Observation pack · Galway City Council

Site 4A Lakeview Hill , Barnacranny Bushypark , Galway

Permission for development which consists of: the development will consist of the following: the construction of a new dwelling house with integrated garage; connection to existing services together with all ancillary site development works

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 16 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2660360 · 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: 236 m²
Site area: 1,356 m²
Received: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 29 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/2660360/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660360 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 9 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
R3 Rural cluster	Residential R2: To provide for low-density residential development which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and environmental sensitivities	galway city development plan 2023 2029	4 Jan 2023 → 4 Jan 2029
R3 Rural cluster	Residential R2: To provide for low-density residential development which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and environmental sensitivities	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	Units	Distance	Description
2660265	Conditional	15 Sept 2026	1	97 m	Permission for development which consists of: the construction of a dwelling house with integrated garage and external storage areas, associated terraces, landscaping, site development works, services and connections to public utilities. The proposed development relates to lands previously subject to Planning Reference Nos. 22/20, 18/16, 16/327 and 12/326
2660239	Refused	25 Aug 2026	1	112 m	Permission for development which consists of: Change of house design including a roof terrace with 42 solar panels on previously granted 2460043, all associated site works
2660231	Conditional	20 Aug 2026	1	339 m	Permission for development which consists of: annexe building to use as artist’s studio within the curtilage of existing dwelling house with all associated works and ancillary services
2660075	Conditional	1 May 2026	1	74 m	Permission for development which consists of: construction of a 2/3 storey dwelling house (457 SqM) and all associated site works and services
2601	Unconditional	28 Apr 2026	0	97 m	Permission for development which consists of: extension of duration of planning file 22/20 for a period of three years. Change of house type from previously granted planning 18/16 (and 12/326 , 16/327) together with associated site works, services and connections
2537	Unconditional	22 Dec 2025	0	74 m	Permission for development which consists of: Extension Of Duration for the construction of a dwelling house (site 15) and associated site works and services being an extension extension and minor modification of previously approved access road, footpaths and associated infrastructure (pl ref nos. 12/326, 16/327 and 18/9
2539	Unconditional	22 Dec 2025	0	89 m	Permission for development which consists of: Extension of Duration for construction of a dwelling house (site 17) and associated site works and services being an extension and minor modification of previously approved access road, footpath and associated infrastructure (pl. ref. nos. 12/326, 16/327 , 18/9 and 20/323
2540	Unconditional	22 Dec 2025	0	90 m	Permission for development which consists of: Extension of Duration for construction of dwelling house (site 19) and associated site works and services being an extension and minor modifications of previously approved access road, footpaths and associated infrastructure (pl ref nos. 12/326, 16/327 and 18/9).

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502074	—	pending	8 Sept 2026	339 m
318217	—	Granted	7 Apr 2026	99 m
318220	—	Granted with conditions	7 Apr 2026	99 m
315478	—	Granted with conditions	14 Feb 2024	0 m
315252	—	Granted with conditions	9 Jan 2024	269 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

5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
5 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.