Observation pack · Galway County Council

Gort na Clasach , Cong , Co. Galway

for construction of a bungalow dwelling, effluent treatment system, together with site access & all associated site works

Observations close 22 Sept 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2661407 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 158 m²
Site area: 2,407 m²
Received: 18 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 12 Oct 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/2661407/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661407 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 22 Sept 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
2461474	Refused	16 Jul 2025	1	461 m	to construct a new dwelling house with a wastewater treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed works: 139.50 sqm
2560055	Conditional	26 Mar 2025	0	480 m	McGraths Limestone Works Ltd. intend to apply for permission for development at Cregaree, Cong, Co. Mayo. The development will consist of the deepening of 19 ha. of the existing permitted quarry extraction area (Plan File Ref. No. 20/77: ABP-308748-20 & Plan File Ref. No. PL16.SU0132: QD16.QD0009) from 5 mOD to -12 mOD; Landscaping and restoration of the site; All associated ancillary facil-ities/works. The applicant is seeking a 25-year permission as part of the planning application. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report.
24262	Refused	30 Oct 2024	1	387 m	for: (a) Mobile home (staff welfare facility), (b) 2 Nos. detached domestic size sheds, (c) Lean to shed to existing stock shed, (d) Agricultural machinery shed, and to relocate septic tank and upgrade to a proprietary treatment system, together with all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 310.00 sqm
2460411	Conditional	26 Aug 2024	0	411 m	Construction of an extension to the northwest side of the existing dwelling house granted under P00/1502. Including all other ancillary site work and services.
23335	Conditional	1 Nov 2023	0	433 m	construct a building for use ancillary to the dwelling house as overflow accommodation and to provide a new upgraded proprietary effluent treatment unit and percolation area to serve both the proposed development and existing dwelling house combined, along with all associated services
212481	Conditional	11 Apr 2022	1	119 m	for the construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 204 sqm (dwelling) & 60 sqm(garage)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322336	—	Granted with conditions	17 Dec 2025	480 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

18 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 22 Sept 2026
18 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.