Observation pack · Galway City Council

20A Ard na Mara , Salthill , Galway

Permission for development which consists of: permission is sought for retention and completion of alterations to the plans approved under reference 04/1026, for a previously granted dwelling house (ref no 199/01), which included permission for the retention of a basement storage area and associated services. This application includes [1] Retention of the sub-division of the approved dwelling into 2 separate apartments (20a & 20b); [2] Retention and completion of an apartment in the basement storage area with additional windows (20c); [3] increase width of vehicular entrance by 1m to 4.65m and all associated works;

Observations close 26 Nov 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660388 · full record
Authority: Galway City Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 307 m²
Received: 22 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 3 Nov 2026, 23:01
Decision due: 16 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/2660388/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660388 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 26 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

Recorded monument × 1
House - 18th/19th century

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660306	Conditional	13 Oct 2026	1	436 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
2660232	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	1	339 m	Permission for development which consists of: construction of a rear single storey extension, internal modifications, removal of rear chimney, modifications to front upper left bedroom window and the construction of a small roof over the front door and sitting room window at ground floor ceiling level in this two storey semi-detached house
2660219	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	1	320 m	Planning permission which consists of: planning permission is sought for the demolition of an existing dwelling, construction of a new dwelling house, demolition of the existing stores/shed at the rear of site, construction of a new store to the rear, and all ancillary site works and services
2660184	Refused	28 Jul 2026	1	371 m	Permission for development which consists of: to demolish existing house and attached garage to construct a new two storey house and detached garage with all associated site works
2560299	Refused	24 Jun 2026	0	453 m	Permission for development which consists of: Havenearth Lardner Limited Partnership is applying for planning permission for the construction of a four-storey apartment building consisting of 4No. apartments and associated balconies. The proposed development will include 2 No. two bedroom apartments (including 1No. duplex unit) and 2 No. one bedroom apartments, a PV array at roof level, ground floor storage areas (including bike storage), carport, parking, bin stores, car turntable, the provision of a new pedestrian and vehicular site entrance, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site works and services at Quincentennial Drive, Salthill, Galway City. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with this application
2560381	Conditional	29 May 2026	0	335 m	Permission for development which consists of: demolition of an existing three storey over double basement infill building comprising a public licenced premises at ground floor, basement & lower basement, and 11 No. residential substandard units at upper floors, 2) the construction of a four storey plus penthouse level over a single level basement building comprising a public licenced premises at ground floor & basement and 14 No. apartments overhead (9 No. 1 bed, 4 No. 2 bed and 1 No. 3 bed) with ancillary bin stores, plant and storage areas at basement level and 3) all associated external works
2660114	Conditional	28 May 2026	1	180 m	Permission for development which consists of: John and Orla Geaney intend to apply to Galway City Council for planning permission for the extension and alteration of the existing detached dwelling at No. 6 Rockbarton Green, Salthill, Galway. The proposed development will consist of extensions and amendments to the existing façade, alterations to existing landscaping and services, and the construction of a garden building and a garden shed, together with all associated site works and services.
2660115	Conditional	28 May 2026	0	396 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.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501446	—	Refused	18 Sept 2026	38 m
501955	—	pending	24 Aug 2026	371 m
501737	—	open	21 Jul 2026	453 m
501557	—	open	18 Jun 2026	335 m
501292	—	Invalid	5 May 2026	495 m
322029	—	Granted with conditions	16 Jun 2025	432 m
321853	—	Granted with conditions	26 May 2025	483 m
320956	—	Refused	6 Feb 2025	210 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

22 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 26 Nov 2026
22 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.