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Observation pack · Galway County Council

Portnick , Ballinasloe , Co. Galway

for the installation of outdoor sauna facility, to include sauna, dressing rooms, toilets, showers, ice baths and a hot tub. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2661515 · 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
344 m²
Received
5 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
30 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/2661515/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661515 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 12 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
2660194Refused2 Apr 20261409 mto construct a dormer dwelling house with associated services
2560660Conditional16 Jul 20251496 mof a single storey rear extension, conversion of attic space to habitable space, internal alterations and elevational changes, entrance and associated works to previously approved dwelling under planning Ref; 23/60960. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 47.00 sqm
2560073Conditional18 Mar 20252194 mof existing granny flat & construction of link corridor to existing house
2461459Refused12 Dec 202400 mto erect 10 No Glamping Pods together with ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 152.25 sqm
2461280Conditional19 Nov 20241244 mof dwelling house on revised boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 250.00 sqm (only being retained to revise boundaries)
2360960Conditional8 Mar 20241497 mto construct a new dwelling, entrance & all associated works
2460029Conditional7 Mar 20244264 m& completion of 4 no. semi-detached two-storey dwelling houses with entrance on a site with revised site boundaries. Permission is also sought for the retention & completion of the public amenity spaces, hard & soft landscaping, parking areas, access road and for all ancillary services and site works to those previously approved under Planning ref no. 19/30 & 13/9017. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 516 sqm
2360620Conditional23 Aug 20231317 mof a dwellinghouse on a site with revised site boundaries to those previously granted permission under Pl. Ref. No. 18/116, 12/9013, 07/9032 & for all ancillary services and site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 5 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 Oct 2026
  • 5 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.