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Observation pack · Galway County Council

Knockatogher , Kiltullagh , Athenry

for the change of house design and all associated site services and site development works as previously approved under PL Ref: 2561264

Observations close 25 Sept 2026 4 days left
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 application

Reference
2661434 · 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
223 m²
Site area
2,759 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661434/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661434 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2641Conditional15 Jul 20261201 mto refurbish and construct extension to existing cottage and to construct new treatment system and percolation area and to construct garage and all associated site services
2561264Conditional13 Jan 202610 mfor the construction of a two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, proposed new sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works
2586Conditional17 Jun 20251279 mof fully serviced private dwelling house and store on revised site and permission to reconstruct and extend dwelling house and install waster water treatment system to include all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 99.91 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of work to be retained: (H) 86.19 sqm & (G) 39.30 sqm
2461244Conditional13 Mar 20250350 mfor the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 223 sqm (house) & 45 sqm (garage)
2460916Conditional12 Sept 20241175 mfor the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, proposed new sewage treatment system, percolation area, with access through the existing entrance of the adjacent dwelling house to create a shared access and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed work: 142.00 sqm (house) & 45.00 sqm (garage)
2361341Conditional12 Jan 20241389 mfor change of house design (area 203sqm) and all associated site services and site development works on revised site boundary as previously approved under Pl. Ref: 2260612. Gross floor space of proposed works: 203.00
2361289Conditional13 Dec 20231348 mfor change of house design (area 207sqm) & all associated site services & site development works on revised site boundary as previously approved under pl. ref. 21/1126
22888Conditional25 Oct 20221492 mfor proposed domestic dwelling, domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 302sqm

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.