Observation pack · Galway County Council
Parkmore Townparks (3rd division) & Townparks (4th division) , Bishop Street , St. Jarlath's College
for a sports facility, comprising; full size GAA synthetic playing pitch; associated pitch fencing; floodlighting; sports building comprising of changing rooms, gym and multi-purpose room, together with all ancillary accommodation; car park; access through St. Jarlath's College grounds; all ancillary siteworks and services
Observations close 4 Nov 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661632 · full record
- Authority
- Galway County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 10.11 ha
- Received
- 30 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 24 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/2661632/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661632at 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 4 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
| 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 |
| M2 Major town centre | Town Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including retail, commercial, office and civic/community uses and to provide for “Living over the Shop” scheme Residential accommodation, or other ancillary residential ac | tuam local area plan 2023 2029 | 23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029 |
| M2 Major town centre | Town Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including retail, commercial, office and civic/community uses and to provide for “Living over the Shop” scheme Residential accommodation, or other ancillary residential ac | tuam local area plan 2023 2029 | 23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029 |
| N1.5 Airport | Transport Infrastructure: Facilitate the provision and maintenance of essential transportation infrastructure | tuam local area plan 2023 2029 | 23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029 |
| N2.1 Strategic infrastructure | Water/Rivers/Streams: Water | 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 |
| S3 Community infrastructure | Community Facilities: To provide for civic, community and educational facilities | tuam local area plan 2023 2029 | 23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029 |
| S3 Community infrastructure | Community Facilities: To provide for civic, community and educational facilities | 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
- NIAH-recorded building × 12house · Palace View House · post box
- Recorded monument × 8Ecclesiastical enclosure · Church · Designed landscape feature
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2561620 | Conditional | 27 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 m | for a single-storey building, located in the northern part of the school grounds, including removal of existing trees, connection to existing services and infrastructure and associated site works. The proposed development is on the site of the protected structure (RPSRef. No.33). The works proposed do not involve any alterations or interventions to the Protected Structure |
| 2660968 | Conditional | 5 Aug 2026 | 0 | 45 m | for extension to existing cemetery to provide additional graves, relocation of existing gates and railings, removal of existing trees, and associated ground works |
| 2660262 | Conditional | 15 Apr 2026 | 1 | 299 m | of the rear extension to the dwellinghouse, the conversion of the garage to living quarters, the existing storage sheds and all ancillary site works |
| 2660264 | Conditional | 14 Apr 2026 | 0 | 257 m | of minor elevation changes & floor plan modifications as indicated on the drawings to an existing shop from that previously granted under historical planning Ref No's 48274 (1984) & 60028 (1989); construction of an extension to the front of the existing shop incorporating a new shop front incl. all ancillary site development works |
| 2660110 | Conditional | 24 Mar 2026 | 0 | 433 m | of the use of the first floor (GFA 133.88 sqm) of the Mall Medical Centre from storage use to public use of General Practitioner Consulting and medical related services |
| 2561775 | Conditional | 4 Feb 2026 | 0 | 319 m | for amalgamation of an existing retail unit (Units 9,10.11) with adjoining retail units 12, 13, 14 and 15A, and part change of use from a permitted retail unit to ancillary off-license sales (area for display of alcohol) and associated signage for the unit and associated site works |
| 2560301 | Conditional | 13 Nov 2025 | 0 | 201 m | for temporary planning permission for the installation of a two-storey modular building, to replace the existing single-storey modular classroom buildings which will be removed. The modular building will consist of 11 no classrooms and associated facilities and a has a gross floor area of 1128.66 sqm. The proposed development is in the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS 55 Gate Lodge), located at the cemetery entrance to the south of the applicant site |
| 2561297 | Conditional | 5 Nov 2025 | 0 | 211 m | to amend approved retail and apartment development (approved under Planning Ref. No. 24/60934) to include a reduction in floor area of the ground floor retail unit and reduce the number of apartments from 3 to 2 apartments to include a reduction in floor area at 1st and 2nd floor levels. The works proposed will maintain the street facade to Vicar Street and reinstate a revised traditional shop front. The building is located in an Architectural Conservation Area in the Center of Tuam Town and is a Protected Structure (RPS Number 3808) |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315530 | — | Withdrawn | 2 Mar 2023 | 310 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
- 30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
- 30 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.