Observation pack · Galway City Council

8 Cuan Glas , Bishop O'Donnell Rd , Galway

Permission for development which consists of: design changes to planning application ref No. 25/60165. The proposed changes include the provision of an exit door on the south elevation, an additional dormer window to the 3rd level, a revised layout of the basement to include expanded external area to the basement level with additional glazing, the addition of a bike shed, moving the rear utility shed closer to the rear boundary and a revised balcony and glazing design to the rear

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660347 · 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: 507 m²
Site area: 881 m²
Received: 23 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 17 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/2660347/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660347 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 28 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Merville
Recorded monument × 3
Well · Watchtower · R179705

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660306	Conditional	13 Oct 2026	1	288 m	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
2660090	Conditional	17 Sept 2026	2	282 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	456 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
2660144	Refused	25 Jun 2026	1	395 m	Permission for development which consists of: permission for retention of rear extension to dwelling house
2660115	Conditional	28 May 2026	0	390 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.
2660078	Conditional	1 May 2026	1	466 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	445 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.
2560394	Conditional	24 Feb 2026	1	285 m	Permission for development which consists of: retention permission is sought for garden shed foundation. Planning Permission is sought for new garden shed with associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317076	—	Refused	11 Dec 2025	169 m
321853	—	Granted with conditions	26 May 2025	410 m
319152	—	pending	27 Feb 2024	88 m
312523	—	Other	16 Oct 2023	410 m
312952	—	Granted with conditions	14 Jun 2023	477 m
315452	—	Withdrawn	23 Feb 2023	260 m
315399	—	Invalid	21 Dec 2022	260 m
311298	—	Granted with conditions	23 Mar 2022	459 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

23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026
23 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.