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An Pháirc , An Spideal , Co na Gaillimhe

for a garage/shed building and retention permission for existing groundworks with all associated works and ancillary services

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
2661529 · 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
6,299 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661529/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661529 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 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.
  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
2660667Conditional18 Sept 20261413 mof a door opening to the South Elevation and percolation area to existing BioCycle Wastewater Treatment Plant
242Conditional11 Dec 20241400 mfor: 1) the erection of a ground and first floor extension, 2) alterations to an existing dwelling house, 3) the demolition of a rear extension, shed and the rear roof. Gross floor space of proposed works: 49 sqm (garage) & 180sqm (extension). Gross floor space of any demolition: 49 sqm
2460901Conditional5 Sept 20241494 mchun forbairt a dhéanamh ar a teach cónaithe. Séard atá sa bhforbairt seo ná athruithe a dhéanamh ar thosach an Tí, an díon a ardú, agus méadú agus athruithe a dhéanamh ar a teach cónaithe. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 31.00 sqm. Spás urláir comhlán d’aon scartáil: 4.00 sqm
22801Conditional7 Mar 20230372 mchun Foirgneamh Talmhaíochta agus gach obair láithreáin ag teastáil. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 140 sqm
221007Refused17 Oct 20221275 mle teach Conaithe seirbhisithe comh maith le coras coireala eisiltigh dilseanaigh agus gharaiste/seid a thogail, ag an seolagh thuas. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 244 sqm & 56 sqm
211653Conditional1 Jun 20221321 mle haghaidh athrú atá deanta ar pleananna an forbairt agus an leagan amach ar an suíomh ar forbairt atá ceadaithe cheana féin faoi uimhir pleanáil 17/1578 uilig ar teorainneacha athbhreithnithe. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 255.3 sqm, 54 sqm.
212546Conditional25 Feb 20221290 mfor (1) Partial Demolition to existing Family Home (2) construction of a 2-storey rear extension to provide for additional self-contained family accommodation, capable of future assimilation with the existing family home (3) Treatment plant, percolation area & all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 209.32 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 60.22 sqm

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.