Portumna ,

What’s proposed

to convert garage to single storey granny flat at rear of existing dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 53.62 sqm

201672 is a planning application to Galway County Council for to convert garage to single storey granny flat at rear of existing dwelling. Gross floor, received on 9 Nov 2020; permission was refused on 11 Jan 2021.

Planning details

Reference: 201672
Local authority: Galway County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 9 Nov 2020
Observations close: 14 Dec 2020 (closed 2107 days ago)
Decision due: 12 Jan 2021 · decided 11 Jan 2021
Decision: Refused on 11 Jan 2021
Proposed development: to convert garage to single storey granny flat at rear of existing dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 53.62 sqm
As published by the register.
Site area: 2,384 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 355781). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/201672/0.

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