Observation pack · Galway County Council
Caherwalter , Dublin Road & Droim na Cille , Loughrea
for the construction of a 20 unit residential development comprising 14 No. 3 bed semi-detached/terraced two storey dwellings in two blocks, 3 No. ground floor 2 bed dwellings with 3 No. 2 bed townhouse dwellings overhead in a 2/3 storey block and all associated external works including the demolition of an existing dwelling, construction of a new entrance and access roadway from the adjoining Droim na Cille estate and all infrastructural connections
Observations close 13 Nov 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661692 · 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
- 2,255 m²
- Site area
- 5,568 m²
- Received
- 9 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 3 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/2661692/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661692at 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 13 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. | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| M1 Metro / rail economic corridor | Commercial/Mixed Use: To provide for the development of commercial and complementary mixed uses, on suitable lands that can provide focal points for the provision of services to surrounding neighbourhoods/areas and opportunities for commercial enterprises, retail developments | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| N1.5 Airport | Transport Infrastructure: Facilitate the provision and maintenance of essential transportation infrastructure | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| R1 New residential | Residential Infill: To protect, provide and improve residential areas within the lifetime of this plan | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas | loughrea local area plan 2024 2030 | 26 Aug 2024 → 25 Aug 2030 |
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
- Recorded monument × 2Ringfort - cashel · R128723
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660187 | Conditional | 9 Oct 2026 | 1 | 477 m | is sought for a residential development to comprise of (a) 43 new residential units comprising of 20 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses, 17 no. 3 bed terraced houses and 6 no. 2 bed terraced houses (b) provision of all ancillary site works including parking, private and communal open spaces, public realm landscaping, public lighting, surface water and foul drainage services and connections to public mains, as well as all other associated site works. A natura impact statement (NIS) has also been prepared for inclusion in the application |
| 2661132 | Refused | 26 Aug 2026 | 1 | 473 m | for redevelopment of a site, which is within an Architectural Conservation Area, comprising: provision of an additional 3 no. residential units, bringing the total on site to 4, including the following works: alterations and rear extension to an existing two-storey terraced dwelling which fronts onto Bride Street, including subdivision into 1 no. ground floor apartment and 1 no. first floor apartment as well as widening of existing alleyway to provide sufficient width for car, cyclist and pedestrian access via Bride street; construction of 1 no. new detached 2 storey building to the rear of the site, comprising 2 no. apartments; provision of on-site parking, as well as bin and bicycle store; connection to existing services and all associated site development works |
| 2660716 | Refused | 2 Jul 2026 | 1 | 482 m | for a Large-scale Residential development comprising a total of 107no. residential units along with the provision of a Creche. Particulars of the development comprise as follows: (a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include general site preparation works. (b) The provision of a total of 87no. two storey residential dwellings which will consist of 74no. 3 bed units and 13no. 4 bed units. (c) The provision of a total of 20no. apartment units consisting of 7no.1 bed units and 13no. 2 bed units in a split level 3 storey building. (d) Provision of a creche with associated parking, bicycle and bin storage. (e) Provision of associated car parking at surface level via a combination of in-curtilage parking for dwellings and via on-street parking for the creche and apartment units. (f) Provision of electric vehicle charge points with associated site infrastructure ducting to provide charge points for residents throughout the site. (g) Provision of associated bicycle storage facilities at surface level throughout the site and bin storage facilities. (h) Provision of associated open space areas, residential communal open space areas to include formal play areas along with all hard and soft landscape works for private gardens and amenity spaces along with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, railings & fencing. (i) Provision of an entrance and associated works. (j) Provision of an ESB substation. (k) Internal site works and attenuation systems. (l) All ancillary site development/construction works to facilitate foul, water and service networks for connection to the existing foul, water and ESB networks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this application |
| 2561924 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2026 | 0 | 278 m | to 1. Demolish existing derelict house (Plot 2) along with existing shed to rear of site (Plot 3). 2. Permission to complete new 4 bed dwelling house to (Plot 2) and new 3 bed dwelling house to (Plot 3) as approved under planning application PL Ref:23/60266 and 3. connection to existing services along with all associated site works |
| 2561658 | Refused | 14 Jan 2026 | 1 | 371 m | for the construction of (a) two number, 3 bedroom dwelling houses, (b) proposed landscaping and car parking, (c) connection to existing services and (d) all associated site services |
| 2561216 | Conditional | 22 Oct 2025 | 0 | 278 m | of a temporary construction access roadway located to the east of the Caheronaun Park road (L-4196 County Road), to facilitate the construction of residential development |
| 2561163 | Conditional | 13 Oct 2025 | 1 | 286 m | for the construction of a Residential Development consisting of 55 no. houses together with ancillary works and services. The development will consist of the construction of: 2 no. 3 Bedroomed semi detached 2 storey houses (Type A), 10 no. 3 Bedroomed semi-detached 2 storey houses (Type B), 8 no. 3 bedroomed semi-detached 2 storey houses (Type C), 12 no. 2 bedroomed semi-detached 2 storey houses (Type D), 16 no. 2 bedroomed terraced 2 storey houses (Type E), 3 no. 2 bedroomed terraced 2 storey houses (Type F), 4 no. 3 bedroomed terraced 2 storey houses (Type G). The proposed development will also include for; provision of public open space areas (including a playground), private open space areas, bicycle parking, footpaths, public lighting, landscaping and revised boundary treatments. Provision of carparking including ducting to all spaces for future EV charging points; connection to mains water infrastructure and public sewer, and on site surface water attenuation to serve the development, provision for vehicular and pedestrian access via L-4196 county road (Caheronaun Park Road) via the "Triantán an Aoill" estate to the west, with additional vehicular and pedestrian connectivity to the adjoining "Danesfort Court" estate to the south, retention of temporary on site construction compound with associated internal roadway, areas for storage of materials |
| 2561139 | Conditional | 3 Oct 2025 | 1 | 469 m | of two semi-detached houses with reduced floor plans previously granted under 18/904 |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500239 | — | Granted | 12 Aug 2026 | 286 m |
| 324484 | — | pending | 29 Jul 2026 | 482 m |
| 500747 | — | Refused | 11 Jun 2026 | 371 m |
| 317101 | — | Granted with conditions | 11 Jul 2024 | 228 m |
| 312524 | — | Refused | 12 Oct 2022 | 482 m |
| 310794 | — | Granted with conditions | 7 Jan 2022 | 275 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
- 9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
- 9 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.