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Observation pack · Galway County Council

An Coilleach , An Spidéal , Co. Galway

for the construction of a detached, single-storey, pitched-roof home office/studio incorporating garage space, with a floor area of 32 sq. meters and a ridge height of 4.8 meters, to the front of the existing dwelling, together with a pergola and associated landscaping to the front of the site, and all associated site works

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 7 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
2661486 · 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
32 m²
Site area
1,547 m²
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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661486/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661486 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 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.
  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
2561900Conditional16 Feb 20260408 mchun póirse nua a thógáil agus athrú eile a dhéanamh ar an suíomh
2561460Conditional24 Nov 20250440 mfor the decommissioning of existing waste water treatment plant and two existing septic tanks on-site. Construction of new wastewater treatment plant including testiary treatment along with any other ancillary site works attached to service the existing development
2561452Conditional24 Nov 20251286 mhaghaidh an méid seo: 1) Cead chun athrú atá deantá ar plean tí a bhí ceadaigh faoi uimhir pleanail 00/5743 a choinneáil chomh maith le 2) Cead chun an athrú ar suíomh an corás searachais a bhí ceadaigh faoi uimhir pleanail 00/5743 a choinneáil chomh maith le 3) cead chun "Lifetime Enurement Clause" a bhaint don suíomh a bhí ceangailte leis an pleanáil 00/5743
2560350Conditional16 May 20251496 mfor the retention of dwelling house on revised site boundaries attached to the previously granted planning permission 99682. Construction of a granny flat attached to my existing dwelling house along with any other ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 80.70 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of works to be retained: 273.50 sqm(H)
2560076Conditional14 Mar 20250398 mle haghaid athruithe ar aghaidheanna seachtracha agus leagan amach inmheánach, tógáil ceannbhrait sheachtraigh, comharthaíocht agus Oibreacha suímh agus seirbhísí
24299Conditional27 Nov 20241163 mchun an Íoslach dá dteach agus bealach isteach an tsuímh a choinneál mar atá tógtha, mar aon le hoibreacha láithreáin gaolmhara. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 90.00 sqm
2460634Conditional24 Sept 20240361 mcuimseoidh an fhorbairt: (a) staighre éalaithe seachtrach atá ann a bhaint as agus staighre éalaithe seachtrach nua a thógáil, (b) síneadh dhá stór nua a thógáil chun staighre agus bealach isteach nua a chuimsiú, (c) athraithe ar an bhfoirgneamh Reatha, (d) oibreacha suímh agus seirbhísí gaolmhara. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 61.40 sqm
2460901Conditional5 Sept 20241252 mchun forbairt a dhéanamh ar a teach cónaithe. Séard atá sa bhforbairt seo ná athruithe a dhéanamh ar thosach an Tí, an díon a ardú, agus méadú agus athruithe a dhéanamh ar a teach cónaithe. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 31.00 sqm. Spás urláir comhlán d’aon scartáil: 4.00 sqm

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
309835—Granted with conditions22 Apr 2022361 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.