Observation pack · Galway County Council

Kilcloghans , Tuam , Co. Galway

for the construction of 6 No detached houses (No 1 to 6 on site layout map), (House types as indicated on site layout map) Incl. all ancillary site development works & services

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661591 · 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: 994 m²
Site area: 2,895 m²
Received: 22 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 16 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/2661591/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661591 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 27 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
G1 Open space with recreation	Open Space/Recreation & Amenity: To protect and enhance existing open space and provide for recreational and amenity space.	tuam local area plan 2023 2029	23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029
P1 Rural	Agriculture: To promote the development of agriculture and agriculture related uses in accordance with proper planning and sustainable development.	tuam local area plan 2023 2029	23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029
R2 Existing residential	Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas	tuam local area plan 2023 2029	23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029

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
2660396	Refused	5 May 2026	0	385 m	to erect a 21 metre high lattice telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes, and associated telecommunications equipment, all enclosed in security fencing
23207	Conditional	5 Apr 2024	1	309 m	for construction of 2 No. 4 Unit blocks of Town Houses (No's 122 to 127B on site layout map) and all ancillary site development works and services
23176	Conditional	27 Jun 2023	1	325 m	to construct 2 No. additional bedrooms, one on ground floor and one on first floor, extend existing function room at first floor level, provide additional car parking spaces to rear of hotel incl. all ancillary site development works
221087	Conditional	14 Apr 2023	1	325 m	for additional carpark spaces on a site with revised boundaries from that previously granted under planning ref. no 01/728. To retain minor alteration to parking layout to front of hotel from that previously granted under planning ref. no 01/728. To provide additional car parking spaces to side of existing hotel. To provide 4 no electric car charging points. To incl. all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 3185 sqm of carparking spaces
22667	Refused	27 Jan 2023	0	325 m	to construct 2 No additional bedrooms, one on ground floor and one on first floor, extend existing function room at the first floor level incl. all ancillary site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 140sqm.
221106	Refused	2 Dec 2022	0	41 m	to construct 1 No. detached house (site No 8 on site layout map) and all ancillary site development works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works House 146.55sqm.
22774	Conditional	8 Aug 2022	1	124 m	for renovations to existing home. The development will consist of amendments to the front & side elevations and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 200sqm

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501451	—	pending	2 Jun 2026	385 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

22 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
22 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.