Observation pack · Galway City Council

Saint Joseph's , Shangort Knocknacarra , Galway

Permission for development which consists of: Full planning permission for alteration of previously approved extension and renovation under Pl. Reg. Ref. 21/403

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660349 · 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: 50 m²
Site area: 840 m²
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 19 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/2660349/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660349 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 30 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	GI-001:DP: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	GI-002:DP: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.

Sources: GALWAYCITY GI-001:DP:galway-city-development-plan-2023-2029, GALWAYCITY GI-002:DP:galway-city-development-plan-2023-2029-variations-1-2-3 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
GALWAYCITY GI-001:DP:galway-city-development-plan-2023-2029	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
GALWAYCITY GI-002:DP:galway-city-development-plan-2023-2029-variations-1-2-3	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 2
Water mill - horizontal-wheeled · R127105

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660171	Conditional	22 Sept 2026	1	288 m	Permission for development which consists of : to retain habitable accommodation previously granted as a garage
2660266	Conditional	16 Sept 2026	3	393 m	Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought for the demolition of a substandard dwelling and for the construction of three new two storey detached dwellings in a residential development, permission is also sought for the sub division of an existing site and for all associated hard and soft landscaped areas, site works and services
2660103	Conditional	2 Sept 2026	1	85 m	Permission for development which consists of: retention permission for modifications to existing dwelling as constructed, to include all site services
2660240	Conditional	25 Aug 2026	1	44 m	Permission for development which consists of: Construction of a single-storey extension to rear of existing house, demolition of existing shed, widening of site entrance and all associated site works.
2660224	Conditional	20 Aug 2026	1	310 m	Permission for development which consists of: to construct a new single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling to form granny flat and construct domestic shed and associated works
2660209	Conditional	11 Aug 2026	1	127 m	Permission for development which consists of: construction of a single storey rear extension, front entrance porch, fitting of external insulation, minor elevational changes and all associated works
2660182	Refused	27 Jul 2026	1	498 m	Permission for development which consists of: (i) the demolition of the existing conservatory, (ii) the removal of existing roof to original house, (iii) construction of new first floor extension, (iv) the renovations to existing house with alterations to existing elevations and (iv) all associated site works
2660125	Refused	5 Jun 2026	1	21 m	Permission for development which consists of: Retention permission for existing single storey rear garden structure (23m2), containing w.c., and its use as an additional bedroom to the main house, for the temporary period of 5 years, and all site works and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322248	—	Granted with conditions	12 Aug 2025	469 m
319782	—	Granted with conditions	28 Mar 2025	461 m
319812	—	Granted with conditions	24 Feb 2025	289 m
321679	—	Invalid	15 Jan 2025	469 m
315320	—	Refused	26 Jan 2024	481 m
314714	—	Granted with conditions	24 Nov 2023	420 m
311918	—	Refused	24 Mar 2022	289 m
310644	—	Granted with conditions	28 Oct 2021	361 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

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.