Observation pack · Donegal County Council

KNOCKNAMONA , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND BREAKING OUT OF FLOORS AND SIDES OF EXISTING RESERVOIR, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT 2,000 CUBLIC METRES CAPACITY TREATED WATER STORAGE RESERVOIR, (3) CREATION OF A TEMPORARY ACCESS FROM AN EXISTING FIELD GATE OFF THE N56 NATIONAL SECONDARY ROUTE, (4) SITE CLEARANCE AND RE-GRADING WORKS, (5) A NEW ACCESS ROAD, ATTENUATION POND, FENCING AND LANDSCAPING, AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661983 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 1.13 ha
Received: 28 Oct 2026
Decision due: 22 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/2661983/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661983 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 2 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		198 m	EXTENSION TO THE SIDE (WESTERN) AND REAR (NORTHERN) ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE
2562258	Conditional	20 Mar 2026		106 m	RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF EXTENSION UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562076	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	1	431 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
2562010	Conditional	15 Jan 2026	28	369 m	REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NOS. 19/51064 & 22/51830 AND EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 25/50028 & 25/50027 WITH REVISIONS TO INCLUDE: (1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON SITE NOS. 25 TO 52 INCL. (28 NO. DWELLINGS IN TOTAL) AS PHASE 2 OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING MINOR REVISIONS TO LAYOUT OF PHASE 2 AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING FOUL AND STORM SEWERS
2561429	Refused	2 Oct 2025		51 m	REFURBISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. APARTMENTS, ONE AT GROUND FLOOR AND ONE AT FIRST FLOOR
2461476	Conditional	10 Jul 2025		57 m	SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF NEW ACCOMMODATION BLOCK, CONSISTING OF 40 NO. APARTMENTS WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED AUXILIARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461915	Conditional	22 May 2025	1	73 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
2550029	Unconditional	9 May 2025	1	369 m	REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51830 TO INCLUDE (1) OMISSION OF 4 NO. SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF 6 NO. SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CARPARKING AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING FOUL AND STORM SEWERS

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322395	Invalid	30 Apr 2025	187 m
322342	Withdrawn	28 Apr 2025	362 m
322330	Invalid	22 Apr 2025	187 m
319366	Granted with conditions	10 Sept 2024	156 m
319620	Withdrawn	30 Apr 2024	99 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

28 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 Dec 2026
28 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.