Headford ,
of planning reference 19/1001, for 21 No. residential units, comprising of 16 No. 3 Bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 04 No. 4 bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 01 No. 4 bedroom detached dwellings, with connection of all units to existing water supply, public sewer, storm water sewer. The provision of temporary construction site access route with site compound and all ancillary site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 3044 sqm
The application
- Reference
- 26252 · 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
- 5,068 m²
- Received
- 24 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 18 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/26252/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
26252at 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 29 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| N1.5 Airport | Transport Infrastructure: Facilitate the provision and maintenance of essential transportation infrastructure | GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas | GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028 |
| R4 Residential | Residential (Phase 2): To protect, provide and improve residential areas | GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028 |
| R4 Residential | Residential (Phase 2): To protect, provide and improve residential areas | GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028 |
| R4 Residential | Residential (Phase 2): To protect, provide and improve residential areas | GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | 20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028 |
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.
Sources: GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028, GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028, GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028, GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028, GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26188 | Conditional | 1 Sept 2026 | 0 | 0 m | for a development consisting of: A. The construction of 56 no. one and two storey houses. These houses to consist of: 6 no. 2 bedroom bungalow terraced units, 20 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses, 22 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey houses and 8 no. 3 bedroom terraced 2 storey houses. B. the provision of 2 new vehicular & pedestrian access points off the existing Eallagh estate access roads. C. Central public open green park, amenity space and playground, D. with public realm landscaping & new boundary treatments. E wastewater drainage connection to the existing Eallagh estate. F. and all other ancillary site-works and connections to services including an on-site wastewater pumping station. Gross floor space of proposed works: 6491 sqm. |
| 2660867 | Conditional | 20 Jul 2026 | 1 | 0 m | for change of house type for 17no. dwellings (Nos. 02-18) from previously permitted 3 storey units to 2 storey units, granted under Pl. Reg. Ref. 19/1001 and extended under Pl. Reg. Ref 25/125. Retention of works to date - these dwellings to be completed in accordance with the revised house design and all associated site and development works |
| 2660407 | Refused | 8 May 2026 | 1 | 464 m | for; (1) refurbishment of an existing single storey vacant cottage. (2) Addition of a new two storey extension to the rear. (3) All associated site development, external works & services |
| 2561655 | Conditional | 15 Jan 2026 | 0 | 449 m | for a change of plan for the Community Event Centre previously granted under planning ref 202032 & planning ref 2460561 |
| 25125 | Unconditional | 12 Jun 2025 | 1 | 0 m | for 21 No. residential units, comprising of 16 No. 3 Bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 04 No. 4 bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 01 No. 4 bedroom detached dwellings, with connection of all units to existing water supply, public sewer, storm water sewer. The provision of temporary construction site access route with site compound and all ancillary site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 3044 sqm |
| 2560462 | Conditional | 10 Jun 2025 | 1 | 181 m | to construct an extension and carry out alterations to an existing dwelling house and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 25 sqm(extension) |
| 2560433 | Conditional | 4 Jun 2025 | 0 | 372 m | for (a) subdivision of business/retail unit No 11 into two units, (b) amalgamation of units 13 and 14 to form Business Centre sub-divided into eight small business/shop units with ancillary utility space/services and (c) retention of minor variations to plans approved under planning reference 10/66. Gross floor space of proposed works: 288.00 sqm |
| 2560223 | Conditional | 8 Apr 2025 | 0 | 359 m | for alterations to existing building and change of use of existing restaurant at ground floor to commercial office, and all associated external works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 157.00 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 4.00 sqm |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501879 | — | pending | 12 Aug 2026 | 0 m |
| 320253 | — | Granted with conditions | 1 May 2025 | 0 m |
| 319582 | — | Invalid | 22 Apr 2024 | 0 m |
| 315674 | — | Refused | 16 Apr 2024 | 0 m |
| 316536 | — | Other | 21 Sept 2023 | 212 m |
| 314072 | — | Invalid | 12 Jul 2022 | 0 m |
| 310697 | — | Granted with conditions | 17 Dec 2021 | 427 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
- 24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
- 24 Sept 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 County Council before relying on it.