Observation pack · Mayo County Council

Behy Beg , Ballina , Co. Mayo

The development consists of retention permission for alterations to the fenestration of the existing dwelling house, including the provision of additional windows, alterations to existing window openings on the front and rear elevations and alterations to the front entrance door arrangement, together with all associated ancillary site works

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660853 · full record
Authority: Mayo County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 962 m²
Received: 28 Oct 2026
Decision due: 22 Dec 2026

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/2660853/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660853 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 2 Dec 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460250	Conditional	13 Nov 2024	1	96 m	change of house type from that granted under P22/1107, including all associated site works and services
2460036	Conditional	19 Jul 2024		0 m	Retention of existing dwelling house & garage, with upgrade to existing septic tank & percolation area. Including retention of existing access, boundaries & all other associated works/services
221107	Conditional	13 Jul 2023	1	96 m	construction of a detached dwelling house, garage, on-stie sewerage treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works and services

What has happened on this file

28 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 Dec 2026
28 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Mayo County Council before relying on it.