Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Ballinaraha , Ballina , Co. Mayo.

The development will consist of: The refurbishment of an existing derelict cottage, the construction of a single-storey extension, internal alterations, the installation of a new domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area, improvements to the existing site entrance, and all ancillary site works and service at Ballinaraha, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660716 · 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: 8,655 m²
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 3 Nov 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/2660716/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660716 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 14 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
P1 Rural	Agriculture: To preserve rural character and provide for agricultural development	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
bridge

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660191	Conditional	22 Jun 2026	455 m	We, Simon Beale + Associates, are applying to Mayo County Council, on behalf of Charles River for full planning permission for the demolition of the following disused units, namely: Unit 1 (165.13m2), Unit 2 (242.5m2), Unit 3 (118.55m2), part of Unit 4 (102.81m2), Unit 6 (113.97m2), Unit 7 (421.31m2), Unit 10 (274m2), Unit 12 (91.99m2) together with all site provisions, general ground level re-instatement works and associated site works at Carrowntreila, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 D786.
22804	Conditional	20 Jun 2023	421 m	IMPORTATION OF INERT FILL SOILS MATERIAL FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
21191	Refused	19 Nov 2021	428 m	ERECTION OF GRANNY FLAT BESIDE EXISTING DWELLING

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313724	—	Granted with conditions	15 Sept 2023	408 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

9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
9 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Mayo County Council before relying on it.