Bolag , Woodford , Co Galway

What’s proposed

for change of use of existing classroom from mainstream to Pre School /afterschool use

2560053 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for change of use of existing classroom from mainstream to Pre School /afterschool use, received on 20 Jan 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 7 Mar 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2560053
Local authority: Galway County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 20 Jan 2025
Observations close: 24 Feb 2025 (closed 581 days ago)
Decision due: 16 Mar 2025 · decided 7 Mar 2025
Decision: Conditional on 7 Mar 2025
Proposed development: for change of use of existing classroom from mainstream to Pre School /afterschool use
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.39 ha 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 366823). 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/2560053/0.

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Bolag , Woodford , Co Galway

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