Observation pack · Galway County Council

Cor an Dola , Co. Galway , Co. Galway

of first floor residential accommodation, change of use of ground floor from commercial to form one combined residential unit at ground and first floor levels, changes to site layout, provision of a domestic garage and changes to elevation and all associated site works

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 6 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: 2661681 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 235 m²
Site area: 1,791 m²
Received: 8 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
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/2661681/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661681 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 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

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
2560138	Conditional	30 May 2025	1	24 m	for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment plant and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 207 sqm (House) & 60 sqm (Garage)
2560137	Conditional	30 May 2025	1	57 m	for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment plant and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 144.2 sqm (House) & 60 sqm (Garage)
2460468	Conditional	20 Jun 2024	1	458 m	for the consruction of a single dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater effluent treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor area of proposed works: 243 sqm (dwelling house) and 60 sqm (garage)
2361556	Conditional	22 Feb 2024	0	0 m	SPLIT DECISION - GRANT: a) change of use of part of the ground floor area of existing building from commercial to medical practice, b) proposed extension to the front of existing building to accommodate a new entrance and to the side to accommodate a stairway to first floor apartment with storage below stairs, REFUSED: c) retention of first floor area from storage to residential for locum doctor use ancillary to the proposed ground floor medical practice, GRANT: d) retain elevation alterations, e) proposed alterations to elevations, including new signage to the front elevation, f) Proposed alterations to site layout, including forming a defined site entrance/exit and g) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 78.54 sqm (house) & 17.5 sqm (extension)
2360524	Refused	12 Jul 2023	1	0 m	to: a) change of use to part of the ground floor area from commercial to medical practice, b) proposed extension to the front of existing building to accommodate a new entrance and to the side to accommodate a stairway to first floor apartment with storage below, c) retention of first floor area from storage to residential, d) retain elevation alterations, e) proposed alterations to elevations, including new signage to the front elevation, f) proposed alterations to site layout & g) all associated site works
221189	Refused	27 Jan 2023	1	320 m	of a mobile home and an effluent treatment system. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 38.5sqm
22639	Conditional	26 Jan 2023	0	111 m	to construct: 1. Slatted shed with cubicles and concrete apron. 2. Farm machinery/storage shed with concrete apron. 3. Livestock underpass to include effluent tank and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: machinery shed: 201.6sqm, apron: 170.8sqm
212118	Conditional	18 Jan 2022	1	489 m	to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House 244 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315904	—	Refused	6 Mar 2024	320 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

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 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.