Observation pack · Galway County Council

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for the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, a proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and all the associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 250 sqm (house) & 36 sqm (garage)

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26234 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 0 m²
Site area: 2,571 m²
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 8 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/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/26234/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26234 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 County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 19 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Galway County 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

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
2660189	Refused	31 Mar 2026	1	478 m	for a new dwelling house, storage shed and installation of a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed. Existing agricultural access to be upgraded to serve dwelling, and all associated site services and landscaping works
2461492	Conditional	17 Jun 2025	1	41 m	to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, including all associated works and services. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 470 sqm (H), 70 sqm (G)
2461584	Conditional	8 Apr 2025	1	238 m	of a domestic garage and alterations to elevations of the existing dwelling house and the conversion of the attic space to habitable space and to retain the installation of a treatment plant and percolation area together with and all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 22.79 sqm(garage), 292.10 sqm(house)
2361323	Refused	9 Jan 2024	1	41 m	to construct a dwellinghouse & domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area & all associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: 463sqm (house) & 68 (garage)
2360366	Refused	31 May 2023	1	41 m	to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement Report. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling House = 511m² + Garage = 68m²
2261113	Refused	6 Jan 2023	1	41 m	to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 510m² (dwelling house) and 68m² (garage)
211715	Conditional	21 Dec 2021	1	442 m	for dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 463.1 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.