Observation pack · Galway County Council
Cill Ráine , 4A Woodlands Park Moycullen , Co. Galway
for an attic conversion, construction of two dormers at the front and one dormer at the rear of existing roof, minor elevational changes and all associated works
Observations close 13 Oct 2026 window closed
5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 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
- 2661528 · 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
- 66 m²
- Site area
- 537 m²
- Received
- 8 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 2 Nov 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/2661528/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661528at 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 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas | 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
- Recorded monument × 1Town
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2661425 | Conditional | 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 377 m | for a change of use from Retail to Café & Leisure Use and all associated and ancillary works and development, including provision for signage and outdoor seating and furniture |
| 2561652 | Conditional | 28 Jul 2026 | 0 | 312 m | for the development works carried out which comprise the partial construction of development as granted under permission ref. 17/1516. Permission is sought for the completion of a three storey mixed use building as granted under permission reference 17/1516, that will incorporate a 586.17 sq.m 11no. bed and breakfast facility; 2no. 3-bedroom apartments; 12 no. 2-bedroom apartments and 2 no. 1-bedroom apartments; with all ancillary site works and on-site car parking |
| 2660916 | Conditional | 28 Jul 2026 | 0 | 233 m | for change of use from offices to Bed & Breakfast accommodation comprising 9 no. guest bedrooms with associated en-suites (3 no. at ground floor level and 6 no. at first floor level), including amalgamation with the existing flat above the adjoining public house. Works include removal of the staircase at lower ground floor level within the public house, provision of 2 no. new windows to the rear south west elevation, alterations to the front north east elevation including replacement of existing door with a window, associated internal and external alterations, and all ancillary and associated works |
| 26103 | Unconditional | 22 Jun 2026 | 0 | 336 m | chun athrú a dhéanamh ar an Ionad Pobail atá ceadaithe ( Tag 13/573 & 18576) |
| 2660550 | Conditional | 5 Jun 2026 | 0 | 105 m | is sought for amendments to a previously permitted development Ref: 24/60796, consisting of change of use of 4 no. ground floor commercial units to 4 no. 1 bed apartments with alterations to front façade and associated ancillary works at 1-4 Teampall Eanna |
| 2561804 | Conditional | 16 Apr 2026 | 1 | 386 m | for; 1) subdivision of an existing site, 2) change of use of an existing detached garage to a dwelling house on its own site, 2) retention of a first floor and other minor changes to an existing garage as constructed, 3) construction of a ground floor extension to the front and side and first floor side dormer and alterations to same, 4) new sewerage treatment system, 5) construction of a new detached domestic garage & 6) provision of a new vehicle entrance onto a private right of way and all associated works |
| 2561064 | Conditional | 7 Jan 2026 | 0 | 187 m | to construct 3 no. apartments, consisting of 1 no. 2-bed apartment and 2 no. 1-bed apartments, with 2 no. car spaces, including 1 no. accessible car space and all ancillary site services |
| 2560143 | Refused | 17 Dec 2025 | 1 | 389 m | for the; Demolition of two existing derelict two storey residential dwellings and one car garage that front on to the Clifden Road with a total area of 760.4 m2. Construction of 3 no. 3/5 storey blocks denoted A, B and C. The blocks contain 25 no. residential units made up of 9 no. apartment units, 16 no. duplex units and 3 no. Retail / Professional units, with maximum height of 10.4 & 16.35 metres. The total floor area of apartment and duplex development is 2345.5m2 and the total floor area of commercial development is 214.9m2. Block A is made up as follows: 16 no. residential dwellings, including 4 no. two bedroom duplexes on Level ‘-2 & -1’ , 6 no. two bedroom apartments units on the Level ‘0’, 6 no three bed duplexes on Level ‘+1 & +2’. The total floor area of apartment and duplex development is 1453.1m2. Block B is made up as follows: Level ‘-1’ of block B is bicycle storage , 3 no. commercial units on Level ‘0’, 3 no. residential dwellings, including 3 no. three bedroom Duplex units on Level ‘+1 & +2’. The total floor area of residential development is 338.2m2 and commercial development is 214.9m2. Block C is made up as follows: 3 no. two bed apartment units on Level ‘0’ and 3 no. three bedroom duplex units on Level ‘+1 & +2’. The total floor area of the residential development is 554.2m2. Access to be provided from a revised vehicular site entrance from The Clifden Road. New Footpath and Cycleways to be provided at the entrance to the site. 25 no. Car parking spaces, 101 no. bicycle parking spaces organised as 62 no. secure bicycle parking spaces and 39 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces. All ancillary site development works to include; landscaped open spaces and communal open space approximately 1764m2 or 44% of the overall site area. Private open space is 422.7m², internal roads and footpaths, foul and surface water drainage, site lighting, boundary treatments, and refuse storage located Level ‘-2 & -1’ a total of 48.2m² |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500667 | — | Granted | 28 Apr 2026 | 389 m |
| 500394 | — | pending | 2 Dec 2025 | 241 m |
| 321107 | — | Refused | 8 Apr 2025 | 187 m |
| 315906 | — | Refused | 26 Feb 2024 | 257 m |
| 309636 | — | Granted with conditions | 21 Dec 2022 | 356 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
- 8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
- 8 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.