Observation pack · Donegal County Council

CURRAGHAMONGAN , BALLYBOFEY , LIFFORD PO

CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTEWATER SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 26 Nov 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661963 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 339 m²
Site area: 5,954 m²
Received: 22 Oct 2026
Decision due: 16 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/2661963/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661963 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 26 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

Recorded monument × 2
Ringfort - unclassified · R176259

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661507	Conditional	24 Sept 2026		3 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE FOR STORAGE / ANCILLARY DOMESTIC USE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2561731	Conditional	11 Dec 2025		118 m	(1) ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE
2561519	Conditional	24 Oct 2025	1	298 m	COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 94/1649 & 00/8249
2450151	Conditional	18 Jul 2024		218 m	3 NO. DOMESTIC SHEDS TO THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE
2460634	Conditional	20 Jun 2024	1	297 m	(1) REMOVAL OF BLOCKWORK AND FOUNDATIONS RELATING TO DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON SITE UNDER PLANNING REF. 94/1649 AND 00/8249, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250845	Conditional	7 Jul 2022		196 m	EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENLARGED AGRICULTURAL SHED INCORPORATING A SHEEP HANDLING UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320194		open	16 Jul 2024	297 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

22 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 26 Nov 2026
22 Oct 2026 Decision

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