Observation pack · Galway City Council
14 Glenard Road , Salthill , Galway City
Permission for development which consists of: The development will consist of the demolition of a front porch, the construction of a new front extension, alterations to all elevations and all associated site works
Observations close 25 Sept 2026 1 day left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660306 · full record
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 1
- Floor area
- 7 m²
- Site area
- 547 m²
- Received
- 21 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
- Decision due
- 15 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/2660306/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660306at 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 25 Sept 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660090 | Conditional | 17 Sept 2026 | 2 | 352 m | Permission for development which consists of: The development will consist of: The construction of one no. detached dwelling of two-and-a-half storeys with attached two-storey domestic garage/golf room, gym area with store above c. 787.6 sq m together with a single-storey garden building c. 18.1 sq m to the rear of the dwelling. Site access will be provided via the existing entrance to include rebuilding the front boundary wall and the construction of new pillars and the provision of new gates. The development will also include all associated landscaping works, boundary treatments, and all site clearance and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. |
| 2660226 | Conditional | 20 Aug 2026 | 1 | 398 m | Permission for development which consists of: retention and completion of revisions to development previously approved under PL REF 2560317 at no. 8 Mount Eaton, Taylors Hill, Galway city. The revisions include the omission of the basement level garage and associated access ramp, and the addition of a garage / storeroom and services rooms at ground floor level, plus associated elevational alterations and site works revisions |
| 2660219 | Conditional | 17 Aug 2026 | 1 | 466 m | Planning permission which consists of: planning permission is sought for the demolition of an existing dwelling, construction of a new dwelling house, demolition of the existing stores/shed at the rear of site, construction of a new store to the rear, and all ancillary site works and services |
| 2660114 | Conditional | 28 May 2026 | 1 | 440 m | Permission for development which consists of: John and Orla Geaney intend to apply to Galway City Council for planning permission for the extension and alteration of the existing detached dwelling at No. 6 Rockbarton Green, Salthill, Galway. The proposed development will consist of extensions and amendments to the existing façade, alterations to existing landscaping and services, and the construction of a garden building and a garden shed, together with all associated site works and services. |
| 2660115 | Conditional | 28 May 2026 | 0 | 117 m | Permission for development which consists of: a) the retention of a change of use from domestic garage to residential living space and alterations to all elevations and b) the retention of a rear single storey extension and will consist of c) the permission for a first-floor side extension, alterations to all elevations including external wall insulation and all associated site works. |
| 2660086 | Refused | 5 May 2026 | 2 | 427 m | Permission for development which consists of: retention permission and permission for works to dwellinghouse and associated site works at 46 Dalysfort Road, Salthill in the townland of Cappanaveagh. Retention of elements as follows: 1) Increase in total floor area of dwellinghouse from 268sqm (under Plg Ref. No. 17338) to 346sqm. 2) First floor dormer window constructed on the North elevation 3) 3 no windows constructed on the North elevation 4) First floor box frame window constructed on the East elevation plus an additional window 5) 2 no first floor box windows constructed on West elevation 6) First floor window to South elevation 7) Revised location of garage 8) Revised ground levels 9) Retaining wall to Eastern boundary 10) Septic Tank Permission for associated additional works as follows: 11) Associated site works including planted buffer zone with mature screening to prevent overlooking. 12) Works also to include the provision of a new four-stage waste water treatment system |
| 2660078 | Conditional | 1 May 2026 | 1 | 195 m | Permission for development which consists of: construct an extension to the side of an existing dwelling including all associated works and services |
| 2560183 | Conditional | 11 Mar 2026 | 1 | 277 m | Permission for development which consists of: the demolition of existing dwelling (2 storey over basement) and construction of a new dwelling (2 storey over basement) with garden shed and all associated site works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501446 | — | pending | 29 May 2026 | 427 m |
| 317076 | — | Refused | 11 Dec 2025 | 353 m |
| 321853 | — | Granted with conditions | 26 May 2025 | 233 m |
| 320956 | — | Refused | 6 Feb 2025 | 370 m |
| 320037 | — | Granted with conditions | 11 Nov 2024 | 295 m |
| 319152 | — | pending | 27 Feb 2024 | 122 m |
| 313768 | — | Granted with conditions | 23 Nov 2023 | 426 m |
| 312523 | — | Other | 16 Oct 2023 | 232 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
- 21 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 25 Sept 2026
- 21 Aug 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.