Observation pack · Galway County Council
Kilmore , Unit 33-34 N17 Business Park , Tuam
for the change of use from commercial to a place of communal gatherings which hold scheduled services and all ancillary site works
Observations close 12 Nov 2026 13 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661675 · 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
- 220 m²
- Received
- 8 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 2 Dec 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/2661675/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661675at 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 12 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660351 | Conditional | 4 Jun 2026 | 0 | 0 m | of 1: the existing use of the ground floor and first floor which are used as office space. Retain the existing ground floor side door and five number first floor windows. (Previous planning permission reference number 98/878). 2: Full permission sought to change the use of the first floor to be used as consulting/therapy rooms at unit 35 and all ancillary site works |
| 2560491 | Conditional | 9 Apr 2026 | 0 | 379 m | to construct a new commercial building, of circa 5422 sqm, which is to be used as a builder’s merchants and retail hardware store, containing ancillary offices, with adjoining large goods warehouse to the rear, along with a loading area. To relocate an existing entrance, and to construct a new junction with the R- 939, and the commercial estate road opposite, and to provide for a new signalised junction, along with all works to the carriageway, and public footpaths to include new line marking to the R939. To construct a new internal access road, with lighting, set down areas, surface level car parking, accessible car parking and associated bicycle parking. To connect to the public drainage and potable water services, and for all associated infrastructure and connections. For all boundary and site treatments, external lighting, materials storage areas, including the provision of surface car parking, and a loading bay to serve the building. Gross floor space of proposed works: 5,422.00 sqm |
| 2561288 | Refused | 30 Oct 2025 | 0 | 363 m | for two number of existing farm sheds and all associated site works |
| 2461382 | Conditional | 14 Jan 2025 | 0 | 180 m | to extend existing commercial workshop on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of proposed works: 290.50 sqm |
| 2460678 | Refused | 31 Jul 2024 | 1 | 42 m | to construct a commercial building containing independent storage units on a vacant commercial site. Gross floor space of proposed works: 1,661.00 sqm |
| 2460436 | Refused | 6 Jun 2024 | 0 | 109 m | of advertising signage. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 31.90 sqm |
| 2360057 | Conditional | 22 Mar 2023 | 0 | 308 m | for the installation of the existing first floor which is used for storage space and its associated staircase and ground floor entrance/exit lobby. Planning also sought to retain the existing changes to the façade of the building from that previously granted under planning reference number 98/4522 and all ancillary site works.Gross floor space to be retained 148 sq m |
| 221030 | Conditional | 1 Nov 2022 | 1 | 229 m | to refurbish the existing Castlebar-Cloon 110kV overhead line, which is approximately 57km long, and comprises 252no. wooden polesets and 40no. steel angle masts between the existing Castlebar 110kV substation in County Mayo, and the existing Cloon 110kV substation in County Galway. Approximately 20km of the existing circuit is located within the functional area of Galway County Council and approximately 37km in the functional area of Mayo County Council.The proposed uprate development is located in the townlands of Belmont, Carrownageeha, Carrownurlaur, Cloonascragh (Kilbennan), Cloonascragh (Tuam), Cloondarone, Cloonfush, Cloontooa, Kilcreevanty, Killeelaun, Kilmore, Lehid, Liskeevy, Mullagh, Pollacorragune, and Woodquay in County Galway.The works will include:• the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor and wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; • the replacement of the existing earthwire, including bonding leads, earth leads and vibration dampers; • the replacement of 53no. wooden polesets and 39no. steel masts; • the replacement of hardware, fittings and insulators; • the replacement of crossarms at 50no. wooden polesets and the realignment of crossarms at a further 5no. wooden polesets; • all associated site development works, including foundation upgrade works; • all associated works within the Castlebar 110kV substation and Cloon 110kV substation to accommodate the uprated 110kV overhead line including uprating of the Castlebar bay in Cloon 110kV substation and the Cloon bay in Castlebar 110kV substation; • the replacement of approximately 175m of underground cable at the Castlebar 110kV substation; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing Structures; and • other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 Nov 2026
- 8 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.