Observation pack · Galway County Council

Cartron , Sexton's Main Street , Kinvara

for demolition of two-storey section, construction of a three-storey replacement, revised layout to existing ground floor public house, construction of 1no one-bed apartment and 2no two-bed apartments to first and second floors within new extension and existing building; with all ancillary site works and services

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 28 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2661497 · 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: 208 m²
Received: 3 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 28 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/2661497/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661497 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 8 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
M2 Major town centre	Village Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including retail, commercial, office and civic/community uses and to provide for “Living over the Shop” scheme Residential accommodation, or other ancillary residential ac	galway county development plan 2022 2028	20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028
N1.5 Airport	Transport Infrastructure: Facilitate the provision and maintenance of essential transportation infrastructure	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: Galway County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Galway County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 8
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 8
House - 18th/19th century · Church · Graveyard

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660873	Conditional	5 Oct 2026	2	86 m	sought to; (1) demolish an existing fire damaged and uninhabitable dwellinghouse. (2) Permission to construct a two and a half storey mixed use building consisting of 2 No. commercial units on the ground floor and 2 No. dwellinghouses over 1st and 2nd floors and (3) all associated site works and services
2660823	Conditional	15 Jul 2026	1	79 m	of the following 1. An independent living unit ancillary to an existing dwelling house. 2. A domestic storage shed & 3. canopy to front porch
2660299	Conditional	21 Apr 2026	1	33 m	for revisions to previously permitted residential development (Pl. Ref. No. 21/1524 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. ABP-314263-22) •2 no. two and a half storey semi-detached 4 bedroomed houses in lieu of a previously permitted two storey apartment building for 4 no. 2 bed units, • Omission of Condition No. 19 (Re: Part V) attached Pl. Ref. No. 21/1524 & An Bord Pleanala Ref. ABP-314263-22, • Retention and completion of housing development on revised site boundaries, • Provision for minor revisions to access with revised carparking for the proposed 2 no. semi-detached houses, to include ducting to all spaces for future EV charging points, revised landscaping proposals together with revised boundary treatments including removal and re-use of stone wall facing Gort road, • Connection to mains water infrastructure and public sewer, and revised surface water drainage arrangements to serve the development, together with the provision all associated site works and services
2560872	Conditional	26 Nov 2025	0	58 m	for the demolition of an existing substandard dwelling, construction of a three storey mixed use building consisting of a ground floor pharmacy unit, 1 no. ground floor apartment, 5 no. Duplex apartments and all ancillary site works and services. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
2561388	Conditional	19 Nov 2025	0	15 m	for change of use of partial ground floor, first and second floors from residential to commercial
2560598	Conditional	3 Jul 2025	0	210 m	& completion for minor alterations to the previously permitted development, (granted under Pln ref: 23/60168 ). The development will consist of; Material Alterations to External façade of houses 01, 05 & 11; Relocation of ESB plinth; Repositioning of boundary wall to the south, southwest and north east of the site; and all associated site works and services
2560380	Conditional	29 May 2025	0	261 m	sought for the construction of an extension, incorporating the change of use of an existing domestic garage, onto an existing dwellinghouse and all associated services and siteworks. Gross floor area of works: 56.70(extension), 176.80 sqm(H), 30.90 sqm(G)
2461643	Conditional	20 May 2025	0	19 m	for alterations and additions to the existing dwelling house including; 1. the demolishing of the existing rear annex and the construction of a new rear extension 2. amendments to the existing roof and fenestration 3. the change of use of part of the ground floor from commercial to residential along with all the associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 145.73 sqm(house) & 61.33 sqm(extension). Gross floor space of any demolition: 11.42 sqm

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321520	—	Granted with conditions	19 Dec 2025	307 m
322705	—	Granted with conditions	9 Oct 2025	19 m
318384	—	Granted with conditions	31 Oct 2024	337 m
319454	—	Invalid	4 Apr 2024	281 m
314254	—	Refused	26 Mar 2024	391 m
317047	—	Other	21 Aug 2023	172 m
311873	—	Granted with conditions	20 Jan 2023	445 m
310628	—	Granted with conditions	28 Jul 2022	10 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

3 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 8 Oct 2026
3 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.