Observation pack · Galway City Council

Kerensa , Cappagh Road , Galway

Permission for development which consists of: to retain the following works: (i) Vehicular entrance to the property as constructed in revised location to that granted permission under planning reference number 21/188. (ii) Relocated western boundary wall as constructed, and (iii) Boundary walls to the west and south as constructed.

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660339 · full record
Authority: Galway City Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 839 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 10 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/2660339/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660339 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 21 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
2660109	Conditional	22 May 2026	0	249 m	Permission for development which consists of: Change of use from Class 8(a), use as a Health Clinic, to Class 2(b), use for the provision of Professional Services
2660055	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	1	413 m	Permission for development which consists of: The development will consist of the following: 1. Construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing house to provide a bedroom / office room, service & utility rooms & enlarged kitchen & dining area. 2. Elevational changes to the front elevation. 3. All associated site development works
2560275	Refused	1 Apr 2026	1	441 m	Permission for development which consists of: to partially demolish a rear ground-floor utility and replace it with the construction of an extension comprising of a kitchen / dining room, front elevation modifications to the first-floor bedroom and ground-floor family room, changes to the front entrance, alterations to existing rear dormer windows, and modifications to the internal layout of the house and grounds
2560382	Conditional	20 Feb 2026	0	336 m	Permission for development which consists of: retention permission sought from Galway City Council by R. & E. Hartmann at Valhalla, Barna Road, Galway, H91WNX9. The development will consist of (1) permission sought for Retention of existing railings to front boundary wall and (2) All associated site works and services
2560333	Conditional	17 Dec 2025	0	413 m	Permission for development which consists of: the proposed amendment to condition 04, which is the subject of this application, is for the proposed change of roof colour to brown/rustic red,, to match the existing adjacent dwelling roof
2560225	Conditional	11 Sept 2025	2	498 m	Permission for development which consists of: planning permission to sub-divide, alter and extend the existing group home to create two semi-detached group homes with associated external stores and site works.
2560210	Refused	3 Sept 2025	0	184 m	Permission for development which consists of: For the construction of a gated access link and footpath between our community dwellinghouse and the neighbouring Ros Ard Estate and for all associated site development works
2560089	Conditional	8 Aug 2025	1	413 m	Permission for development which consists of the construction of a new two storey dwelling house and single storey garage (proposed floor space: house c.361sqm, garage c.30 sqm), and all associated site works. Including amendments of site boundaries relating to the existing house reflecting the above. At Woodbrook House, Bóthar Bhearna, Galway City

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501258	—	Granted with conditions	25 Aug 2026	441 m
322412	—	Granted with conditions	1 Sept 2025	336 m
322355	—	Invalid	23 Apr 2025	336 m
319590	—	Granted with conditions	3 Apr 2025	148 m
318770	—	Refused	21 Jun 2024	241 m
317804	—	Refused	28 May 2024	336 m
312779	—	Refused	11 May 2023	336 m
312765	—	Refused	8 Mar 2022	336 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

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 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.