Observation pack · Galway County Council

Carrownagower , Athenry , Co Galway

for the construction of a new slatted shed with calf creep area as well as all associated site works and ancillary services

Observations close 24 Sept 2026 3 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: 2661423 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 9,022 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/2661423/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661423 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
2560635	Conditional	15 Jul 2025	0	295 m	for (a) new 2-storey ten classroom school; (b) new entrance form L-3114 road; (c) 27 no. car parking spaces, including electric vehicle charging spaces, and set down facilities; (d) new wastewater treatment plant; (e) a heat pump compound (f) outdoor plan/sports areas; (g) new footpath connection to village. Including set-back of wall and the lowering of a section and the removal of a section of the wall along the R349 and provision of a pedestrian crossing; and (h) all associated works. There are a number of Recorded Monuments in the townland of Carrowbaun and a large ringfort (GA097:063) is located immediately west of the site and is partially within the land-take for the proposed school development. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2,040.00 sqm
2360789	Conditional	5 Sept 2023	1	417 m	of minor alterations to the external elevations to 3 no. terraced two storey houses previously approved under pl. ref. no. 17/688, as extended under pl. ref. no. 23/96
23165	Conditional	20 Jun 2023	1	436 m	for the following development: (a) for the construction of a first floor extension to existing end of terrace dwelling in lieu of the existing balcony; (b) replacement of existing stone cladding to front of dwelling with a standing seam metal cladding finish; and (c) all associated external site works
2396	Unconditional	5 May 2023	0	417 m	for construction of 3 no. dwelling house's to infill site approved under planning reference no. 16/1099, connection to existing sewage treatment system and all associated site development works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 347.87 sqm.
221097	Conditional	30 Nov 2022	1	295 m	for amendments to a permitted development for a new primary school (Pl.ref.no. 19/60). The proposed development comprises: amendments to the permitted school and associated site layout comprising the following: -Replacement of east facing inclined roof with flat roof area with low parapet wall and collapsible safety rails behind.- Lowering of west facing inclined roof over school hall and associated areas. - Incorporation of clerestory glazing in new 'step' in roof planes. -Reduction in size external roof canopy over main entrance. - Inclusion of new heat pump compound to south, to service school only. -General modification to the extend of glazing to the classrooms and other internal areas, with corresponding impact on elevations. Inclusion of coloured elements to the east classroom façade facing the carpark area. -Relocation of 4 no. accessible carparking spaces to suit new installation of EV car charging point in the car park. -Expansion of gas tank compound to take in reformatted firefighting water tank. -Alterations to the existing stone wall adjoining the R349 providing for the lowering of a section and the removal of a section .-Amendments to the permitted vehicular and pedestrian access arrangement at the Kilconieron GAA Club vehicular access, including the provision of an unsignalled pedestrian crossing in front of existing entrance gates. - Amendments to the permitted pedestrian access route between St. Josephs NS site and the proposed new school. -Amendments to the permitted landscaping, public lighting and boundary treatments as well as all other site development works and services ancillary to the proposed development. Gross floor space of proposed works 2040sqm.
2260575	Conditional	8 Nov 2022	1	54 m	to retain dwelling house as constructed. Gross floor space of work to be retained in 573.70sqm.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.