Observation pack · Galway City Council

Unit 21/ 22 , Briarhill Business Park Ballybrit , Galway

Permission for development which consists of: The development will consist of 3no. building mounted signs (totalling 149.8sq.m) at first floor fascia level on the north, south and east elevations of the unit and all associated site and development works

Observations close 5 Nov 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660356 · 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: 808 m²
Received: 1 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 25 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/2660356/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660356 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 5 Nov 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	Distance	Description
2660121	Refused	2 Jun 2026	171 m	Permission for development which consists of: to retain the use of a commercial site at Briarhill Business Park, in the townland of Doughiska, for the purposes of car sales and display, along with ancillary signage. Permission is also sought to retain a portacabin at the same location, which is currently being used as staff area and office.
2560319	Conditional	10 Dec 2025	153 m	RED III Permission for development which consists of: the construction and operation of a development consisting of an energy centre building, heat network pipeline, landscaping works, roof mounted solar PV and all other associated ancillary infrastructure at the Merlin Park Industrial Estate and Doughiska Road, within the townland of Doughiska, Galway, Co. Galway. The Galway City East Energy Centre building will integrate multiple low carbon energy technologies. The development will include the installation of 2no. Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) each with a 1.5MW capacity, 2 no. electric boilers, each with a 1.5MW capacity to handle peak loads and temperatures, and 2 no. gas boilers, each with a 1.5MW capacity for emergency back up support. The proposed energy centre building will have a building height of 6.2m, with solar PV panels mounted on the building rooftop. The adjacent building to the east (Smurfit Westrock), will have solar PV panels mounted on the building rooftop. The building to the north (Value Centre), will also have roof mounted solar panels. The proposed development will also include a heat pipeline network consisting of 2no. pipes, with a maximum diameter of 450mm each, spanning a distance of circa. 2390m in an underground trench, from the proposed energy centre building to Doughiska Road, along the length of Doughiska Road, crossing Monivea Road to the north, terminating outside the Clayton Hotel, and crossing Old Dublin Road to the south, terminating outside the Castlegar GAA Club, linking the proposed Galway City East Energy Centre building to future heat customer buildings in the area. Ancillary development will consist of security fencing, access and parking, drainage infrastructure, and landscaping works at the proposed energy centre building. Site preparation will involve foundation works, and construction of essential access facilities to support overall functionality for the purpose of generating renewable heat energy and transmitting it to future heat customer buildings within the townland of Doughiska, Galway Co. Galway (the Proposed Development). Permission is sought for a ten year construction period.
2560315	Conditional	3 Dec 2025	467 m	Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought on behalf of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Ireland for the following: - Provision of an extension to the existing cultural/meeting room at ground floor level - Provision of a first floor extension over the existing cultural/meeting room to include recreation/indoor sports facilities and toilets - The provision of four additional car spaces - All associated site works and services
2560311	Conditional	28 Nov 2025	232 m	Permission for development which consists of: a change of use of circa 691 sq.m, which consists of an existing children's playzone and common corridor area to a new use as a medical centre. The proposed works will include a new fit-out and associated works (including rooftop services and louvres screening). This new medical centre space will be amalgamated with the existing medical clinic on the same floor, bringing the total clinic area to circa 1,499 sq.m.
2560201	Conditional	25 Aug 2025	212 m	Permission for development which consists of: a change of use of the first floor of the existing retail unit to a place of worship for Lagoinha Baptist Church. The proposed use includes religious services, prayer meetings, and occasional community events
2560158	Conditional	21 Jul 2025	94 m	Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought from Galway City Council by Orchid Vision Ltd at Rear of Ground floor Unit No.10, Briarhill Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway. The development will consist of (1) Permission sought for Retention and Completion of Food Preparation kitchen, storage area and Cold room and (2) All associated site works and services.
2560065	Conditional	28 Apr 2025	0 m	Permission for development which consists of: the development will consist of internal works and change of use at ground and first floor level of Unit 21/22 (835sq.m) to medical and related uses with associated signage.
2460371	Conditional	22 Jan 2025	285 m	Permission for development which consists of; 1. Retention of an existing pigeon coup, as a lightweight, temporary timber structure 2. Permission to keep racing pigeons 3. Permission to raise the existing height of the side and front boundary wall with timber panel fencing at this address 1 An Sean Bhaile, Doughiska, Galway City.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324540	—	pending	29 Jul 2026	348 m
324366	—	open	16 Jun 2026	9 m
318217	—	Granted	7 Apr 2026	60 m
318220	—	Granted with conditions	7 Apr 2026	60 m
324076	—	pending	12 Feb 2026	46 m
320582	—	Refused	12 Dec 2024	9 m
313102	—	Other	3 Jan 2024	9 m
316664	—	Other	15 Aug 2023	266 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

1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 Nov 2026
1 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.