Observation pack · Galway City Council
Galway shopping center , Headford road , Galway
Permission for development which consists of: PERMISSION for a change of use of an external garden-centre area, (previously Atlantic Homecare, now disused), to accommodate the erection of a single storey structure, containing two covered padel courts with associated facilities, all located adjacent to the rear of our existing leisure/indoor recreational unit. The development will include all ancillary works to facilitate the two courts, including interalia: site works and internal fit out works, and including access to/from our leisure/indoor recreational unit,
Observations close 16 Oct 2026 closes today
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660334 · full record
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 747 m²
- Received
- 11 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
- Decision due
- 5 Nov 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/2660334/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660334at 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 16 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise Light Industry and Commercial: To provide for light industry and commercial uses other than those reserved in the CC zone | galway city development plan 2023 2029 | 4 Jan 2023 → 4 Jan 2029 |
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise Light Industry and Commercial: To provide for light industry and commercial uses other than those reserved in the CC zone | galway city development plan 2023 2029 variations 1 2 3 | 4 Jan 2023 → 4 Jan 2029 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Galway City Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galway City Council development plan zoning | — | 4 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660292 | Refused | 7 Oct 2026 | 0 | 172 m | Permission for development which consists of: The development will consist of the construction of a new single storey drive-through hatch to the rear elevation (north facing) of the coffee shop, reposition of external door to the rear elevation (north facing) as per previous granted planning application reference number: 25/60202, new advertisement signage to ground floor fascia to the rear elevation (north facing), reconfiguration of existing carpark, to include new vehicle circulation route and collection point, including the reconfiguration of existing pedestrian pathways and landscape all to be located in the existing carpark site to the north east site at Galway Shopping Centre carpark, at this address in accordance with the drawings as submitted |
| 2660283 | Refused | 29 Sept 2026 | 0 | 388 m | Permission for development which consists of: retention of the front elevation of the property which has been altered as part of a change of use from commercial use to a dwelling |
| 2560398 | Conditional | 9 Sept 2026 | 1 | 233 m | Permission for development which consists of: Fahy Monumental Works is applying for planning permission to amalgamate existing showroom area with part of the adjoining commercial unit at ground level, former Richard Walsh Cycles and for change of use of part of the ground floor and the existing repair workshop on the first floor to a three bedroom apartment including changes to elevations and necessary works |
| 2660245 | Conditional | 28 Aug 2026 | 0 | 74 m | Permission for development which consists of: For a new prefabricated substation building within the existing Galway Shopping Centre car park to cater for 7no. electric car charging points for 12no. Electric car parking spaces along with all associated ancillary site works. |
| 2660146 | Conditional | 28 Aug 2026 | 0 | 399 m | Permission for development which consists of: 1. Retention permission to the rear of No’s 12-14 Prospect Hill (Mary Mullen’s Bar) and No. 8 Prospect Hill (Prospect House) of; • Provision of beer garden area within courtyard, covered with a glass canopy/roof, • Change of use and alterations to formerly vacant two-storey office/retail building to rear, to an ancillary bar. On the ground floor, this includes provision of bar areas, customer toilets, staff areas and keg store. The first floor consists of provision of ancillary bar storage. • Fire escape, steps and air conditioning units to rear. 2. Permission at No. 8 Prospect Hill (Prospect House) for; • Change of use at ground floor level from vacant betting office to restaurant and Café, together with internal ground floor connection to the adjoining Courtyard/ Beer Garden Area at Mary Mullens. • Change of use of first and second floors from vacant office space, to 32-bed tourist accommodation to complement the adjoining hospitality business at Mary Mullens. • Extension of glass canopy/roof to northern corner of existing beer garden. • Alterations to front elevation façade onto street (Prospect Hill), including revised fenestration, roof design, signage and shopfront details. • Alterations and revised fenestration to south-western side elevation, north-eastern side elevation and south-eastern rear elevation. • Removal of existing internal stairs and construction of single-storey extension to facilitate an additional fire escape route with steps to rear. • Revised treatments to rear boundary wall. • Construction of an internal access stairs to roof along with installation of PV panels and plant at roof level, together with all associated site works and services |
| 2660222 | Conditional | 19 Aug 2026 | 0 | 293 m | Permission for development which consists of: applying to create a vehicular entrance & off-road parking area to the front of the property |
| 2660189 | Refused | 30 Jul 2026 | 1 | 419 m | Permission for development which consists of: (i) alterations to existing layout, (ii) construction of new extension to front, side and rear of existing dwelling, (iii) replacement of existing flat roof with new pitcher roof to include attic rooms, (iv) alterations to existing elevations and (v) all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement is included as part of this application |
| 2560342 | Conditional | 8 Jul 2026 | 0 | 260 m | Permission for development which consists of: proposal to erect a new fenced external HVAC plant compound in the service yard of Currys Galway to house new air handling unit complete with 3 No. top mounted external condensing units. Works as part of the upgrade and decarbonisation of the store's heating, ventilation and air conditioning - removing the end-of-life internal gas-fired air handling units and existing external condensers. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502154 | — | pending | 23 Sept 2026 | 74 m |
| 501865 | — | pending | 10 Aug 2026 | 419 m |
| 501778 | — | open | 27 Jul 2026 | 73 m |
| 501206 | — | pending | 22 Apr 2026 | 206 m |
| 501194 | — | Invalid | 21 Apr 2026 | 206 m |
| 322166 | — | Granted with conditions | 3 Oct 2025 | 181 m |
| 323550 | — | open | 3 Sept 2025 | 144 m |
| 319670 | — | Granted with conditions | 22 Aug 2025 | 177 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
- 11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
- 11 Sept 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.