Observation pack · Donegal County Council

STRANORLAR , CO. DONEGAL

CONSTRUCTION OF AN APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 3 NO. 2-BED APARTMENTS OVER 3 FLOORS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT

Observations close 3 Dec 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661997 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 346 m²
Received: 29 Oct 2026
Decision due: 23 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/2661997/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661997 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 3 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
2661183	Conditional	6 Aug 2026		489 m	RENEWAL AND UPGRADE OF WASTEWATER SYSTEM SERVING EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
2462022	Conditional	19 Dec 2025		188 m	COMPLETION OF THE PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED FOOTBALL STADIUM (APPROXIMATELY 5580 TOTAL SPECTATOR CAPACITY), PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER THE NOW-LAPSED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 05/9008. THE COMPLETED STADIUM WILL CONSIST OF 4 NO. STANDS IN A CLOSED-BOWL CONFIGURATION (WITH THE WEST STAND ALREADY PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED) AND WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (1) WEST STAND WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE EXISTING PRECAST CONCRETE TERRACE, PROVIDING SEATING FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,100 SPECTATORS, ALONG WITH AN ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION BUILDING WHICH WILL INCLUDE CHANGING FACILITIES, PUBLIC AND STAFF TOILETS, A GYMNASIUM, TREATMENT ROOMS, OFFICES, STORAGE, AND PLANT AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL (PARTIALLY UNDER THE RAKED TERRACES) WITH MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, LICENSED CORPORATE BOXES SUITES, MEETING SPACES, TRAINING ROOMS, CLUB ROOMS, A CONTROL ROOM, MEDIA ROOMS, AND OFFICES AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVELS ABOVE. THIS WILL INVOLVE THE RENOVATION AND PART DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING PARTIALLY COMPLETED ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION BLOCK, (2) EAST STAND FEATURING A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SPECTATOR TERRACE WITH SEATING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,230 SPECTATORS, ALONG WITH A NEW AMENITY BUILDING WHICH WILL HOUSE A GYMNASIUM, TREATMENT ROOM, TOILETS, CHANGING FACILITIES, AND AN OFFICE AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL WITH THE PROVISION OF A HOSPITALITY AREA TO FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND A TV GANTRY LOCATED AT ROOF LEVEL AS WELL AS 2 NO. DETACHED, EXTERNALLY ACCESSED PUBLIC TOILET BLOCKS, (3) NORTH AND SOUTH STANDS WHICH WILL INCLUDE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SPECTATOR TERRACES, EACH WITH SEATING FOR APPROXIMATELY 240 SPECTATORS AND ADDITIONAL STANDING CAPACITY FOR CIRCA 885 SPECTATORS EACH, (4) COMPLETION OF THE GRASS PLAYING PITCH FORMATION WITH STORM DRAINAGE AND GOALS, FLAGS, LINING FENCING RAILS AND NORMAL SOCCER ACCESSORIES AND (5) SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF CAR PARKING, BUS PARKING, SEGREGATED PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, TURNSTILES, 4 NO. 1200 LUX FLOODLIGHTS (APPROXIMATELY 40 METERS TALL), AN ESB SUBSTATION, AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, INCLUDING COMPLETION OF DRAINAGE, BOTH HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, GATES, ACCESS CONTROL AND SITE BOUNDARY FENCING
2560917	Conditional	11 Dec 2025	1	60 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH INTEGRATED HOME OFFICE AND GYM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560598	Conditional	18 Jul 2025		163 m	DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE ELEVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2460497	Conditional	13 Dec 2024		412 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 12 NO. APARTMENTS, SITE ENTRANCE, CAR PARKING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2461693	Conditional	13 Dec 2024		378 m	CHANGE OF USE FROM A DWELLING HOUSE TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461023	Conditional	14 Nov 2024		114 m	ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY MODULAR BUILDING CONTAINING 2 NO. CLASSROOMS, STORAGE, TOILET FACILITY, ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE
2461207	Conditional	26 Sept 2024		145 m	(1) CHANGE THE USE OF A STORAGE BUILDING INTO AN AFTERSCHOOL ROOM, (2) EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT STORAGE BUILDING, TO INCLUDE AN ADDITION OF A LAUNDRY AREA AND A STORAGE CONTAINER, AND ALL RELATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324568	pending	6 Aug 2026	25 m
312985	Granted with conditions	10 Oct 2023	287 m
310657	Granted with conditions	6 Dec 2021	444 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

29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 Dec 2026
29 Oct 2026 Decision

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