Chapel Street, Louisburgh planning, comment by 30 Oct

What’s proposed

Planning Permission to retain existing granny flat

Reference: 2660754
Local authority: Mayo County Council
Status: Open for observation · register status “NEW APPLICATION”
Received: 25 Sept 2026
Observations close: 30 Oct 2026 (18 days left)
Decision due: 19 Nov 2026
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: Planning Permission to retain existing granny flat
As published by the register.
Site area: 295 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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Retention planning permission in Ireland — refused 27% of the time, against 7% for extensionsOne in six Dublin applications is for retention, and 27% of retention decisions in the two years to September 2026 were refusals. When you need it, the treble fee, the seven-year rule and the sale-time problem.
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Site notice planning rules — 22% of Dublin applications invalid, and the notice is the top cause2,539 of the 11,409 applications received by Dublin councils in the year to September 2026 were declared invalid; in South Dublin nearly half were for the site notice. What it must say, where it goes, when it turns yellow.