Observation pack · Galway County Council

Laragh , Attymon , Athenry

For; (1) Renovation and extension of existing community centre, (2) new wastewater treatment system, (3) removal of existing tennis court along with all ancillary works

Observations close 7 Dec 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661796 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 8,593 m²
Received: 2 Nov 2026
Decision due: 5 Jan 2027

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/2661796/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661796 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 7 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

Recorded monument × 2
Castle - unclassified · R129471

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660796	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	339 m	for the construction of a new gymnasium and multipurpose indoor training facility, including a new effluent system, service connections and all ancillary works; within the club grounds
2560580	Conditional	27 Jun 2025	339 m	for the installation of lighting poles with external light fittings at regular spacings around the perimeter of the boundary
2260202	Conditional	4 May 2022	339 m	for the construction of a new viewing stand, with a capacity of 120 people, including all ancillary site works.

What has happened on this file

2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
2 Nov 2026 Decision

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