Observation pack · Galway County Council

Ballymore , Craughwell , Co. Galway

for the construction of a two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, new sewage treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 18 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661578 · 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: 231 m²
Site area: 2,574 m²
Received: 18 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 12 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/2661578/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661578 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 23 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
2661253	Conditional	15 Sept 2026	1	144 m	to construct a dwellinghouse sewage treatment plant, percolation area domestic shed & all associated services
2661191	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	1	336 m	to convert attic to provide for office/storage space, and for the installation of two velux windows to the front elevation and one to the rear
2561570	Conditional	10 Feb 2026	1	0 m	to construct a dwelling house sewage treatment plant, percolation area, domestic garage and all associated services
2561568	Conditional	10 Feb 2026	1	27 m	to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment plant, percolation area, domestic garage and all associated services
2460802	Conditional	22 Aug 2024	0	120 m	of extension to creche and retention of change of use of part of existing dwelling to creche and to vary condition No. 5 of Planning Reference No. 01/2667. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 13.5 sqm (extension to creche) & 45 sqm (change of use to creche)
2360856	Conditional	23 Oct 2023	1	250 m	for the construction of 4 no. dwellinghouses in one block
212067	Refused	6 Jan 2022	3	234 m	to construct three no. two storey dwelling houses in one block, with sewage connection to treatment plant, approved under pl.ref. 05-2217 and proposed access through the existing Sli Ui Mhaoiliosa estate previously approved under pl.ref. 07-4386, and 05-2217 and extension of duration pl.ref. no's. 13-10 and 18-223. (Services approved under pl.ref. 16-39, 06-5705, and 12-1041 together with all associated site works and services as well as car parking and landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works: 336 sqm

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318495	—	Refused	18 Dec 2023	250 m
312612	—	Granted with conditions	9 May 2023	238 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

18 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 23 Oct 2026
18 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.