Observation pack · Galway County Council
An Poll Caoin Brockagh , Parkmore Business Park , Building 1 and 2 Medtronic Vascular Galway Parkmore West
for developments at Building 1 and Building 2 for the following: the construction of a new single storey Electrical Building compromising of an ESB Medium Voltage MV Sub station, MV Switch room and Switchover panel room, at Building 1; a new Low Voltage Switch room, at Building 1; a new Transformers and two new Back-up Generators and associated fuel tanks at Building 1, and a new transformer at Building 2, including all associated site works
Observations close 16 Oct 2026 closes today
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661545 · 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
- 7.04 ha
- Received
- 11 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 5 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/2661545/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661545at 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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C3 High technology | Business & Technology: To provide for the development of business and technology. | galway county development plan 2022 2028 | 20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028 |
| C3 High technology | Business & Technology: To provide for the development of business and technology. | galway county development plan 2022 2028 | 20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660237 | Conditional | 21 Aug 2026 | 0 | 120 m | Permission for development which consists of: Creganna Medical are applying to Galway City Council for planning permission for the construction of a storage building and all associated site works, at Parkmore West Business Park, Parkmore, Galway |
| 2660432 | Conditional | 12 May 2026 | 0 | 104 m | for proposed development comprises a biodiversity enhancement scheme undertaken within three existing open spaces (referred to as Zones) of the Business Park, to include: (i) improved access to, and provision of seating to all Zones (1, 2 & 3); (ii) the implementation of a comprehensive biodiversity enhancement strategy to all Zones (1, 2 & 3); (iii) the provision of an outdoor gym and exercise area, and related signage at Zone 3; (iv) the installation of entrance signage, biodiversity-related signage and interpretive display board at all Zones (1, 2 & 3); (v) the creation of 4 no. rain gardens at Zone 3; and all associated site works |
| 2660200 | Conditional | 2 Apr 2026 | 0 | 0 m | for change of design of previously granted warehouse facility under planning reference no. 22/61255 including interior and exterior alterations, provision of first floor (1,448m2 ) and second floor (3,242m2 ) mezzanine’s, change of use from warehouse facility and ancillary packaging area to light industry with ancillary office and storage areas, (Total Gross Floor Area 8676m2 ), alterations to site layout approved under planning reference no. 22/61255 including alterations to the proposed site entrances and all associated site work |
| 2560386 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2026 | 0 | 169 m | Permission for development which consists of: to retain and complete the alterations to previously approved building under planning reference no.s 02/162 and 05/548 to accommodate the use as research, development, light industry and ancillary offices including a) retention of two mezzanine floors totalling 316m2 in additional floor area, b) retention and completion of elevation alterations to the front and rear elevations, c) permission for minor alterations to parking layout to include an accessible parking space, and all associated site works |
| 2561581 | Conditional | 19 Dec 2025 | 0 | 40 m | for the retention of an existing single storey building and also the installation of a newsingle-storey building. The modular building will consist of 2no. classrooms and associated facilities |
| 2561277 | Refused | 17 Dec 2025 | 1 | 305 m | for the construction of 1) New dwelling, 2) domestic garage, 3) installation of a new wastewater treatment and disposal system, 4) access provided by proposed vehicular access point to incorporate an associated drop kerb at the edge of the existing footpath, and all associated site works and services |
| 2560302 | Conditional | 20 Nov 2025 | 0 | 168 m | Permission for development which consists of: to retain and complete the alterations to previously approved building under planning reference no.s 02/162 and 05/548 to accommodate the use as research, development and experimental hubs including a) retention of two mezzanine floors totalling 588m2 in additional floor area, b) retention and completion of elevation alterations, c) provision of external staircase to first and second floors to replace existing non-compliant stairs, d) permission for minor alterations to parking layout to include an accessible parking space, and all associated site works |
| 2560325 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2025 | 0 | 110 m | for 1300sqm bus-turning facility area, comprised of: "A hardstanding area for bus turning movements: "3 no. bus parking bays: "A welfare unit for bus driver use: and "Site lighting, localised drainage, landscaping, provision of CCTV and an automated access barrier, and all ancillary site development and enabling works. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 318217 | — | Granted | 7 Apr 2026 | 2 m |
| 318220 | — | Granted with conditions | 7 Apr 2026 | 2 m |
| 312452 | — | Refused | 6 Sept 2022 | 214 m |
| 302885 | — | Granted | 6 Dec 2021 | 2 m |
| 302848 | — | Granted with conditions | 6 Dec 2021 | 2 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
- 11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
- 11 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.