Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Quignamanger , Creggs Road , Ballina

retention of extra dormer rooms and extension to domestic shed previously granted under P94/535 and to remove stairway to rear of house and construct new stairway in accordance with building regulations and retain second entrance gate, and all associated site works

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 window closed

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 five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 26211 · 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: 1,259 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/26211/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26211 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To provide for low to medium residential densities	ballina local area plan	13 Oct 2024 → 12 Oct 2030

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: Mayo County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Mayo County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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
2660224	Conditional	14 May 2026	1	10 m	The development will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, connection to public utilities together with ancillary site development works.
2660131	Conditional	8 Apr 2026	0	294 m	The development will consist of the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house and refurbishments to include alterations to front elevation.
2560198	Conditional	26 May 2025	1	434 m	1): Construct single storey dwellinghouse and domestic garage 2): Connect to all public utilities. 3): Carry out all ancillary site works
2560173	Conditional	21 May 2025	0	472 m	We, The Ice House Limited, intend to apply to Mayo County Council for Planning Permission to install 49no. paired Solar Panel modules comprising of 191.37m2 of allocated roof area generating 39.69kWp on the flat roof of the extension located to the southwest of the Ice House and carry out all ancillary site works at The Ice House, Quignalecka Td., Ballina, Co. Mayo. F26 Y9E8, a Protected Structure.
23224	Conditional	8 Apr 2024	0	486 m	carry out conservation repairs and refurbishment works to the Hermitage at Belleek Woods. The works will include structural repairs, repointing of the ruins, general conservation based repairs, removal of trees, new signage, new fencing and associated site works. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement
23584	Conditional	11 Dec 2023	0	381 m	construction of a puddle clay pond, semi-circular mound composed of excavated material and installation of a new bench, and planting of a mix of native wildflowers and trees
2360099	Conditional	20 Jul 2023	0	456 m	The development consists of:- construct a first floor extension to existing dwelling house, re-design the ground floor layout and carry out all associated alterations, including the front elevation, together with all associated site works
22717	Conditional	8 Dec 2022	1	53 m	RETENTION PERMISSION FOR THE EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE, PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SUNROOM, CHANGE OF USE FROM A GARAGE TO A HABITABLE SPACE, CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ABOVE MENTIONED GARAGE, TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALL ELEVATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317791	—	Granted with conditions	8 Apr 2024	456 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

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.