Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Mulranny , Co Mayo

Retain change of use from Avondale House B & B guesthouse to self catering accommodation together with associated site works

Observations close 1 Dec 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26262 · full record
Authority: Mayo County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 793 m²
Received: 27 Oct 2026
Decision due: 21 Dec 2026

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/26262/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26262 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 1 Dec 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
M4 Major town centre	Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning: To provide for, protect and strengthen the vitality and viability of Tier IV Rural Settlements, through consolidating development, and encouraging an appropriate mix of uses commensurate with the character, capacity and connectivity of the rural village,	mayo county development plan 2022 2028	10 Aug 2022 → 9 Aug 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: 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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560552	Conditional	20 Apr 2026		0 m	The development will consist of; a) The construction of 2 No. two & a half storey, stepped, terraced buildings comprising 10 No. own door, one bedroom, ground floor tourist apartments and 10 No. own door, 1.5 storey, two-bedroom duplex tourist apartments above. b) The provision of secure, covered cycle parking at the rear of the proposed tourist accommodation. c) The provision of adjacent car parking facilities comprising 27 No. car parking spaces, associated access ramps, landscaped plaza, pollinator planting area and ancillary site works including drainage, boundary treatments and landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared as part of the application for approval in respect of the proposed development.
23594	Conditional	12 Dec 2023	1	413 m	retention of existing dwelling on revised site boundaries and permission for new vehicular access and associated site works
23481	Conditional	11 Oct 2023	1	415 m	construction of new dwelling house and all associated site works
21860	Conditional	27 Jan 2022	1	22 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
211175	Conditional	10 Jan 2022	1	0 m	CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WTIH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501345		pending	15 May 2026	0 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

27 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 1 Dec 2026
27 Oct 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 Mayo County Council before relying on it.