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Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Rathoma , Killala Ballina , County Mayo.

The installation of a linear array of 80 no. (2no. rows x 30no. & 2no. rows x 10no. panels) x 625w ground mounted bifacial solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with existing shed for battery storage area. Including all other ancillary site work and services (35m trench for cabling & electric infrastructure)

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 25 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660693 · 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
1.13 ha
Received
31 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
25 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660693/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660693 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 5 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.
  5. 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560018Conditional5 Mar 20250440 mFull planning permission for the following: (1) Proposed Change of house type from previous planning PL Ref23/60503, together with all associated site works at Ballymackeehola, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo.
2460390Refused15 Aug 2024031 mPlanning permission to install a 40ft metal shipping container underground with 3.2m high earth mounding to all sides for the safe and secure storage of pyrotechnics (Class 1 hazardous goods) along with 4.0m² timber shed for packing and unpacking of pyrotechnics, erect green mesh security fencing, erect stock proof fencing to site perimeter and to carry out all associated ancillary site works
2360447Refused22 Mar 2024031 mPlanning permission to install a 40ft metal shipping container underground with 3.2m high earth mounding to all sides for the safe and secure storage of pyrotechnics (Class 1 hazardous goods) along with 4.0m² timber shed for packing and unpacking of pyrotechnics, erect green mesh security fencing, erect stock proof fencing to site perimeter and to carry out all associated ancillary site works at Rathoma, Killala, Co. Mayo
2360503Conditional24 Jan 20241440 mfull planning permission for the following: (1) Proposed Change of house type from previous planning PL Ref 23/60026 ,together with all associated site works at Ballymackeehola, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo.
2360026Conditional27 Mar 20231440 mFull planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached two-story dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, together with all associated site works
211374Conditional16 May 20221231 mCONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONSTRUCT PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR SAME, CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC ENTRANCE OFF THE PUBLIC ROAD AND CONNECT ALL SERVICES, CARRY OUT ALL ANCILLARY WORKS ON SITE
21984Conditional20 Apr 20220247 mDECOMMISSION AND REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SOAK PIT WITH NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA ADN TO CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324525—pending6 Aug 202631 m
320786—Refused24 Jul 202531 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

  • 31 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
  • 31 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.