Observation pack · Galway County Council
Cleaghmore , Sarsfield Crescent , Ballinasloe
To construct a two-storey dwellinghouse, including associated services
Observations close 2 Dec 2026 17 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661767 · full record
- Authority
- Galway County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Units
- 1
- Floor area
- 164 m²
- Site area
- 566 m²
- Received
- 28 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 22 Dec 2026
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/2661767/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661767at 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 2 Dec 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. | ballinasloe local area plan 2022 2028 | 6 Jul 2022 → 5 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Residential (Existing): To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas | ballinasloe local area plan 2022 2028 | 6 Jul 2022 → 5 Jul 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2561707 | Refused | 22 Jan 2026 | 201 m | for a main vehicular entrance of 4.3 meters with pillars measuring 1.9meters height and Pedestrian gate of 1 meter with pillars measuring 1.25meters. Steel gates will be galvanised and painted black | |
| 2561065 | Conditional | 25 Sept 2025 | 497 m | to demolish extension to dwelling house, construct a new extension, and alterations/renovations to existing dwelling, alterations to site entrance and all associated site works | |
| 25176 | Conditional | 9 Sept 2025 | 494 m | for change of use of office building to revert it to its original use as a dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 98.88 sqm | |
| 2560342 | Conditional | 18 Jul 2025 | 1 | 279 m | to demolish exiting single storey extension to dwelling house, to demolish existing shed and store buildings, to build a single and two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, and to build a garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: (Ext)102 sqm & (G) 40 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 89.7 sqm |
| 2560372 | Conditional | 23 May 2025 | 467 m | for the alterations, extensions, and conversion of two private dwellings into a single private dwelling. Works to include: 1) The demolition of an existing lean to extension with internal and external alterations of an existing dwelling which is also a protected structure (RPS No.176 & NIAH Ref:30333065); 2) The demolition of an existing single storey utility and front porch of a separate existing dwelling and the construction of a new two storey extension, dormer windows, and bay window to the front and side of same with associated internal and external alterations; 3) The construction of a new single storey link extension between the two dwellings to convert the buildings into single occupancy; 4) The demolition of an existing ancillary shed; and 5) All associated site development works | |
| 2461585 | Conditional | 21 Jan 2025 | 1 | 480 m | for material alternations to the existing service station shop building consisting of reconfiguration of the internal floor layout to provide retail area, off licence area, deli area, with change of use from retail area to retail area with ancillary off-licence use. Alterations to the building shopfront elevations, windows and door with installation of associated signage. Gross floor area of works: 227.88 sqm |
| 2460168 | Conditional | 12 Apr 2024 | 1 | 202 m | to: a) construct a new 2.4m high boundary fence on the western side of the property, b) to demolish part of the existing wall and turnstiles and construct new entrance gate and turnstiles onto Sarsfield Road (variations to permitted boundary treatment and works carried out under Planning Ref: 13/9034). Gross floor space of proposed works: 9.60 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 3.60 sqm |
| 2361054 | Conditional | 26 Oct 2023 | 1 | 414 m | for (1) the change of use of an existing first floor residential apartment unit (28.9 sqm) to an office/financial services use & merger to adjoining office/financial services unit at first floor level (2) alterations to previously approved planning permission ref. 22/61268 including alterations to the first floor layout & elevations & the addition of a roof parapet & all other associated site works & development. The premises is located within the Ballinasloe Town Centre Architectural Conservation Area |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500757 | Granted | 12 May 2026 | 201 m | |
| 314453 | Granted with conditions | 15 Nov 2023 | 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
- 28 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 Dec 2026
- 28 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway County Council before relying on it.