Observation pack · Galway County Council

Course , Castleblakeney , Ballinasloe

to extend and refurbish an existing 2 storey building, demolish existing single storey extensions at front and rear, install a new proprietary sewage treatment system with percolation area, and all associated site development works

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 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: 2661563 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: WITHDRAWN
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 132 m²
Site area: 2,228 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 10 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/2661563/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661563 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 21 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
2660579	Conditional	30 Jun 2026	0	286 m	consisting of: (i) the demolition of existing single storey classrooms and associated access and (ii) the proposed erection of a new single storey modular classroom with accompanying access & associated site works
2660141	Conditional	24 Mar 2026	0	287 m	to decommission existing septic tank and percolation area serving existing school buildings and replace with new wastewater treatment system and Ter 3 Packaged Tertiary Unit and all ancillary site works
25213	Conditional	17 Oct 2025	0	146 m	to extend and roof existing manure pit. Construct storage shed to include all associated site works
2454	Conditional	4 Sept 2024	1	449 m	for a car storage yard and associated site works
23281	Conditional	28 Aug 2023	0	200 m	to construct hay/straw/machinery storage shed & to extend & roof existing collection/exercise yard to include concrete apron & all associated site works
221228	Refused	14 Feb 2023	0	429 m	of a single storey, masonry constructed extension to existing garage with a metal profile roof, containing 3 no. stables and a solid fuel storage area to the rear of the existing dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 80.6sqm
221211	Conditional	1 Feb 2023	1	54 m	of dwelling house, septic tanks and percolation area and domestic shed on revised site boundaries from that previously granted under planning ref. old14453. Gross floor space of works to be retained 98.42 sqm (dwelling) & 15.5 sqm (shed)
2260458	Conditional	1 Feb 2023	1	260 m	for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 247.90 sqm

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.