Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Slievemore/Keel East , Achill

Construct dwelling house and domestic garage with connection to existing public services together with associated site services

Observations close 7 Dec 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 26265 · full record
Authority: Mayo County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 1.28 ha
Received: 2 Nov 2026
Decision due: 5 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/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/26265/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26265 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 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
2660427	Conditional	16 Jul 2026	1	273 m	Construction of dwelling house, garage and ancillary service including connection to existing public services.
2676	Conditional	23 Jun 2026		31 m	Construction of a storage shed/garage to the rear of property
2660163	Conditional	24 Apr 2026		448 m	Partial Demolition and Construction of Extensions and First Floor accommodation at Pollagh, Slievemore Achill
2560493	Conditional	9 Sept 2025		73 m	Construction of a new site entrance to existing dwelling house
2513	Conditional	6 Mar 2025		388 m	Construct a dry storage shed and all other ancillary site development works
24491	Conditional	24 Feb 2025		287 m	retain existing domestic garage and alterations to elevations as constructed dwellinghouse and ancillaries
2360543	Conditional	12 Feb 2024		438 m	Demolish existing extension granted as retention under PA ref P02/2322 and the construction of a new extension with off road parking, new boundary walls and all associated site works and services.
23666	Conditional	8 Feb 2024		158 m	retention of as constructed porch and all other ancillary site development works associated with this development using the existing public water and sewerage service already on the site

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322121		Granted with conditions	27 Jun 2025	287 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 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
2 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 Mayo County Council before relying on it.