Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DRUMARDAGH , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL

(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 8 Dec 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2662023 · full record
Authority: Donegal County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 302 m²
Site area: 5,302 m²
Received: 3 Nov 2026
Decision due: 6 Jan 2027

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/2662023/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2662023 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 8 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
2561950	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	1	54 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2560639	Conditional	12 Jun 2025	1	184 m	(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING, DETACHED, DORMER BUNGALOW HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS & (2) RECONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DETACHED, TWO STOREY HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE. THE RELEVANT ASSOCIATED REPLACEMENT WORKS WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES
2560444	Conditional	29 May 2025	1	103 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PARTLY BUILT HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2461264	Refused	3 Oct 2024		285 m	ALTERATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ELEVATION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2460541	Conditional	29 Aug 2024	1	10 m	ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
2351970	Conditional	8 Feb 2024	1	307 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2251624	Conditional	17 Nov 2022	1	98 m	COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF NO 07/40307 INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF A (1) DWELLING HOUSE (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE (3) FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2250390	Conditional	10 Jun 2022	1	254 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324272		pending	7 May 2026	267 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

3 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 8 Dec 2026
3 Nov 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Donegal County Council before relying on it.