Observation pack · Galway City Council
No.1 , Whitestrand Park , Galway
Permission for development which consists of: PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURE, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORE/SHEDS AT REAR OF SITE, ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING ELEVATIONS & EXISTING ROOF, INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, NEW PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCES , ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY, REMEDIAL WORKS TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARY WALLS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS & SERVICES
Observations close 27 Oct 2026 7 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660345 · 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
- 29 m²
- Site area
- 504 m²
- Received
- 22 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 16 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/2660345/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660345at 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 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R3 Rural cluster | Residential: To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods | galway city development plan 2023 2029 | 4 Jan 2023 → 4 Jan 2029 |
| R3 Rural cluster | Residential: To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods | 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
- Recorded monument × 1R179710
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660260 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2026 | 0 | 397 m | Permission for development which consists of: application for retention permission at 11 Beattystown, Fairhill Road, Claddagh, Galway, H91AX0H for alterations to previously approved plans under planning 23/60124 comprising of minor alterations to front and side elevations, amendments to proposed rear extension including part living roof, high level first floor windows, amended rooflights, new garden shed and the omission of granted garden room plus associated works |
| 2660029 | Conditional | 8 Jul 2026 | 6 | 425 m | Permission for development which consists of: We, Derhinos Ltd, intend to apply for planning permission for development on lands at No. 60 Salthill Road Lower, Galway City, H91 TRC0 with a site area of 0.142 hectares. The development will consist of the following: I. Construction of new terraced houses in a single 2.5 storey building block on infill lands comprising of 5 no. 3-bed units; II. Partial demolition works to the inside and outside of the existing 1 no. 5-bed dwellinghouse and associated structures resulting in a refurbished 2-bed residential dwelling, and a creation of new pedestrian access to the rear of the site from Salthill Road Lower (R864); III. Provision of a communal bin store, a shared long-term bike store building (1 no. cargo bike and 16 no. standard spaces), and separate visitor bike parking (4 no. spaces); IV. Provision of landscaped communal open spaces, private open spaces, revised boundary treatments, and public lighting; and V. Internal footpaths, drainage and SuDS measures, along with all associated site development works and services. |
| 2660132 | Conditional | 12 Jun 2026 | 1 | 358 m | Permission for development which consists of: planning permission for a new window opening to the North East gable elevation, a single story rear extension and associated site works |
| 2560373 | Conditional | 25 May 2026 | 2 | 214 m | Permission for development which consists of: (A) A part two storey and part single storey rear extension, to include a rear terrace area and associated privacy screens along relevant rear garden boundary walls. (B) Provision of solar panels on the roof of the rear extension. (C) Alterations to all external elevations of the existing house. (D) Provision of a vehicle access through the front site boundary and provision of vehicle parking spaces to the front of the existing house. (E) Construction of a rear garden shed. (F) All associated building works and site works |
| 269 | Unconditional | 22 May 2026 | 0 | 424 m | Permission for development which consists of: Extension of Duration - construction of a standalone detached house 2 storey in height and associated services {planning ref 20/9 ABP 308344} |
| 2660097 | Conditional | 14 May 2026 | 1 | 292 m | Permission for development which consists of: the demolition of existing single-storey rear extension, the construction of a two-story flat-roofed extension to the rear of the house, construction of a single-story extension to the front southeast corner of the house and all associated site and development works |
| 2660014 | Conditional | 12 May 2026 | 0 | 364 m | Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought by the Board of Management Coláiste Iognáid at Coláiste Iognáid, Sea Road, Galway City. The development consists of (1) Permission to replace an existing grassed play area and parking area to the rear of the school campus with the construction of a synthetic pitch consisting of a Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA), with 5 metre high ballstop netting, 2.4m high perimeter fencing. (2) Permission for redistribution and upgrading of 30 no. existing on campus car parking spaces, to a new delineated car parking area located to the east of the proposed MUGA pitch, (3) Permission for shared surface driveway, nature based on-site surface water drainage arrangements, together with all associated landscaping, footpaths, site works and services. (4) Retention permission is also sought for 2 no. metal security gates located along Sea Road, adjoining Protected Structures RPS No. 9101 (St. Ignatius' Church) and RPS No. 9120 (Jesuit School) respectively |
| 2660079 | Conditional | 1 May 2026 | 1 | 469 m | Permission for development which consists of: (i) demolition of existing extension, (ii) alterations, extension, and refurbishment of existing dwelling, (iii) alterations to existing boundaries, (iv) demolition of existing glasshouse, (v) all associated site development and external works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501453 | — | Granted | 27 Aug 2026 | 292 m |
| 324583 | — | pending | 20 Aug 2026 | 187 m |
| 501803 | — | pending | 31 Jul 2026 | 425 m |
| 501061 | — | Refused | 14 Jul 2026 | 441 m |
| 321606 | — | Granted with conditions | 29 Apr 2025 | 360 m |
| 321612 | — | pending | 6 Jan 2025 | 360 m |
| 318927 | — | Granted with conditions | 20 Aug 2024 | 314 m |
| 317956 | — | Granted with conditions | 28 May 2024 | 412 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
- 22 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
- 22 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.