Observation pack · Galway County Council

An Cheathrú Rua Theas , Bóthar Buí , Co. Galway

for a change of design to an extension to an existing house granted under planning reference 19/291 and all ancillary works

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661488 · 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: 45 m²
Site area: 1,084 m²
Received: 2 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 27 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/2661488/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661488 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 7 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
N1.5 Airport	Transport Infrastructure: Facilitate the provision and maintenance of essential transportation infrastructure	GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028	20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
GALWAYCO GA-001:DP:galway-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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
2661016	Conditional	12 Aug 2026	1	285 m	chun athruithe a rinneadh ar plean an tí agus ar plean an gharáiste a choinneáil, chomh maith le leagan amach an suíomh agus an tírdhreachú a deonaíodh roimhe seo faoi Uimh. Thag. Pleanála 19/923, mar aon leis na seirbhísí láithreáin uile a bhaineann
2660409	Conditional	20 Jul 2026	0	353 m	chun (a) seid na bhfear (Aonad 7) nua a thógáil, agus (b) ceangal a dhéanamh leis na seirbhísí eastáit reatha mar aon le hoibreacha & seirbhísí láithreáin eile gaolmhara a dhéanamh
2660543	Conditional	20 Jul 2026	0	356 m	chun tabhairt faoi fhorbairt a chuimseoidh athchóiriú agus athfhorbairt cuid dAonad 1, Eastáit Tionsclaíodh na Cheathrú Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe, mar giomnáisiam pobail (a bheidh oscailte 24 uair sa lá). Mar chuid den bhforbairt beartaithe déanfar síneadh leis an Ionad Cúram Leanaí atá ann cheanna féin a thógáil, a sholáthróidh spás breise chun freastal ar riachtanais reatha an Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí agus chun an t-uasmhéid gasúir gur féidir leis an ionad freastal orthu a mhéadú go 95. Tá an togra seo á chur chun cinn i gcomhpháirtíocht le Comharchumann Mhic Dara agus beidh leagan cuid den bhfoirgneamh reatha, tógáil síneadh nua ina áit – ag áireamh trealamh meicniúil, leictreach agus pluiméireachta chomh maith le painéil ghréine ar an díon san áireamh sna hoibreacha. Lena chois sin beidh méadú ar achar spraoi an Naíonra, athraithe ar an gcarrchlós, cosán coisithe nua, trasrian coisithe nua chomh maith le hoibreacha ginearálta suímh agus oibreacha draenála mar chuid dena hoibreacha forbartha
2561787	Conditional	4 Feb 2026	1	125 m	chun síneadh agus athraithe a dhéanamh le teach cónaithe
2560383	Conditional	15 Oct 2025	0	270 m	Cead coinneála ar an díon nua, an dá shimléar atá leagtha; agus an dá fhuinneoig dín (veluxes) chun tosaigh a bhaineann le teach cónaithe
2560558	Conditional	6 Aug 2025	0	386 m	cead chun (a) cead coinneáill ar oibreacha atá déanta ar an suíomh (b)cead foirgneamh talamhaíochta agus oibreacha eile coimhdeacha a thógáil. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 206 sqm
2461702	Conditional	1 Apr 2025	0	370 m	chun cead coinneáill (a) ar bhealach isteach chuig teach cónaithe (b) teach cónaithe (c) garáiste (d) córas searachais (e) ar theorainn nua suíomh
2460910	Conditional	10 Sept 2024	1	145 m	of: (1) existing residential units on revised site boundaries and (2) permission to carry out alterations and extend existing residential units and all associated services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 20.00 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 218.00 sqm

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314565	—	Refused	6 Dec 2023	262 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

2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
2 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.