Observation pack · Donegal County Council
MULLANS , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGAL
CHANGE OF USE OF 1ST FLOOR OFFICE SPACE OF BUILDING APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50689 TO ONE APARTMENT WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES
Observations close 10 Dec 2026 26 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2662045 · full record
- Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 972 m²
- Received
- 5 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 8 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/2662045/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2662045at 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 10 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.
Designations on or near the site within 100 m
- NIAH-recorded building × 4Ancient Donegal Masonic Hall No. 588 · house · house
- Recorded monument × 2Burial ground · R176077
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2661715 | Conditional | 5 Nov 2026 | 299 m | (1) CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, PREVIOUSLY USED AS RETAIL TO AN APARTMENT WITH ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, (2) REAR FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC EXTENSIONS/ALTERATIONS AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS |
| 2661717 | Conditional | 5 Nov 2026 | 415 m | AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51194 (AMENDED BY REF. NO. 22/51715) CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHELTERED CANOPY (C. 35M2) IN THE PERMITTED CAR PARK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING 2 NO. DEDICATED 'CLICK AND COLLECT' SPACES FOR THE PERMITTED STORE (CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION), SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2661687 | Conditional | 22 Oct 2026 | 387 m | CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2661686 | Conditional | 22 Oct 2026 | 390 m | CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING BASEMENT APARTMENT AS CONSTRUCTED AND APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 09/20256 TO SHORT TERM LET ACCOMMODATION |
| 2661439 | Conditional | 10 Sept 2026 | 322 m | AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51194 (AMENDED BY PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51715) CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) RELOCATION OF SUBSTATION AND MINOR INCREASE IN ITS SIZE, (2) REDESIGN OF PUBLIC CONNECTION RAMP AND STEPS, AND RELOCATION OF BICYCLE PARKING, (3) MINOR AMENDMENTS TO SERVICE YARD INCLUDING REMOVAL OF WASTE COMPACTOR AND ADJUSTMENT OF MOE STAIRS, (4) ADJUSTMENT TO ENTRANCE WALLS, (5) INTRODUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, (6) REDUCTION IN LENGTH OF SERVICE YARD RAMP AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2660844 | Conditional | 2 Jul 2026 | 176 m | (1) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL WINDOWS ON THE NORTH FACING GABLE ELEVATION, (2) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL VELUX TYPE ROOFLIGHTS IN THE PITCHED ROOF AND (3) PROVISION OF SIGNAGE AT THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE GABLE ELEVATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
| 2660783 | Conditional | 18 Jun 2026 | 358 m | (1) RETENTION OF SHOPFRONT TO ‘KENNEDYS BY THE SEA’ INCLUDING RELOCATED ENTRANCE DOOR, GLAZING AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND (2) CHANGING WINDOWS ON FIRST FLOOR AND ERECTION OF A NEW WALL SIGN ON FRONT ELEVATION |
| 2562032 | Refused | 15 Jan 2026 | 143 m | (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SINGLE BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION UNIT ADJOINING AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO THE GARAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND (3) ALTERATION TO THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324568 | pending | 6 Aug 2026 | 127 m | |
| 322358 | Granted with conditions | 2 Dec 2025 | 322 m | |
| 313870 | Other | 14 Sept 2023 | 32 m | |
| 313444 | Granted with conditions | 7 Jul 2023 | 30 m | |
| 311518 | Granted with conditions | 21 Sept 2022 | 306 m | |
| 311175 | Granted with conditions | 24 Mar 2022 | 322 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
- 5 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
- 5 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.