Observation pack · Galway County Council
Townparks (2nd division) , Tuam , Co. Galway
sought to construct four meal bins/silo’s. Full planning permission also sought to retain the change of use of an agricultural shed to five individual storage units and all ancillary site works, this development will be complimentary to the previously granted permission reference number 24/61623 and will include minor alterations to the carpark layout (granted under previous reference number 24/61623)
Observations close 9 Nov 2026 15 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661657 · 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
- 9,153 m²
- Received
- 5 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 29 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/2661657/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661657at 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 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Business and Enterprise: To provide for the development of business and enterprise | 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660906 | Conditional | 29 Sept 2026 | 1 | 267 m | for a large scale residential development (LRD) comprising of the following: a) the demolition of the existing derelict dwelling house and existing sheds, b) construction of 149 no. residential units comprising of: a.16 no. 1 bed units b.26 no. 2 bed units c.99 no. 3 bed units d.8 no. 4 bed units, c) 1 no. creche facility and ancillary open space, refuse store, cycle parking and vehicle parking, d) alterations to exiting dwelling house entrance from R939 to provide vehicle and pedestrian entrance to proposed development, e) provision of 271 car parking spaces throughout proposed development, f) provision of 497 secure bicycle parking spaces throughout the development, including 80 short term visitor spaces, g) provision of communal open space including hard and soft landscaping including such as planting, paving and public lighting, h) provision of central play area with mix of features to central communal open space, i) provision of drainage systems including SUDS rain garden areas, j) provision of 1 no. ESB substation to service development, k) proposed connection to Galway County Council Part VIII development, LA07/25, and proposed future connections to adjacent residential developments and surrounding R2 lands. l) all other associated and ancillary development and site works |
| 2660587 | Conditional | 3 Sept 2026 | 0 | 166 m | is sought for: 1: the removal of two existing attached steel framed warehouses and their replacement with two new attached industrial warehouses measuring 40m x 45 m in total, 2: The provision of a separate stand-alone industrial warehouse measuring 10mx 40m, and 3: All associated services |
| 2660142 | Conditional | 27 Mar 2026 | 0 | 42 m | to construct a storage shed to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works |
| 2660110 | Conditional | 24 Mar 2026 | 0 | 217 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 |
| 2660083 | Conditional | 19 Mar 2026 | 0 | 352 m | to install a 21m monopole type telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4-metre-high fenced compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works, including an access track within the grounds |
| 2561775 | Conditional | 4 Feb 2026 | 0 | 454 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 |
| 2561627 | Conditional | 7 Jan 2026 | 1 | 441 m | for the construction of 3 serviced dwelling houses & all associated site development works as part of the completion works to the overall Estate |
| 2560998 | Conditional | 17 Dec 2025 | 1 | 145 m | for a mixed-use development; The nature and extent of the proposed mixed-use development (58% commercial, 42% residential) is as follows: I.The construction of 26 no. residential units comprising detached, semi-detached and terraced house types, comprising: a. 2 no. 2-bed units, 21 no. 3-bed units and 3 no. 4-bed units. II. The construction of 3 no. retail blocks with 3 no. retail units within each block, providing a total of 2,019 sq. m of retail floor space. III. Provision of 133 no. car parking spaces (including 6 no. accessible, 14 no. standard EV, and 3 no. accessible and EV) and 40 no. sheltered visitor cycle spaces. IV. Provision of 820m2 of new landscaped public open space and public realm including seating, pedestrian paths, SuDS features, rain gardens, natural play areas, and native planting including rees and wildflowers. V. Improvements to the public footpath and public realm along the Cloontooa Road including relocating the existing site entrance further north. VI. All associated ancillary works to include connection to utilities, connection to public water supply and other services, connection and discharge to the public sewerage network, and site drainage including SuDS measures. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2,911.60 sqm(H), 2,019.00 sqm(comm) |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501160 | — | Granted | 13 Aug 2026 | 352 m |
| 315530 | — | Withdrawn | 2 Mar 2023 | 358 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
- 5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
- 5 Oct 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.