Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Bellass , Foxford

retention of domestic shed and all ancillary site works

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 26210 · full record
Authority: Mayo County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 945 m²
Received: 2 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 27 Oct 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/26210/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26210 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. Mayo County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 7 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Mayo 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660295	Conditional	4 Jun 2026	0	131 m	The development consists of: (1) retention of alterations and changes carried out to an existing domestic garage located to the rear of the existing dwelling house, originally granted under Mayo County Council Planning Ref. P20/711; and (2) permission for change of use of this structure from domestic garage to an ancillary habitable granny flat / independent living unit incidental to the use of the main dwelling house, together with all associated internal and external elevational alterations, connections to existing services, and all ancillary site works.
2688	Conditional	4 Jun 2026	0	32 m	single storey extension to the living area at the rear of the existing property (26.1m2) and the provision of two additional bedrooms at first floor level (28.62m2) over the existing single storey element of the existing house along with upgrade works to the existing structure to be completed with matching finishes to those on the existing property
2660006	Conditional	20 Apr 2026	1	393 m	Full planning permission for the following: 1. Change of use from an existing ground floor bookshop to an artisan bakery 2. Sub-division of an existing dwelling into 2 no. residential units, comprising of 1.no semi-detached house and 1 no. one bedroom apartment 3. Renovation and alteration works with subsequent changes to elevations, all this together with connection to services and all associated site works
2560076	Conditional	23 May 2025	0	307 m	Planning permission for alterations to the house design that was previously granted under planning permission reference no. P21/706
254	Refused	27 Feb 2025	0	307 m	construct two number three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings with all associated site works to facilitate the development
2460740	Refused	4 Feb 2025	0	306 m	planning permission for the change of house design from that granted under planning permission reference no. P21/706
2460547	Conditional	21 Oct 2024	0	392 m	Renovation to existing building to include (1) change of use for part of the first floor residential to office with all associated site works at Davitt Street, Foxford, Co.Mayo
22938	Conditional	12 Oct 2023	1	223 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
2 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Mayo County Council before relying on it.