Farranalynch and Loughrea , Loughrea , Co Galway
for the construction of 46 no. residential units comprising; 38 no. houses (comprising 2 no. two-bed units, 16 no. three-bed units and 20 no. four-bed units), 8 no. duplexes (comprising 4 no. two-bed units and 4 no. three-bed units); provision of a new pedestrian and vehicular access to The Hill Road (R942). Pedestrian access is also provided through the Jardin Drive residential estate; provision of all associated surface water and foul drainage services and connections, including sustainable drainage solutions (SUDS), and all associated site works and ancillary services; demolition of the partial building ruin located at the northern section of the site; provision of communal open space, private open space, site landscaping and boundary treatments, public lighting, bin storage, resident and visitor car parking, electric vehicle charging points, bicycle parking, pedestrian, cycle, and vehicular links throughout the development, and all other associated site development works
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
- 2661538 · 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
- 4,722 m²
- Site area
- 2.02 ha
- Received
- 10 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 4 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/2661538/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661538at 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 15 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.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| G1 Open space with recreation | Open Space/Recreation & Amenity: To protect and enhance existing open space and provide for recreational and amenity space. | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| N1.5 Airport | Transport Infrastructure: Facilitate the provision and maintenance of essential transportation infrastructure | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| R1 New residential | Residential (Phase 1): To protect, provide and improve residential areas within the lifetime of this plan | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| R4 Residential | Residential (Phase 2): To protect, provide and improve residential areas | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| S3 Community infrastructure | Community Facilities: To provide for civic, community and educational facilities | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
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 × 6Ecclesiastical enclosure · Church · Ritual site - holy well
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2661214 | Refused | 10 Sept 2026 | 0 | 269 m | for the renovation and conversion of existing three-storey buildings with car parking and green area, total existing building area of circa 3,593m² and the use of these buildings for residential accommodation to include interior alterations, new internal partitions, alterations to window and door openings on the front, rear and side elevations, external communal areas and all associated site works, to the property and building known as ‘Convent of Mercy, Cross Street and Moore Street, Loughrea, Co. Galway. The Main Building of the Convent of Mercy is a Protected Structure Ref. No. 321 on the record of Protected Structures of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028. The proposed development will consist of: permission to complete renovations and alterations to the Convent of Mercy outer buildings and main building, the original Protected Structure; conversion and use of the Ground, First and Second floor of the main Convent of Mercy Protected Structure for 33 no. residential units consisting of 8 No. x 2 bed apartments and 24 No. x 1 bed apartments and 1 No. studio apartment along with all associated works; conversion and use of the Ground, First and Second floor of the outer building as 18 no. residential units consisting of 4 No. x 2 bed apartments and 14 No. x 1 bed apartments along with all associated works; carry out all associated elevational changes, including the repair of the roof of the outer building, together with all associated site works. There will not be any increase in the floor area of the building; carry out all associated elevational changes, including the localised repair of the roof area on the protected structure around the existing roof lights, insertion of new roof lights, closure of a number of existing roof lights, together with all associated site works including the provision of new walls, common areas,private amenity and common amenity space, walkways, pathways and roadways throughout the property including the delineation of external car parking areas. There will not be any increase in the floor area of the existing buildings |
| 2661132 | Refused | 26 Aug 2026 | 1 | 251 m | for redevelopment of a site, which is within an Architectural Conservation Area, comprising: provision of an additional 3 no. residential units, bringing the total on site to 4, including the following works: alterations and rear extension to an existing two-storey terraced dwelling which fronts onto Bride Street, including subdivision into 1 no. ground floor apartment and 1 no. first floor apartment as well as widening of existing alleyway to provide sufficient width for car, cyclist and pedestrian access via Bride street; construction of 1 no. new detached 2 storey building to the rear of the site, comprising 2 no. apartments; provision of on-site parking, as well as bin and bicycle store; connection to existing services and all associated site development works |
| 2660716 | Refused | 2 Jul 2026 | 1 | 202 m | for a Large-scale Residential development comprising a total of 107no. residential units along with the provision of a Creche. Particulars of the development comprise as follows: (a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include general site preparation works. (b) The provision of a total of 87no. two storey residential dwellings which will consist of 74no. 3 bed units and 13no. 4 bed units. (c) The provision of a total of 20no. apartment units consisting of 7no.1 bed units and 13no. 2 bed units in a split level 3 storey building. (d) Provision of a creche with associated parking, bicycle and bin storage. (e) Provision of associated car parking at surface level via a combination of in-curtilage parking for dwellings and via on-street parking for the creche and apartment units. (f) Provision of electric vehicle charge points with associated site infrastructure ducting to provide charge points for residents throughout the site. (g) Provision of associated bicycle storage facilities at surface level throughout the site and bin storage facilities. (h) Provision of associated open space areas, residential communal open space areas to include formal play areas along with all hard and soft landscape works for private gardens and amenity spaces along with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, railings & fencing. (i) Provision of an entrance and associated works. (j) Provision of an ESB substation. (k) Internal site works and attenuation systems. (l) All ancillary site development/construction works to facilitate foul, water and service networks for connection to the existing foul, water and ESB networks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this application |
| 2660657 | Conditional | 22 Jun 2026 | 1 | 339 m | for demolition of the existing single storey rear extension to the dwelling house, construction of a single storey rear extension to the dwelling house, changes and renovations to existing dwelling to include the addition of a window to the side elevation and all site associated services |
| 2660626 | Conditional | 16 Jun 2026 | 1 | 426 m | for alterations and extension to existing dwelling house and associated site works, previous planning ref no. 25/76 |
| 2561924 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2026 | 0 | 273 m | to 1. Demolish existing derelict house (Plot 2) along with existing shed to rear of site (Plot 3). 2. Permission to complete new 4 bed dwelling house to (Plot 2) and new 3 bed dwelling house to (Plot 3) as approved under planning application PL Ref:23/60266 and 3. connection to existing services along with all associated site works |
| 2561529 | Conditional | 10 Dec 2025 | 0 | 466 m | for change of use of a retail unit granted under 18/775 & 21/1978 to a residential unit |
| 2561139 | Conditional | 3 Oct 2025 | 1 | 231 m | of two semi-detached houses with reduced floor plans previously granted under 18/904 |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324484 | — | pending | 29 Jul 2026 | 202 m |
| 322577 | — | pending | 21 May 2025 | 357 m |
| 319420 | — | Granted with conditions | 19 Dec 2024 | 497 m |
| 317101 | — | Granted with conditions | 11 Jul 2024 | 256 m |
| 312801 | — | Invalid | 25 May 2023 | 466 m |
| 312524 | — | Refused | 12 Oct 2022 | 202 m |
| 313532 | — | Invalid | 10 May 2022 | 283 m |
| 312017 | — | Invalid | 23 Nov 2021 | 392 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
- 10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 Oct 2026
- 10 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.