Observation pack · Donegal County Council
CARNAMUGGAGH RESERVOIR SITE , CARNAMUGGAGH LOWER , LETTERKENNY
A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING METERING KIOSK, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PUMPING STATION, (3) UPGRADING OF SECONDARY CHLORINATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE EXISTING KIOSK FOOTPRINT, (4) INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON TOP OF EXISTING CARNAMUGGAGH RESERVOIR AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Observations close 1 Dec 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661981 · full record
- Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 5,511 m²
- Received
- 27 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 21 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/2661981/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661981at 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 1 Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660823 | Conditional | 25 Jun 2026 | 396 m | EXTENSION TO THE SIDE (WESTERN) AND REAR (NORTHERN) ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE | |
| 2562299 | Conditional | 19 Feb 2026 | 478 m | (1) RELOCATION OF SECONDARY BUILDING ENTRANCE WITH NEW ENTRANCE CANOPY ON THE NORTHERN ELEVATION, (2) RECONFIGURATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING MEZZANINE LEVEL, (3) RECONFIGURATION OF EXTERNAL FENESTRATIONS ON ALL THREE FACADES INCLUDING AMENDING/FORMATION OF EXISTING/NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS, (4) REMOVAL OF COVERED SMOKING AREA IN EXISTING CARPARK, (5) RECONFIGURATION OF THE EXTERNAL LANDSCAPING AND CAR PARKING LAYOUTS, (6) NEW BUILDING SIGNAGE AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS | |
| 2562076 | Conditional | 22 Jan 2026 | 1 | 228 m | (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND PUBLIC WATER MAINS AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF 2 NO. ONSITE SEPTIC TANKS SERVING EXISTING DWELLINGS AND RECONNECTION OF SAME TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS |
| 2560137 | Conditional | 17 Oct 2025 | 12 | 408 m | ERECTION OF 12 NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH ACCESS TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2461915 | Conditional | 22 May 2025 | 1 | 497 m | (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY, DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY, DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND THE RELEVANT ASSOCIATED REPLACEMENT WORKS TO BE CONNECTED TO ALL OTHER EXISTING SITE SERVICES |
| 2460813 | Conditional | 18 Jul 2024 | 485 m | (1) REAR EXTERNAL ACCESS STAIRWELL AND PLATFORM, (2) ACCESS DOOR TO REAR ELEVATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL | |
| 2350913 | Conditional | 5 Apr 2024 | 18 m | THE PROVISION OF A REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: (A) OUTDOOR SPORTS PITCHES AS FOLLOWS: (1) 1 ARTIFICIAL GRASS GAA PITCH (PITCH 1), LINE MARKINGS PERMIT RUGBY AND 2 NO. X CROSS-PLAY SOCCER PITCHES, (2) GRASS / SAND GAA COMPETITION PITCH (PITCH 2), LINE MARKINGS PERMIT RUGBY AND 2 NO. CROSS-PLAY SOCCER PITCHES, (3) 2 NO. NATURAL GRASS SOCCER PITCHES WITH CRICKET CREASES (PITCH 3, 4, 5), (4) 4 NO. SYNTHETIC 5 A SIDE SOCCER PITCHES (PITCHES 6, 7, 8, 9), (B) INDOOR SPORTS DOME (HEIGHT = 10.8M) SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS SPORTS AND ACTIIVITIES, (C) OUTDOOR SPORTS AND RECREATION AREAS TO INCLUDE TRAINING/PRACTICE AREA, 5M HIGH HURLING/HANDBALL WALL, 6 LANE ATHLETIC SPRINT TRACK WITH PV PANELS TO ROOF, WALKING / RUNNING TRAILS / CHILDREN'S PLAYPARK AND COMMUNITY GARDEN, (D) PAVILION BUILDING (HEIGHT = 11.2M) TO ACCOMMODATE CHANGING FACILITIES, OFFICE / RECEPTION, SELF-SERVE CATERING FACILITY, STORAGE AND FLEXIBLE SPACE FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES, (E) EQUIPMENT STORE AND SERVICE COMPOUND, (F) HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING TO INCLUDE BIODIVERSITY GARDEN, (G) VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO INCLUDE NEW JUNCTION FROM N56, INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS / FOOTPATH / CYCLEWAY AND PROVISION OF ONSITE CAR, COACH AND CYCLE PARKING SPACES. ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINT FROM ASHFIELD, (H) CLOSURE OF EXISTING VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM N56 TO KNOCKNAMONA CRESCENT AND (I) ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUDE DRAINAGE, ESB SUBSTATION, FENCING AND ENTRANCE GATES, SIGNAGE, RETAINING WALLS, FLOODLIGHTING, NETTING AND CULVERTING WATERCOURSE AT TWO LOCATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE VEHICLE / PEDESTRIAN / CYCLE CROSSING. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION | |
| 2351230 | Conditional | 21 Mar 2024 | 336 m | 828 SQUARE METRES OF SOLAR PV (PHOTO VOLTAIC) AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500262 | Granted | 25 Sept 2026 | 408 m | |
| 319620 | Withdrawn | 30 Apr 2024 | 18 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
- 27 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 1 Dec 2026
- 27 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.