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Observation pack · Galway County Council

Shanballymore , Dunmore , Co. Galway

to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system and percolation area

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2661506 · 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
193 m²
Site area
2,216 m²
Received
4 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
29 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/2661506/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661506 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 9 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
2561872Conditional25 Mar 2026077 mto construct domestic garage and associated siteworks
2461361Conditional26 Mar 2025077 mof the conversion of an integrated garage into habitable living space including window alterations to the front elevation and a new door and window on the side elevation. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 18.39 sqm
2460767Conditional6 Aug 20241422 mto1: retain and complete the existing dwelling house and its associated service (wastewater treatment system) on revised site boundaries from previously granted permission reference number 21/1794. 2: Retain the existing garage/fuel store/shed from previously granted permission reference number 21/1794. 3: Full planning permission also sought to construct an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 81.00 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 207.00 sqm
211794Conditional23 Nov 20211422 mto demolish the existing stone buildings, to upgrade and convert the existing agricultural shed to living quarters and construct an extension to same which will enable it to be used as one dwelling house. Full planning permission is also sought to install a septic tank, treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 131 sqm.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026
  • 4 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.