Observation pack · Galway County Council

Aggard more , Craughwell , Galway

for construction of a two storey dwelling and a detached garage. The Permission sought is to include a new road access and installation of wastewater tank and percolation area and associated services and landscaping

Observations close 25 Sept 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 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: 2661433 · 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: 210 m²
Site area: 4,630 m²
Received: 21 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 15 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/2661433/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661433 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 25 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
2361102	Conditional	10 Sept 2024	1	490 m	for the construction of a dwellinghouse, garage, treatment unit & all associated services & utilise the access road approved under 15/721 & 20/207
2361573	Refused	22 Feb 2024	1	434 m	for the construction of a dwelling house treatment unit and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 179.35 sqm (house)
2361092	Conditional	17 Jan 2024	1	423 m	for a new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system & all ancillary works
2361047	Conditional	27 Oct 2023	1	301 m	(a) changes and extensions to the dwellinghouse previously granted under pl. ref. no. 97/2558 (b) the construction of a home office & all associated site services
2360776	Conditional	29 Aug 2023	1	137 m	to construct extensions to the side and rear of the existing house. The permission sought is to include all associated site services and an upgrade to the wastewater treatment system including a new tank and percolation area
2360268	Conditional	10 May 2023	1	340 m	to convert attic to domestic storage and add two no. velux roof lights to front and rear elevations. Gross floor space of proposed works: 37 sqm
2260494	Conditional	15 Aug 2022	1	422 m	to construct a two storey dwelling house, treatment plant, percolation area and domestic garage. Gross floor area of proposed works: 280sqm (dwelling house) and 54sqm (domestic garage) + 334 sqm
22329	Refused	3 May 2022	1	435 m	for the construction of a dwelling house treatment unit and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200.8sqm.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319308	—	Refused	10 Sept 2024	434 m
313674	—	Refused	21 Aug 2023	435 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

21 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 25 Sept 2026
21 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.