Observation pack · Mayo County Council

85 Moy Heights , Ballina

retention of granny flat, and all ancillary site works

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 7 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26235 · 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: 682 m²
Received: 2 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 26 Nov 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/26235/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26235 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 6 Nov 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	Distance	Description
2660321	Conditional	23 Oct 2026	463 m	Full Planning Permission for the following: - 1.) Change of Use of existing two storey commercial building to Residential Use 2.) Alterations to the existing building to provide for 2 no. one bedroom units on completion, together with changes to all elevations, connection to all services and all necessary site development works
2660319	Conditional	15 Jun 2026	439 m	full planning permission for the following: 1) Demolition of existing sheds, 2) Construction of a new storage shed (133m2), 3) Reconfiguration of existing football pitch into 2 No. football pitches with associated ball stop netting, high level flood lighting and dugouts, 4) Construction of a new astro turf pitch (78m x 47.5m) with associated ball stop netting and high level flood lighting, 5) Construction of a 47.5m wide x 5m high “hurling wall” between the western site boundary and the side of the proposed astro turf pitch complete with buttress supports and ball stopping netting, 6) Construction of a new internal access road, car park and pedestrian access,7) Alterations to the Southeast Elevation of the existing clubhouse, all of this together with the excavation and re-contouring of the site, connection to services and all associated site works
2560892	Conditional	10 Feb 2026	227 m	Retention of extensions to the northside & rear of the existing dwelling house. Including retention of existing storage shed & all other associated works/services at 167 Childers Heights, Ballina, County Mayo, F26 WN50.
2560888	Conditional	9 Feb 2026	481 m	The development will consist of the construction of (1) a single storey extension at ground floor level to accommodate enlarged day room, (2) extensions at first floor level to accommodate 5 no. bedrooms and day room together with elevational alterations and ancillary site development works to existing nursing home.
2560862	Conditional	27 Jan 2026	335 m	The development will consist of the retention of alterations to elevations of existing dwelling house.
2560699	Conditional	25 Nov 2025	439 m	Full Planning Permission for the following: 1. Demolition of existing external dressing room 2. the construction of extensions to the existing clubhouse facility at both ground and first floor levels, to facilitate a new gym, internal viewing area and external viewing terrace, with a combined increase in floor area of 222.8 m2 3. Alterations to all elevations and all associated site works
24360	Conditional	22 Oct 2024	400 m	change of house type from that previously granted under P20/685
2460333	Conditional	22 Aug 2024	283 m	The development will consist of the change of use of first floor warehouse storage / office space to GYM to include all associated internal works. Attached to the previously granted planning permission P14/297.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313724	—	Granted with conditions	15 Sept 2023	383 m
316513	—	Other	14 Jul 2023	224 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 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 Nov 2026
2 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Mayo County Council before relying on it.