Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around this site · the last 12 months · 13 Nov 2026, 13:39
Woodford
53.05839, -8.40887
1 planning file on this site, the latest from 2023.
Not held yet for Galway County Council: council consultations.
On this site
No
Protected or listed · not on the council's protected list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Homes on this block mostly date from 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. Ask for the original grant, and for anything added since.
- 20242361445 · new house · approved 2024 · work already doneapprovedstartedsigned off?
What needs permission, and since when
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
What to ask, and who
- New house (2361445): work kept with permission. Done as approved?Seller · solicitorAsk for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
More, if you want it
Extensions nearby
What happened to home applications nearby
A new house in a garden is harder: 86% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.
New house in a garden or site7 decided · more info asked 43%
86% · council 79%
Approved nearbyGalway overall
Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.
How planning works, with this area's numbers
steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law
- 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
- 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
- 6PermissionLasts 5 years
- 7StartStart notice to the council
- 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
The area · 82% owner-occupied
This street block against the council
37% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 82% owner-occupied (council 75%).
Owner-occupied
82% · council 75%
Rented
12% · council 18%
Households with 2+ cars
48% · council 52%
HereGalway
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Homes built before 1971
37% · council 23%
Homes built since 2001
31% · council 39%
Children under 15
19% · council 21%
Aged 65 and over
19% · council 17%
Work mainly from home
13% · council 11%
CSO Census 2022, the small area around this site (226 people).
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Townland
- Knockauncarragh
- Electoral division
- Woodford
- Electoral area
- Loughrea
- Council
- Galway County Council
Everything we found, as a list 4 lines
- 1 application on this site; latest 2361445, approved 2024, work already done.
- Not protected; no vacant land tax.
- Here (2022 census): 82% owner-occupied (council 75%); 24% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 71% drive to work (council 66%); population up 2% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
What the terms mean 4 terms
- Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
- Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
- Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
- What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
Sources and licences 23
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPA strategic noise maps | CC BY 4.0 | ||
| Fingal County Council | CC BY 4.0 | ||
| Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0) | CC BY 4.0 | ||
| National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | ||
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC BY 4.0 | 6 Nov 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 13 Nov 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Various (see each layer) | CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | Local authorities (consultation portals) | Public | 13 Nov 2026 |
| www2.courts.ie | © the publisher | 12 Nov 2026 | |
| cso.ie | CC BY 4.0 | ||
| dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0) | CC BY 4.0 | ||
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Local authorities (derelict sites registers) | CC BY 4.0 | 9 Nov 2026 |
| transportforireland.ie | National Transport Authority | CC BY 4.0 | 8 Nov 2026 |
| lda.ie | Land Development Agency | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| meetings.fingal.ie | Local authorities (council meetings) | Public | 13 Nov 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 13 Nov 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | Tailte Éireann | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026 |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | CSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributors | CC BY 4.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| propertypriceregister.ie | Property Services Regulatory Authority (PPR) | © PSRA, PSI licence | 13 Nov 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities (RZLT maps) | CC BY 4.0 | 9 Nov 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Education | CC BY 4.0 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| gov.ie | Department of Housing | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 6 Nov 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan) | CC BY 4.0 | 8 Nov 2026 |
How we work this out
Generated 13 Nov 2026, 13:39 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Counts are from public registers; rates and medians are worked out from those counts; the kind of work is read from each application's description; build years are census estimates. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.