Observation pack · Galway City Council
31a Lakeshore Drive , Renmore , Galway
Permission for development which consists of: alterations to previously approved permission PL Ref 2460117 including revised house design, vehicular access arrangements and all associated works
Observations close 23 Nov 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660380 · 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
- 204 m²
- Site area
- 464 m²
- Received
- 19 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
- Decision due
- 13 Dec 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/2660380/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660380at 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 23 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: 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
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660328 | Conditional | 30 Oct 2026 | 0 | 246 m | Permission for development which consists of: Permission to 1. Carry out internal modifications to existing floor plans (area 140.34m²) along with minor modifications to existing facades, 2. Construct a new storage shed to rear of development (area 8.95m²), 3. Widen existing vehicular entrance and driveway for onsite parking and, 4. All associate site works at No. 14 Lakeshore Drive, Renmore, Galway |
| 2660318 | Conditional | 23 Oct 2026 | 1 | 187 m | Permission for development which consists of: (1) To demolish the existing dwelling house & (2) To construct a new single dwelling house at No. 63. Renmore Road, Renmore, Galway. |
| 2660241 | Conditional | 27 Aug 2026 | 1 | 160 m | Permission for development which consists of: The demolition of the existing garage, store and yard wall to the side of existing house, the construction of a new 2 storey, 3 bedroom detached house with a new on site car driveway and entrance piers, the relocation of the existing driveway entrance, a widening of the existing dipped kerb to accommodate access to driveways and all ancillary site works |
| 2660214 | Conditional | 14 Aug 2026 | 2 | 176 m | Permission for development which consists of: construction of a first floor side extension, rear roof overhang, minor elevational changes, change of use of an attached garage to habitable space, retention of a detached home office to the rear and all associated works |
| 2660206 | Conditional | 11 Aug 2026 | 1 | 303 m | Permission for development which consists of: Oliver Kelly is applying to Galway City council for permission to construct rear extension and front porch including amendments to the existing house layout at no.3 Dun Na Mara , Renmore. This permission includes demolition of an existing rear annex |
| 2660199 | Conditional | 6 Aug 2026 | 1 | 306 m | Permission for development which consists of: 1) the demolition of a single storey semi-detached dwelling, 2) the construction of a new two storey, three bedroom semi-detached dwelling house (143 SqM) with a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works and 3) retention of an existing three bedroom two storey dwelling on a reduced site and associated site works |
| 2660188 | Conditional | 30 Jul 2026 | 1 | 315 m | Permission for development which consists of: (1) The conversion of the attached garage to residential use. (2) The provision of a Single-Storey extension to the rear elevation of the existing dwelling house and extending along the side elevation to connect to the existing garage structure at the existing dwelling house at No. 12. Dún Na Mara, Renmore, Galway. |
| 2560339 | Conditional | 25 Jun 2026 | 0 | 402 m | Permission for development which consists of: we, HeatGrid Ireland Limited, intend to apply for a 10-year planning application for development of a district heating energy centre at this site, located at Galway Crystal, Murrough Drive, Dublin Road, and a district heating network pipeline in the townlands of Doughiska, Merlin Park, Murrough, Ballybaan More, Renmore, Ballybaan Beg in Galway City, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1. The demolition of an existing building at the Galway Crystal premises (GFA of demolition 1,290sqm). 2. The construction of buildings to accommodate a District Heating Energy Centre (GFA 1439.1sqm), with a total generated capacity of up to 45MW, comprising of thermal water tanks, a 22-metre flue, roof mounted dry air coolers, gas boiler units, heat pumps, staff welfare facilities, an electrical backup generator, a gas meter room, and associated drainage, water and utility service infrastructure. 3. The construction of a district heating network pipeline (c. 7,877m in length) from the proposed District Heating Energy Centre building within the following roads - Bothar na dTreabh, Dublin Road (R446, R921 and R338), Wellpark Road, Lurgan Park, Gleann Rua, Monivea Road, Ballyloughane Road, Loughnane Road, Glenina Heights, Tara Grove, Renmore Road, Renmore Avenue, Rowan Avenue, Michael Collins Road, Connolly Avenue, Lios An Uisce, Murrough Drive, Rosshill Road, O’Sullivan Park, Walter Macken Place, Quinn Terrace, Loughnane Terrace and Cardinal Cushing Road and the provision of pipes to connect the district heating network pipeline to sites/premises. 4. The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501189 | — | Granted with conditions | 11 Aug 2026 | 260 m |
| 323682 | — | Granted with conditions | 22 Apr 2026 | 211 m |
| 323206 | — | Refused | 3 Dec 2025 | 187 m |
| 323126 | — | Refused | 30 Oct 2025 | 165 m |
| 321776 | — | Granted with conditions | 30 Sept 2025 | 439 m |
| 321102 | — | Granted with conditions | 31 Mar 2025 | 298 m |
| 321281 | — | Granted with conditions | 25 Mar 2025 | 361 m |
| 319591 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Dec 2024 | 262 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
- 19 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 23 Nov 2026
- 19 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.