Observation pack · Donegal County Council

BREAGHY , PORTNABLAGH , DUNFANAGHY

(1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 22 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: 2661993 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,501 m²
Received: 28 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 3 Nov 2026, 23:01
Decision due: 22 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/2661993/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661993 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.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2561962	Conditional	11 Jun 2026	1	397 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE CONNECTED TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2550180	Unconditional	19 Feb 2026	0	55 m	(1) CHANGE OF HOUSE LOCATION AND FINISHED FLOOR LEVEL OF PREVIOUSLY GRANTED DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF. NO. 21/50998 REFERS), (2) ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO ABOVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY GRANTED DEVELOPMENT AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2550179	Unconditional	19 Feb 2026	1	55 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2562108	Conditional	30 Jan 2026	0	313 m	CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY REPLACEMENT SUNROOM TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING WITH A SLATE PITCHED ROOF
2560773	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	1	286 m	TWO STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER & ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560269	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	1	155 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2550033	Refused	9 May 2025	0	374 m	CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING TO CONSIST OF AN EXTENSION TO GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND DORMER WINDOWS IN LIEU OF EXISTING VELUXES AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL
2460155	Conditional	6 Mar 2025	1	453 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501671	—	pending	7 Jul 2026	397 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.