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Observation pack · Galway County Council

Carrowmore , Woodlawn , County Galway

For a change of design to the dwelling pursuant to the grant of planning permission 21/1986

Observations close 9 Dec 2026 25 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Jan 2027

The application

Reference
2661808 · full record
Authority
Galway County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
PRE_VALIDATION
Units
1
Floor area
144 m²
Site area
2,370 m²
Received
4 Nov 2026
Decision due
7 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/2661808/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661808 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 9 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
2660210Conditional7 Apr 20261226 mfor the construction of a domestic garage together with all ancillary site works and services
2660057Conditional10 Mar 2026122 mof dwellinghouse on revised site boundaries & upgrade of the wastewater treatment system. Previous planning Ref. 99/954
2461235Conditional5 Nov 20241140 mto construct a dwelling house, shed, sewage system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 193.48 sqm (house) & 28.16 sqm (garage)
2361097Conditional7 Nov 20231189 mto construct a dwellinghouse, shed, sewage system & all associated site works
23288Conditional7 Sept 20231115 mto construct a dwellinghouse, shed, sewage treatment system & all associated site development works
2261066Conditional14 Dec 20221284 mof treatment system, percolation area and associated services originally granted under ref. 20/1688
22660Conditional13 Jul 2022186 mto construct a dwelling., shed, waste water treatment system and all associate site works .
22344Conditional5 May 2022147 mto construct a new dwelling house, shed, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 259.5 sqm

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
312338Refused5 May 2023284 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

  • 4 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 9 Dec 2026
  • 4 Nov 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.