED NURSING HOME, OFFICE BUILDINGS, HOLIDAY CHALETS, RESORT RECEPTION BUILDING, GUESTROOM BUILDING, SPA BUILDING AND SERVICE UNIT
2461919	Conditional	17 Apr 2025	0	396 m	INFILLING AND LEVELLING OF LAND AND TEMPORARY STONE BASE ACCESS ROAD IN LIEU OF THE TEMPORARY ACCESS ROAD GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 19/50056 REFERS) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ON LANDS LOCATED TO THE NORTH EAST OF DWELLING HOUSE
2461152	Conditional	7 Feb 2025	44	427 m	ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 22/52078 CONSISTING OF (1) THE OMISSION OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) 28 NO. DWELLING HOUSES CONSISTING OF 4 NO. 2 BEDROOM HOUSES, 8 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, 12 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES AND 4 NO. 5 BEDROOM HOUSES, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF AN APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 1 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT AND 5 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (C) A SWIMMING POOL AND ALL ASSOCIATED FACILITIES INCLUDING PLANT ROOMS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (D) 3 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (E) 3 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, (F) 4 NO. 2 BEDROOMS APARTMENTS AT THIRD FLOOR LEVEL (32 NO. APARTMENTS IN TOTAL) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 44 NO. DWELLING HOUSES IN LIEU OF THE DEVELOPMENT DESCRIBED IN POINT 1 ABOVE CONSISTING OF: (A) 6 NO. DETACHED TWO AND HALF STOREY 4 BEDROOM HOUSES, (B) 12 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO AND HALF STOREY 4 BEDROOM HOUSES, (C) 16 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, (D) 6 NO. SEMI-DETACHED ONE AND A HALF STOREY 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, (E) 4 NO. TERRACED TWO STOREY 2 BEDROOM HOUSES AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY ACCESS ROADS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING APPROVED ROAD LAYOUT, CAR PARKING FACILITIES, FOOTPATH / CYCLE LANES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AMENITIES, AND PUBLIC LIGHTING
2462058	Conditional	30 Jan 2025	0	422 m	AMENDMENTS TO FRONT PORCH PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 19/50633 AND PERMISSION FOR PROVISION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT BAR / RESTAURANT AREA AND SIDE EXTENSION TO THE LOUNGE AREA (FORMERLY BALLROOM AREA) WITH ADDITIONAL TOILETS, TOGETHER WITH ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2450238	Unconditional	19 Dec 2024	0	381 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY ROADWAY AND VEHICLE TURNING AREA OFF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED ACCESS (PLANNING REF. NO. 16/51750), ONTO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC ROAD AND DEPOSIT OF LANDFILL MATERIAL TO FILL AND RAISE THE EXISTING GROUND LEVELS TO INCLUDE ASSOCIATED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SILT TRAP AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

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