Observation pack · Galway County Council

Dunlo , Ballinasloe , Co. Galway

Of an existing dwelling house, domestic shed, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site development works on revised site boundaries. (Previously granted by Ballinasloe District Council under Planning Reference No. 399)

Observations close 11 Dec 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661828 · full record
Authority: Galway County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Site area: 2,186 m²
Received: 6 Nov 2026
Decision due: 9 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/2661828/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661828 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 11 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
N1.5 Airport	Transport Infrastructure: Facilitate the provision and maintenance of essential transportation infrastructure	ballinasloe local area plan 2022 2028	6 Jul 2022 → 5 Jul 2028
P1 Rural	Agriculture: To promote the development of agriculture and agriculture related uses in accordance with proper planning and sustainable development.	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
2461417	Conditional	7 May 2025	1	331 m	for : (A) 50 No. houses comprising 46 No. 2-storey houses and 4 No. 3-storey houses (6 No. 2-bed units, 40 No. 3-bed units, 4 No. 4-bed units), private open spaces (including terraces at first and second floor level), carports incorporated into the footprint of each dwelling that also accommodate bike storage and refuse storage, and all associated roads, services, visitor parking, public open spaces, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments on a residential area of c.1.6807 ha, (B) The development of ancillary landscaped areas and sustainable urban drainage system and all associated ancillary site development infrastructure including: ESB sub-station, public lighting, and foul and surface water drainage; internal roads & footpaths; and all associated engineering and site works necessary to facilitate the development, and (C) The development of proposed adjoining public open space including walking routes, seating areas, kick about area, playground, and associated landscaping works including planting,(1.0652 ha). A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 5575.80 sqm
22593	Conditional	21 Jun 2022	1	86 m	for a single storey extension (40.5sqm) to east elevation of existing dwelling house. Gross floor space of proposed works: 40.5 sqm. Gross floor space of works to be retained: 187.09 sqm

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314493		Refused	28 Nov 2023	223 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

6 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 11 Dec 2026
6 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.