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Observation pack · Donegal County Council

DRUMBAR , DONEGAL TOWN , CO. DONEGAL

STORAGE YARD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 11 Dec 2026 27 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Jan 2027

The application

Reference
2662054 · full record
Authority
Donegal County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Site area
6,452 m²
Received
6 Nov 2026
Decision due
9 Jan 2027

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2662054/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2662054 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 11 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2661599Conditional16 Oct 202639 mMACHINERY SHED AND 2 NO. STORAGE UNITS ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2562245Conditional12 Feb 2026382 mDUNGSTEAD AND PERMISSION FOR PROPOSED ROOFING OF THE DUNGSTEAD FOR WHICH RETENTION IS SOUGHT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY FLOOR STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
2560185Conditional27 Mar 2025235 mTELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE CARRYING ANTENNA AND DISHES, COMMUNICATIONS CABIN AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN A CHAIN LINKED FENCED COMPOUND INCLUDING ACCESS TRACK PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 10/20064 AND PERMISSION FOR INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL ANTENNA, DISH EQUIPMENT TO THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE INCLUDING GROUND EQUIPMENT CABINETS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2351386Conditional3 Nov 20231483 mERECTION OF A ONE AND A HALF-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2250232Conditional20 Oct 20224 mPERMISSION FOR A SOIL RECOVERY FACILITY AND RETENTION OF AN EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AT THE SAME SITE
2251211Conditional25 Aug 20221147 mERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
314781Withdrawn27 Apr 2023496 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

  • 6 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 11 Dec 2026
  • 6 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.