Observation pack · Galway County Council

Headford , Cúl na Coirre , Co Galway

for amendments to the approved already permitted under application Pl Ref 24/61383; ABP-321704-25, as amended by Pl Ref 26/60507. The proposed amendments to the development include: •Amendment to the previously permitted Units 24, 25, 26 and 27. The revised scheme includes: o 2 no. 3-bed semi-detached units (now referred to as Unit 24 and 25), and; o 3 no. 3-bed duplex units (now referred to as units 26, 28 and 29). • The provision of 1 no. ground-floor community care facility (now referred to as Unit 27) consisting of 4 no. en-suite bedrooms and 1 no. carer's bedroom together with all ancillary facilities including a quiet/sensory room, office facility and kitchen and living room areas. • The provision of 6 no. car parking spaces and 1 no. accessible car parking space. • Amendment to the permitted boundary line to the rear of the proposed duplex units (units 26-29 inclusive). • Amendments to the site landscaping, bin storage, bicycle parking, pedestrian and cycle links throughout the development. • All other associated site development works. The application is supported by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 16 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: 2661662 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 2
Floor area: 214 m²
Site area: 9,528 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/2661662/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661662 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 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
R1 New residential	Residential (Phase 1): To protect, provide and improve residential areas within the lifetime of this plan	galway county development plan 2022 2028	20 Jun 2022 → 19 Jun 2028

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
26188	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	0	403 m	for a development consisting of: A. The construction of 56 no. one and two storey houses. These houses to consist of: 6 no. 2 bedroom bungalow terraced units, 20 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses, 22 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey houses and 8 no. 3 bedroom terraced 2 storey houses. B. the provision of 2 new vehicular & pedestrian access points off the existing Eallagh estate access roads. C. Central public open green park, amenity space and playground, D. with public realm landscaping & new boundary treatments. E wastewater drainage connection to the existing Eallagh estate. F. and all other ancillary site-works and connections to services including an on-site wastewater pumping station. Gross floor space of proposed works: 6491 sqm.
2660507	Conditional	26 May 2026	1	0 m	for an amendment to previously approved planning permission, ABP-321704-25 (Reg Ref: 2461383), to include four new 4-Bedroom houses to replace four approved 3-bedroom houses, as follows: Approved 3-Bedroom house Type A1, on plots 25 and 26, will be replaced by proposed 4-Bedroom House Type H, Approved 3-Bedroom house Type E1, on plot 10, will be replaced by proposed 4-Bedroom House Type G1, Approved 3-Bedroom house Type E, on plot 11, will be replaced by proposed 4-Bedroom House Type G, No increase in the overall number of houses is proposed as part of this permission. Development will include all associated site development works and associated ancillary services
2660407	Refused	8 May 2026	1	241 m	for; (1) refurbishment of an existing single storey vacant cottage. (2) Addition of a new two storey extension to the rear. (3) All associated site development, external works & services
2660065	Conditional	13 Mar 2026	0	52 m	for extensions & alterations to the existing clubhouse previously granted under Planning Reference No. 065046 and Planning Reference No 1459
2561655	Conditional	15 Jan 2026	0	102 m	for a change of plan for the Community Event Centre previously granted under planning ref 202032 & planning ref 2460561
2461601	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	1	0 m	for 1. construction of 65 no. residential dwellings comprising of: a.1 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached dwelling, b.19 no. 4 bed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, c. 19 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, d. 12 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey terraced dwellings, e.1 no. 4 bedroomed 3 storey terraced dwelling, f.4 no. 1 bedroom apartment units and 9 no. 2 bedroom apartments units, together with an associated communal bike and bin store within a two storey duplex building. 2. Construction of a single storey creche building, together with associated play area, bin store, parking and set down areas. 3. New road works along the R334 Cong Road to provide for; a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to serve the development, provision of gateway signage for the town of Headford, road re-alignment, construction of roadside footpath and public lighting, a pedestrian crossing point with pedestrian traffic signal, traffic calming ramps and associated warning signage. 4. Provision of public and private open spaces, play spaces, bicycle parking, site landscaping, revised boundary treatments, and public lighting within the estate; 5. Provision of residential carparking including a proportion of electric charging spaces and ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points; 6.Connection to public sewer and public watermain along Cong Road, together with on-site surface water drainage works; 7. Footpath connections, signage locations, ESB substation and all associated site development works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 7,446 sqm(houses), 518.00 sqm(commercial)
2560695	Conditional	17 Jul 2025	1	182 m	for the construction of a new front porch & extension to the front elevation of existing dwelling, the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear & side elevation of the existing dwelling house & to retain existing alterations, namely an additional bedroom to the first floor level of existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40 sqm(extension). Gross floor area of retention: 35.00 sqm(bedroom)
2560462	Conditional	10 Jun 2025	1	404 m	to construct an extension and carry out alterations to an existing dwelling house and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 25 sqm(extension)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321704	—	Granted with conditions	16 May 2025	0 m
320253	—	Granted with conditions	1 May 2025	403 m
318768	—	Other	8 Jul 2024	181 m
319582	—	Invalid	22 Apr 2024	403 m
316536	—	Other	21 Sept 2023	434 m
314072	—	Invalid	12 Jul 2022	403 m
310697	—	Granted with conditions	17 Dec 2021	0 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.