Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Kilrush , Hollymount , Co. Mayo

Construction of an extension to 2 No. terraced townhouses as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 closes today

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660675 · full record
Authority: Mayo County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 351 m²
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 18 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/2660675/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660675 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 28 Sept 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 Village Consolidation Zoning: To provide for, protect and strengthen the vitality and viability of Tier V Rural Villages, through consolidating development, and encouraging an appropriate mix of uses commensurate with the character, capacity and connectivity of the rural village, incl	MA-004:DP: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 MA-004:DP:mayo-county-development-plan-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
MAYO MA-004:DP:mayo-county-development-plan-2022-2028	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 3
water pump · handball alley · unknown
Recorded monument × 2
Sheela-na-gig (present location) · R158735

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660331	Conditional	12 Jun 2026	1	231 m	Construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and connection to public services including all ancillary site works.
2560013	Conditional	17 Sept 2025	0	60 m	Planning permission to construct an Astro Turf Pitch and Walking track. Permission to include associated lighting & Car parking as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments
2560422	Conditional	16 Sept 2025	0	60 m	Planning permission for the installation of four new floodlight columns to existing pitch with associated floodlights on each column as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments
24297	Conditional	3 Apr 2025	0	71 m	relocating the fuel forecourt area, construction of delivery area and installation of fuel tanks, including forecourt canopy, dispensing pumps islands and interceptor together with all associated works
24288	Conditional	10 Sept 2024	0	32 m	retain a single storey extension constructed to the rear of the existing public house along with all associated services

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
24 Aug 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.