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Prospecthill , Maree Oranmore , Co. Galway

Sought to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, driveway, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated services

Observations close 4 Dec 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Jan 2027

The application

Reference
2661790 · full record
Authority
Galway County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Units
1
Floor area
180 m²
Site area
3,762 m²
Received
30 Oct 2026
Decision due
2 Jan 2027

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661790/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661790 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 4 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.
  5. 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660888Refused6 Oct 2026192 mfor the change of house plans from those previously granted under Pl. Ref. No. 21/2061
2661083Conditional20 Aug 202610 mto erect dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated services
2660203Conditional1 Apr 2026264 mof the existing dwelling house and all associated site services, previously granted under Pl. Ref. No. 99/4626, on revised site boundaries; the construction of a detached domestic garage structure on the subject site & the removal of the Enurement Clause, previously attached to Pl. Ref. No. 99/4626
2561770Conditional4 Feb 202610 mfor the construction of a two-storey dwelling, with and access/egress drive and a sewage treatment system. All with ancillary site works, complete with all services
2561739Conditional27 Jan 20261311 mto demolish existing sheds and build new dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated services
2561675Conditional13 Jan 20261460 mfor the construction of a dwellinghouse, which is a change of plan from that already approved under planning register reference number 22/190, and for the construction of a domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and all associated services
2561571Conditional15 Dec 20250 mto erect domestic garage
2560629Conditional10 Sept 20250 msought to erect 2 No. Agricultural Sheds and all associated site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 140 sqm

What has happened on this file

  • 30 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 4 Dec 2026
  • 30 Oct 2026 Decision

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