Observation pack · Galway County Council

Frenchfort , Oranmore , Co. Galway

to; (A) demolish and replace the existing steel structure agricultural/hay shed and existing steel and timber framed two horse/pony stall/shed with covered horse/pony tackle area, all granted retention planning permission planning file reference number 25/60187, with an improved animal welfare, two horse/pony stall/shed, hay and pony tackle storage areas all in one single storey building. (B) All associated building works and all associated site works

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661485 · 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: 1.05 ha
Received: 1 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 26 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/2661485/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661485 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 6 Oct 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
2661103	Conditional	3 Sept 2026	1	310 m	for the construction of an extension to the side of an existing dwelling and all associated works
2661165	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	1	186 m	to construct a new domestic double garage including all associated site works
2661017	Conditional	12 Aug 2026	0	451 m	of dwelling house on revised site boundaries from those previously approved under Pl. Ref: 23/60499 along with all ancillary site works and site services
2660481	Conditional	22 May 2026	1	485 m	to demolish existing shed and construct a domestic dwelling house, and all ancillary site works and services
2660208	Conditional	20 May 2026	1	411 m	to demolish the existing single-storey side extension to their dwelling, the provision of a single storey and two storey extension to the side elevation of their dwelling, the provision of a single storey extension to the rear elevation of their dwelling
2561673	Conditional	13 Jan 2026	1	192 m	for the construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all associated services
2561674	Conditional	13 Jan 2026	1	191 m	of an existing dwellinghouse with a domestic garage attached on revised site boundaries. Previous approval permission reference number 60094 refers
2560187	Conditional	5 Nov 2025	0	0 m	for: (A) an existing steel structure agricultural/hay shed. (B) The retention of an existing steel and timber framed two horse/pony stall/shed with covered horse/pony tackle area. (C) All associated building works and allassociated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 34.60 sqm(hay shed), 23.83 sqm(horse shed)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321727	—	Refused	22 May 2025	488 m
312255	—	Refused	17 May 2022	8 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

1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
1 Sept 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.