Observation pack · Galway County Council

Cregg , Uachtar Ard , Co na Gaillimhe

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Observations close 21 Oct 2026 6 days left

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 application

Reference: 2661569 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 222 m²
Site area: 2,903 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
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/2661569/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661569 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
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
R1 New residential	Residential Infill: To protect, provide and improve residential areas within the lifetime of this plan	galway county development plan 2022 2028	20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028
R1 New residential	Residential Infill: To protect, provide and improve residential areas within the lifetime of this plan	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

Recorded monument × 1
House - vernacular house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661378	Conditional	29 Sept 2026	0	373 m	for amendments to the development previously permitted under Planning Ref. Nos. 24/60466 and 26/60227. The proposed amendments comprise revisions to the permitted finished floor levels and associated alterations to the permitted landscaping proposals. The amendments also include consequential adjustments to internal road and footpath levels together with all associated site development works and services
2660751	Conditional	21 Sept 2026	6	290 m	for the increase in the number of residential units from 4 to 6 units, comprising two two-storey terraced blocks, from that granted under Planning Reference No. P21/466 & P26/2, together with all ancillary site works
2661209	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	64 m	for amendments to previously approved planning permissions ref no’s 20/1298, 23/399 and 26/60268 consisting of reduced ridge heights to house no’s 1-22, removal of attic roof lights to house no’s 1-22, alterations to windows at the rear of house no. 20 and all ancillary works
2660167	Conditional	3 Sept 2026	1	315 m	for a dwelling house, garden shed and all associated site services
2660904	Conditional	28 Jul 2026	0	382 m	for amendements to previously permitted development (ref 24/60466), the development will consist of the alterations and modifications of a previously permitted commercial building. The amended proposal will provide commercial use at ground floor level with 12 guest bedrooms at first and second floor level (guesthouse/short-term accommodation), together with associated alterations to elevations and internal layouts. The development will also include additional bicycle parking, alterations to the public realm, connection to public watermain, surface & wastewater drainage, together with all associated site works and services
2660786	Conditional	2 Jul 2026	1	446 m	for a dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services
2660227	Conditional	27 May 2026	0	470 m	for amendments to previously granted planning application (REF: 24/60466), for the construction of a residential development and all associated services. The amendments include the conversion of granted ground floor start-up commercial units to 7 x one-bed apartments in duplex block 1 and 2. The amendments include alterations to elevations and internal layouts, reorientation of both duplex blocks along with the addition of landscaping and alterations to public realm, connections to public watermain, surface water drainage, together with all associated site works and services
2660268	Conditional	15 Apr 2026	1	64 m	of site works completed on revised site boundaries. Alterations are to the western site boundary of the existing housing development under construction, previous Planning ref no. 20/1298 and 23/399

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501046	—	Granted	22 Jul 2026	294 m
501017	—	Invalid	23 Mar 2026	294 m
322952	—	Granted with conditions	5 Feb 2026	328 m
322536	—	Refused	11 Sept 2025	294 m
316694	—	Other	22 Aug 2023	330 m
310043	—	Granted with conditions	21 Sept 2022	65 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

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 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.