Observation pack · Galway City Council

Crown Square , Monivea Road , Galway

Permission for development which consists of: Extension of Duration - 288 no. Build-to-Rent apartments and associated site works=pl ref 26/7 (ABP 310348-21)

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2626 · full record
Authority: Galway City Council
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 5.33 ha
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 29 Oct 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCity/AppFileRefDetails/2626/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2626 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.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Galway City Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 9 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Galway City 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.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2620	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	0	244 m	Permission for development which consists of: retention is sought on behalf of Kevin Burke to retain an existing open sided canopy/roofed area at the front of his existing tyre servicing premises
267	Refused	14 Aug 2026	0	0 m	Permission for development which consists of: Extension Of Duration - the development comprises 4 no. apartment block G,H,H1 and J (including basement carpark and retail/ancillary accommodation in Block J_ are fully structurally complete to roof level. External cladding and fenestration are under way as is the internal completion of apartments. Completion is being planned in 4 no. block by block phases with final development completion planned in December 2023. Planning reference ABP 310348-21.
2660173	Conditional	21 Jul 2026	2	451 m	Permission for development which consists of: 1. demolition and reconstruction of single storey granny flat, incorporating an increase in floor area of 7.90 Sq. m 2. side and rear extension and alterations to dwellinghouse 3. rear garden store
2614	Conditional	8 Jul 2026	1	425 m	Permission for development which consists of: Permission to construct first floor side extension over existing single storey residential ground floor with internal alterations to existing first floor and elevation changes and all associated services
2560339	Conditional	25 Jun 2026	0	0 m	Permission for development which consists of: we, HeatGrid Ireland Limited, intend to apply for a 10-year planning application for development of a district heating energy centre at this site, located at Galway Crystal, Murrough Drive, Dublin Road, and a district heating network pipeline in the townlands of Doughiska, Merlin Park, Murrough, Ballybaan More, Renmore, Ballybaan Beg in Galway City, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1. The demolition of an existing building at the Galway Crystal premises (GFA of demolition 1,290sqm). 2. The construction of buildings to accommodate a District Heating Energy Centre (GFA 1439.1sqm), with a total generated capacity of up to 45MW, comprising of thermal water tanks, a 22-metre flue, roof mounted dry air coolers, gas boiler units, heat pumps, staff welfare facilities, an electrical backup generator, a gas meter room, and associated drainage, water and utility service infrastructure. 3. The construction of a district heating network pipeline (c. 7,877m in length) from the proposed District Heating Energy Centre building within the following roads - Bothar na dTreabh, Dublin Road (R446, R921 and R338), Wellpark Road, Lurgan Park, Gleann Rua, Monivea Road, Ballyloughane Road, Loughnane Road, Glenina Heights, Tara Grove, Renmore Road, Renmore Avenue, Rowan Avenue, Michael Collins Road, Connolly Avenue, Lios An Uisce, Murrough Drive, Rosshill Road, O’Sullivan Park, Walter Macken Place, Quinn Terrace, Loughnane Terrace and Cardinal Cushing Road and the provision of pipes to connect the district heating network pipeline to sites/premises. 4. The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure.
2660141	Conditional	24 Jun 2026	0	303 m	Permission for development which consists of: the construction of a 20m x10m Temporary R&D Test Building including all associated site works. Building height will be 7.791m to the ridge
2660111	Conditional	26 May 2026	1	205 m	Permission for development which consists of: (1) The provision of a Single-Storey extension to the rear elevation of the existing dwelling house. (2) The provision of a First Floor extension, incorporating the existing attic space, to the rear elevation of the existing dwelling house
2660088	Refused	5 May 2026	1	451 m	Permission for development which consists of: 1. demolition and reconstruction of single storey granny flat incorporating an increase in floor area of 7.90 sq.m. 2. side and rear extension and alterations to dwellinghouse. 3 rear garden store. 4. removal of front garden wall to provide off street parking.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500942	—	Granted	8 Jul 2026	474 m
500690	—	Granted with conditions	27 May 2026	11 m
500940	—	open	6 Mar 2026	474 m
321240	—	Granted with conditions	9 Dec 2025	185 m
321020	—	Refused	6 Feb 2025	17 m
318308	—	Granted with conditions	17 Jun 2024	0 m
317870	—	Other	9 Nov 2023	10 m
317801	—	Invalid	13 Sept 2023	17 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

4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026
4 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.