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Observation pack · Galway County Council

Carrownagarry Kilcreevanty , Tuam , Co. Galway

to;1: change the orientation of the roofed passageway/cattle holding area previously granted under planning permission reference number 26/60698. 2: Full planning permission also sought to construct an unroofed livestock effluent storage tank adjoining the proposed passageway/cattle holding area. 3: Full planning permission sought to construct a wall adjacent to the proposed unroofed livestock effluent storage tank adjoining the proposed passageway/cattle holding area, all works will be in association with the existing cow milking facilities and all ancillary site works

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 window closed
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 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
2661512 · 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
8,413 m²
Received
4 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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/2661512/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661512 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
2660698Conditional28 Jul 202600 mto construct a roofed passageway/holding area for livestock in association with the existing cow milking facilities and all ancillary site works
2461710Refused10 Feb 202517 mto construct an automated milking parlour inside a shed, part of which is a slatted shed along with effluent storage and external silage slab to finish the lands to agricultural pasture lands after utilising existing soil, subsoil and gravel on site to level the lands
2361285Conditional20 Dec 20231125 mfor the construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank & all associated siteworks
2261290Refused17 Feb 20230125 mfor the construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks
2260934Conditional4 Nov 20221159 mto construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank with treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 291sqm (dwelling house) and 60sqm (domestic garage)

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 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.