Observation pack · Mayo County Council
42. Rockwell , Ballina , Co.Mayo
The application will consist of planning permission to (1) Demolish existing semi-detached two storey dwelling house, and (2) Construct replacement semi-detached two storey dwelling house, including all other ancillary site works and services.
Observations close 10 Nov 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660780 · 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
- 290 m²
- Received
- 6 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 30 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/2660780/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660780at 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 10 Nov 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 | 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 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 |
Designations on or near the site
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660650 | Conditional | 6 Oct 2026 | 0 | 343 m | Ballina Convent Regeneration CLG intends to apply for permission and retention permission for development at this site for change of use of a shed yet to be built and of the main convent kitchen, as well as St. Anne's and rooms in St. Mary's. The development will consist of changes of use such as: 1. Letting a new shed, to be constructed, to a non-commercial dive club for storage of a small boat and diving gear 2. Letting of the kitchen, to be refurbished, in the convent as a commercial central production kitchen. 3. Letting of rooms in St. Mary's to community groups. 4. Letting of St. Anne's to Ballina Involve CLG, Ballina Men's Shed and other community based groups. |
| 2660274 | Conditional | 9 Jul 2026 | 4 | 395 m | Development will consist of 04 no. dwelling houses. Including connections to water supply, surface water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and utilities. |
| 2660126 | Conditional | 3 Jul 2026 | 0 | 343 m | Ballina Convent is a protected structure. 1. Change of use of the convent ground floor to community facilities @ 1036 sqm and two-bedroom apartment @ 103 sqm. The proposed community facilities include continued use of the existing chapel for religious purposes, continued use of kitchen areas and dining/meeting room. Other proposed community facilities will include counselling and therapy functions, meeting rooms, training rooms, music and art facilities, sanitary facilities and community courtyard. The proposed apartment will be used by residents associated with the functioning of the community facilities. The works will include new mechanical, electrical and drainage services throughout and photovoltaic panels at convent flat roof and some pitched roofs. The works will include various conservation related works to the historical internal and external fabric of the convent. 2. New single storey steel shed for carpentry workshops and storage @ 203 sqm; 3. Change of use to community facilities of St. Marys unused school building @ 462 sqm, and external insulation and photovoltaic panels. 4. Change of use to community facilities of St. Annes unused school building @ 795 sqm, and external insulation and photovoltaic panels. 5. Re instatement of the existing gatehouse as a residential building, including refurbishment works and two-bedroomed extension, photovoltaic panels and new parking area and storage shed with new road access from the convent site access road. The gatehouse will be used by residents associated with the functioning of the community facilities. 6. New steel palisade fencing and cast-iron heritage type fencing at parts of site. 7. New car parking layouts to the main site. 8. New fuel tank. 9. All associated site works. 10. Directional signposting on site and signage at entrance gates area. |
| 2660367 | Conditional | 22 Jun 2026 | 0 | 10 m | This development will consist of retention permission for Additional window to side elevation, revised fenestration to side elevation and front elevation of dwelling, including all other ancillary site works and services. |
| 2560372 | Conditional | 8 Jun 2026 | 0 | 463 m | Application is being made to Mayo County Council on behalf of Thawside Ltd for planning permission to construct 47 no. houses consisting of 32 no. 3 bed semi detached houses, 6 no. 2 bed semi detached houses and 9 no. 4 bed detached houses including all ancillary site works and connection to public services at Friars Court, Laghtadawannagh, Killala Road, Ballina, Co Mayo |
| 2660159 | Conditional | 22 Apr 2026 | 0 | 379 m | Planning permission to construct a Domestic Garage, together with all associated site works at Bohernasup, Kilmoremoy, Ballina. Co. Mayo. |
| 2660082 | Conditional | 24 Mar 2026 | 1 | 133 m | This development will consist of Permission to 1) Demolish existing semi-detached two storey dwelling house and 2) Construct replacement two Storey semi-detached dwelling house, including all other ancillary site works and services. |
| 2560878 | Conditional | 3 Feb 2026 | 0 | 93 m | We, Simon Beale + Associates, are applying to Mayo County Council, on behalf of Kenneth & Marie O’Connor, for full planning permission for Retention permission for the following: 1) as built alterations to the existing northeast elevation previously granted under reference no. 2360038, together with all associated site works at 14 Rockwell, Ballina, Co. Mayo, F26 X9R3. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501661 | — | open | 3 Jul 2026 | 463 m |
| 321876 | — | Refused | 13 Jun 2025 | 451 m |
| 315466 | — | Refused | 28 Aug 2024 | 465 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
- 6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026
- 6 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Mayo County Council before relying on it.