Observation pack · Galway County Council

Coill Bhruachláin , Moycullen , Co. Galway

for construction of a dwelling house with on-site wastewater treatment system, domestic garage and all ancillary works

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 22 days left

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: 2661546 · 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: 193 m²
Site area: 2,639 m²
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/2661546/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661546 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.
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

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660604	Refused	11 Jun 2026	0	353 m	for the construction of 2 no. lightweight commercial units and associated site works
2560713	Conditional	19 Feb 2026	1	465 m	for the erection of a two story pitched roof extension to the side/rear of the existing detached two story dwelling, associated renovations and the erection of No.1 two-story detached garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 103.00 sqm(G), 68.00 sqm(extension)
2561680	Conditional	20 Jan 2026	0	361 m	of a dwelling house and domestic garage on revised site boundaries to those approved under planning file references 96/2464 & 98/977
2561171	Conditional	15 Oct 2025	1	314 m	for front porch extension to dwelling house with all associated works and ancillary services
2560805	Conditional	12 Aug 2025	1	306 m	for a fully serviced dwelling house, separate domestic garage/shed with connections to all associated public services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 228.12 sqm & Garage 46.97 sqm
2461357	Conditional	15 Apr 2025	1	432 m	to demolish an existing derelict cottage and construct a new two-storey house; renovate existing outbuilding to accommodate a study room; boiler house and garden store, to include all ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 262.44 sqm (house) & 26.28 sqm (study) & 47.75 (boiler/shed). Gross floor space of any demolition: 35.00 sqm
2461694	Refused	28 Mar 2025	0	375 m	to construct a lightweight commercial unit and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 470 sqm
2460917	Conditional	7 Mar 2025	1	466 m	for dwelling house, shed, sewage treatment system along with all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed work: 329.00 sqm (house) & 47.50 sqm (garage)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323271	—	Other	6 Nov 2025	222 m
320712	—	Granted with conditions	20 Mar 2025	72 m
321076	—	Granted with conditions	27 Feb 2025	218 m
319813	—	Granted with conditions	11 Feb 2025	197 m
315906	—	Refused	26 Feb 2024	494 m
309636	—	Granted with conditions	21 Dec 2022	355 m
312592	—	pending	26 Jan 2022	102 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.