Kilmore , Tuam , Co. Galway
for the provision of 12 new electric car parking spaces, with 6no. electric charging points to service them, 2no. HGV charging points for 2no. electric HGV parking spaces, the upgrading of the existing site entrance with new access road, permission for a new service building to provide toilet facilities, an internal substation for the site within the building and external covered waiting area, along with all associated ancillary site works
The application
- Reference
- 2661698 · 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
- 5,358 m²
- Received
- 12 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 6 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/2661698/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661698at 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 16 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.
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 |
| G1 Open space with recreation | Open Space/Recreation & Amenity: To protect and enhance existing open space and provide for recreational and amenity space. | tuam local area plan 2023 2029 | 23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029 |
| G1 Open space with recreation | Open Space/Recreation & Amenity: To protect and enhance existing open space and provide for recreational and amenity space. | tuam local area plan 2023 2029 | 23 Oct 2023 → 22 Oct 2029 |
| 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 | 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 |
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 | 112 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 | 171 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 | 485 m | for two number of existing farm sheds and all associated site works |
| 2461382 | Conditional | 14 Jan 2025 | 0 | 14 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 | 157 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 |
| 24137 | Unconditional | 12 Jul 2024 | 0 | 497 m | to construct 4 No. Semi-detached Houses in place of 3 No. 3 bed terraced houses previously approved under planning application 07/3702 and to retain and complete 2 No. Semi-Detached houses previously approved under planning application 07/4068, all with ancillary site works and connections to services. Gross floor space of proposed works 621.36sqm. |
| 2460436 | Refused | 6 Jun 2024 | 0 | 0 m | of advertising signage. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 31.90 sqm |
| 2360848 | Refused | 16 Apr 2024 | 0 | 295 m | of variations to existing 2 storey filling service station building, forecourt & drive thru facility as constructed. Previously granted under ABP. PL 07.247306 (planning ref: 16/437). Retention to variations to building as constructed to include: • increased service station building size & layouts, variations to retail/food area, extended storage/plant area & kitchen to the rear of building along with extended seating area & access to first floor, • new first floor area to include seating/staff facilities/toilet facilities/storage, • revised elevations & canopies, • signage to building. Retention permission also for revised site layout & all associated site development works & services as constructed, to include: • forecourt revisions & canopy, • carparking layout, • bin compound & services as constructed to same, • Totem & on-site signage, • all as constructed services & infrastructural site works & layouts associated with forecourt and building |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319694 | — | Withdrawn | 16 Apr 2025 | 295 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
- 12 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 16 Nov 2026
- 12 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.