Observation pack · Galway County Council

Craughwell , Main St , Co Galway

of alterations to an existing block of semi-detached dwelling houses

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 15 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661624 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 478 m²
Received: 29 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 23 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/2661624/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661624 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 3 Nov 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
water tower

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661210	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	82 m	to construct Builders Store
2661191	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	1	392 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
2660500	Conditional	26 May 2026	0	423 m	and completion of relocation of tyre service centre building approved under planning reference No's 2460572 and 2560180 with minor elevational alterations and alterations to site layout and permission to construct an extension for storage in conjunction with the Tyre Centre
25299	Conditional	15 Apr 2026	0	20 m	to construct rear extension to existing dwelling, and to construct shed/store and all associated services
2561245	Conditional	28 Oct 2025	1	312 m	for proposed domestic dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant system with all associated site works
2560719	Conditional	28 Jul 2025	0	268 m	for the construction of a domestic garage ancillary to the existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40.50 sqm
2560180	Conditional	1 Apr 2025	0	423 m	to construct a first floor for office and storage facility uses. Also alteration to ground floor offices, and alterations to elevations including additional windows, doors and parapet roof, of tyre centre approved under pl. ref. 24/60572 . Gross floor space of proposed works: 150.00 sqm, 46.00 sqm(alterations)
2361102	Conditional	10 Sept 2024	1	356 m	for the construction of a dwellinghouse, garage, treatment unit & all associated services & utilise the access road approved under 15/721 & 20/207

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319308	—	Refused	10 Sept 2024	380 m
318495	—	Refused	18 Dec 2023	471 m
313674	—	Refused	21 Aug 2023	379 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

29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026
29 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.