Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Belleek road , Ballina , Co Mayo

1): Demolish single storey extension to southern elevation of existing house, 2): Refurbish existing house including the removal of 2No chimney stacks and making good to roof, 3): Construct new 2 storey extension to the southern end of existing dwellinghouse, 4): Construct new single storey extension to front elevation, and 5): Carry out all ancillary site works

Observations close 1 Oct 2026 closes today

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

The application

Reference: 2660686 · 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: 562 m²
Received: 27 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 21 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/2660686/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660686 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 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	MA-002:LAP: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 MA-002:LAP:ballina-local-area-plan · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
MAYO MA-002:LAP:ballina-local-area-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
post box

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660605	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	0	335 m	1) Retention Permission for the Change of Use from Filling Station to a Drive Through Coffee Shop Service 2) Retention Permission for an Extension to the Front Elevation of the existing building (floor area = 1.696m2) 3) Retention Permission for the existing stand-alone Totem advertising sign 4) Retention Permission for new signage to the front elevation of the existing building and a canopy over the existing window on the side elevation of the existing building 5) Retention Permission for signage on the existing canopy
2660172	Conditional	27 Apr 2026	0	221 m	For retention permission during the course of construction for the following: (1) Changes to all elevations, (2) Increased ridge height on the proposed house, together with all associated site works at Erris House, Belleek, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26YN56.
2560866	Refused	29 Jan 2026	0	207 m	Permission for development at Lidl, Bohernasup, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 TX04, and Glencar, Bohernasup, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 X5P9) comprising: 1. Demolition of existing dwelling, associated site clearance and amalgamation with Lidl site; 2. Extension of existing Lidl site and car parking area (facilitating an additional 38 no. car parking spaces (increasing (and reconfiguring) the previously permitted (Reg. Ref: P13/703188) parking from 75 no. to an overall 113 no. spaces); and, 3. All associated and ancillary development and works including hard and soft landscaping, lighting, boundary treatment and surface water drainage.
2560331	Conditional	15 Jul 2025	0	300 m	The proposed development will consist of the following, N0. 1, Removal of existing roof and construction of a new roof at a higher level to match the level of the neighboring ridge height. No.2, Construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling along with any other ancillary site works required.
2560008	Conditional	19 Jun 2025	0	193 m	The development will consist of: (1) Demolition of existing unfinished terrace block structures on site. (2) Construction of a housing development with a total of 52 no. dwellings in detached, semi-detached and terrace configurations, consisting of 20 no. 5-bed detached houses, 6 no. 4-bed semi-detached houses, 4 no. 3-bed semi-detached houses, 10 no. 3-bed terrace houses, 11 no. 2-bed terrace houses and 1 no. 2 bed detached single storey house. (3) Associated development and works including the extension of existing pedestrian and vehicular access to Lansyn Bohernasup, all hard and soft landscaping, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, public and private amenities and open spaces, boundary treatments, public lighting, and all other ancillary works above and below ground including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities.
2560113	Conditional	24 Apr 2025	0	383 m	Retention Permission to: (1) Retain 1no. dwelling, as constructed, from the subdivision of a single house into two separate dwellings, (2) The application includes the retention of:- a) first floor accommodation, b) a dormer window to the front, c) a porch, d) construction of a chimney, e) changes to fenestration, f) revised site boundaries and, (3) the carrying out of all ancillary site works at Saint Ita’s, Bohernasup, Ballina, Co. Mayo. F26N5P6.
2460548	Conditional	22 Jan 2025	0	429 m	The development consists of: - Construct an extension and carry out alterations to existing dwelling house, together with all associated site works
2460573	Conditional	16 Jan 2025	2	323 m	Full planning permission for the following: 1. Demolition of the single storey extension to the west of the existing dwellinghouse and the demolition of the one-bedroom apartment to the north of the existing dwellinghouse, 2. the construction of a proposed semi-detached dwellinghouse, 3. the construction of a proposed one-bedroom apartment to the north of the existing dwellinghouse 4. alterations to existing semi-detached dwellinghouse, 5. the creation of one new entrance, and alterations to an existing entrance, 6. construction of new external dividing walls, together with connection to existing services and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321423	—	Granted with conditions	18 Nov 2025	185 m
322994	—	open	10 Jul 2025	193 m
319133	—	Granted with conditions	24 Sept 2024	473 m
316677	—	Granted	31 Aug 2023	0 m
316660	—	Other	11 Aug 2023	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 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 1 Oct 2026
27 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.