Observation pack · Galway County Council

Caherroyn , Athenry , Co. Galway

for the construction of 12 no. residential units. The development will consist of the construction of: • A three storey apartment block, comprising of 6 no. 1 bed ground floor simplex units, 5 no. 2 bed upper floor duplex units and 1 no. 3 bed upper floor duplex unit, together with an integrated ground floor bin store/bike store. The proposed development will also include for; • Provision of a public open space area, private open space areas, visitor bicycle parking, footpath connections, public lighting, landscaping and revised boundary treatments. • Provision of carparking including EV parking and ducting to all spaces for future EV charging points, and accessible parking. • Provision of a raised ramp crossing to traverse the Slí An Chlairín estate road located to the west of the site. • Connection to existing mains water infrastructure, connection to foul sewer network and provision of surface water drainage works to serve the development, together with all associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 14 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: 2661493 · 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: 5,570 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/2661493/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661493 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

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
2660229	Conditional	9 Sept 2026	0	443 m	for provision of an extension to the existing warehouse building (Permitted under Pl. Ref. 05/5047 and extended under Pl. Ref. 10/841) comprising a total extension area of 3,395 sq. m; Construction of 1 no. new warehouse building for storage, logistics and manufacturing associated with the existing land use, including 5 no. staff toilets and 11 no. loading bays (gross floor area 2,118 sq. m); Continued use of the existing site access junction via L3107 permitted under Pl. Ref. 02/1375; Provision of 1 no. new site access junction via L3107; Alterations to car parking layout providing 56 no. additional car parking spaces for staff and visitors, including 5 no. universal access spaces (103 no. total car parking spaces provided); Provision of 20 no. bicycle parking spaces located within a secure, stacked bicycle shelter; Provision of designated onsite flood attenuation measures including an attenuation pond, stoned attenuation areas, permeable hard surface areas and additional drainage infrastructure; Provision of a concrete circulation yard to facilitate HGV movements within the site; All ancillary works required, including site lighting layout, landscaping, pedestrian infrastructure, boundary treatments and all associated site development works. The proposed development includes a revision of the site boundary from 1.296 hectares (permitted under Pl. Ref. 05/5047) to 3.31 hectares (site area increase of 2.014 hectares). The Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
2689	Conditional	12 Aug 2026	1	265 m	to construct dwellinghouse, garage & connection to associated services
2660803	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	446 m	of canopy area over rear yard
2660782	Conditional	7 Jul 2026	0	138 m	for amendments to finished floor level of Block 3 granted under Pl. Reg Ref 2261303 / ABP Ref. 316109-23 and associated site and development works
2660523	Conditional	26 May 2026	2	213 m	of •existing dwellings (eircodes H65TH24 and H65HR92) on revised boundaries, •partial demolition of existing single storey shed,•construction of 2no. semi-detached single storey dwellings,•provision of car parking, accessed from internal access road granted under Pl. Reg Ref 2261303 / ABP Ref. 316109-23,• service connections and all other ancillary site and development works
2660317	Refused	24 Apr 2026	0	446 m	of canopy area over rear yard
2577	Conditional	6 Jan 2026	1	48 m	to construct a 2 bedroom detached dwelling house on a vacant site including all associated works and services, The proposed works includes the re-configuration of the private open space of an apartment which was approved under pl ref. no 03/4232. Gross floor space of proposed works: 75 sqm(H)
25223	Conditional	9 Dec 2025	1	274 m	to construct dwellinghouse, garage and connection to asscoiated services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500700	—	Granted with conditions	27 May 2026	48 m
316109	—	Granted with conditions	11 Apr 2024	138 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.