Observation pack · Galway County Council

Gortard , Clarinbridge , County Galway

to convert and extend existing detached domestic garage to comprise a home office, storage, bathroom at ground floor and an attic storage, includes all associated site works

Observations close 24 Sept 2026 5 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2661414 · 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: 65 m²
Site area: 1,540 m²
Received: 20 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 14 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/2661414/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661414 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 24 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
2561852	Conditional	26 Aug 2026	1	321 m	for dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all associated services
2660434	Refused	15 May 2026	1	0 m	to convert and extend existing detached domestic garage to comprise a guest bedroom, bathroom, living room, and a storage attic including all associated siteworks
2660286	Conditional	15 Apr 2026	1	440 m	for dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services
2561613	Conditional	7 Jan 2026	2	428 m	for alterations and extensions to an existing storage shed permitted under planning reference 06/5444, retention for a change of use of this storage shed to an Independent Living Unit, retention for a new replacement shed for use as a home office, and to relocate and upgrade existing wastewater treatment system
2560747	Refused	6 Aug 2025	1	375 m	for change of use from a storage shed to an independent living unit. Gross floor space of work to be retained; 63.60 sqm
2461291	Conditional	26 Nov 2024	1	347 m	to construct an extension to an existing dwellinghouse including a self-contained attached independent living unit, rear extension and also an upgrade of the existing septic tank system to a proprietary waste water treatment system. Gross floor space of proposed extension: 89 sqm
2461263	Conditional	12 Nov 2024	1	329 m	for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, on site wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed work: 221 sqm (house) & 49 sqm (garage)
22790	Conditional	22 Feb 2023	1	276 m	for demolition of existing sunroom, alterations to some existing window and door openings and roof glazing, new treatment system & all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 123.7 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 6.5 sqm

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315363	—	Refused	30 Jan 2024	321 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

20 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 24 Sept 2026
20 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.