Observation pack · Galway City Council

3 Rockbarton West , Salthill , Salthill

Permission for development which consists of: I, R Byrne, Intend to apply for permission for development at this site at 3 Rockbarton West, Salthill. The development will consist of 1) Construction on new two storey dwellinghouse. 2) Alterations to front elevation of existing dwellinghouse including window enlargements and addition of porch. 3) Provision of all associated site development works, site services, boundary treatments, including hard and soft landscaping

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660316 · full record
Authority: Galway City Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 2
Floor area: 229 m²
Site area: 1,150 m²
Received: 28 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 22 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/2660316/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660316 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 2 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
2660219	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	1	207 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
2660126	Conditional	7 Aug 2026	1	212 m	Permission for development which consists of: a new single family dwelling of 12.06m height
2660172	Conditional	17 Jul 2026	1	247 m	Permission for development which consists of: extension to house at ground and first floor levels, new front porch, elevational changes and all associated works
2660147	Conditional	26 Jun 2026	1	281 m	Permission for development which consists of: Ferghal Blaney intends to apply for planning permission for the subdivision of an existing residential site to facilitate the construction of a two storey new dwelling, the provision of a new site entrance, the demolition of existing garage, the erection of two domestic sheds (one per dwelling), including with all associated site development
2660112	Conditional	25 Jun 2026	0	393 m	Permission for development which consists of: construction of a single storey shelter pavilion building (99 M²) as a weather enclosure to the north terrace and all associated external works
2660114	Conditional	28 May 2026	1	270 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.
2660069	Conditional	29 Apr 2026	1	136 m	Permission for development which consists of: permission for alteration and extension of the existing attic accommodation to include new roof windows to the front elevation, a new dormer to the rear roof and all ancillary works
2660034	Conditional	8 Apr 2026	0	91 m	Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought by Rockbarton Family Holdings Ltd. for redevelopment of the Rockbarton House Hotel site and the construction of 9 no. apartments at No.’s 5-7 Rockbarton Park, Salthill, Galway. The development will consist of: • Demolition of existing hotel building and associated structures to rear, • Construction of a 3-storey apartment block with 3 no. one bed apartments, 3 no. two bed apartments and 3 no. three bed apartments; • Construction of stand-alone single storey bin store and bike store building to the rear of the development, • Provision of public lighting, landscaping and paved areas, • Revisions to existing car parking to include for 1 no. Electric Vehicle (EV) parking space, together with EV ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points, • Connection to existing mains water infrastructure, foul drainage network and surface water drainage network, together with all associated site works and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501751	—	open	23 Jul 2026	281 m
500813	—	Granted with conditions	15 Jun 2026	13 m
501292	—	Invalid	5 May 2026	91 m
322786	—	Refused	14 Oct 2025	281 m
320751	—	Granted with conditions	14 Apr 2025	14 m
320976	—	Granted with conditions	6 Feb 2025	247 m
313768	—	Granted with conditions	23 Nov 2023	129 m
314613	—	Granted with conditions	11 Jul 2023	415 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

28 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 2 Oct 2026
28 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.