Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 02:27

An Baile Glas

53.09387, -8.22158

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.

Distance

Time

Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.

2planning files on this houselatest 2022 54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–62 0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m

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. Here 54 days
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

Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built 2001–10, under planning permission and building regulations. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022.

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2022
22983 · garden room · approved 2022 · not started, runs out 2027
approvedstartedsigned off
2017
17541 · garden room · approved 2017 · ran out unbuilt
approvedstartedsigned off

On this site

Zoning · Community infrastructure

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningS3 · Community infrastructure

What it says

Community Facilities: To provide for civic, community and educational facilities

Reserved for civic, religious, community, education, health-care and social infrastructure.

galway county development plan 2022 2028 · 20 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2028

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Portumna Pastry Limited (927 m); Portumna (989 m)

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	37	water pump; post box
Monuments	5	Designed landscape feature; Church

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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 35 on the draft 2027 map; 35 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: zoning, epa_leap, rzlt, constraints, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
zoning	CC-BY-4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:18	open
epa_leap	CC-BY-4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:31	open
rzlt	CC-BY-4.0	12 Oct 2026, 00:14	open
constraints	mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
constraints.niah	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
constraints.smr	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open

How we work this out

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.

Sources: bcms, npad · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 00:44

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 00:44	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

A new house in a garden is harder: 100% approved.

New house in a garden or site9 decided · more info asked 0%

100% · council 81%

Approved nearbyGalway overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 9 nearby, 5,261 council-wide

Figure 3

Portumna, file by file since 2017

10 of 11 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 1 of 1.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

44 files with "Portumna" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2017–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

How we work this out

Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.

Sources: npad, acp · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open

Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 00:44	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 2 is asked for more information, which adds about 140 days.

Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

Calculated29 decided home extensions, 7 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

2 of 2 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 3 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed2 decided

2 became permissions

Approvals appealed3 decided

1 reversed

Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

Appeals nearby 1 in the last 12 months

500130 Granted with conditions · Portumna Demesne , O'Meara's Supervalu Clonfert Avenue Dominic Street… · 271 m

Sources: acp, courts, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
courts	all-rights-reserved	15 Oct 2026, 01:33	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around An Baile Glas with 11 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseEmpty land zoned for homesApproved

12.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 25 m
22.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 54 m
31.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 131 m
40.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 168 m
50.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 172 m
61.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 185 m
7Portumna, Clonfert Avenue 25322Approved with conditions · 318 m
8Portumna, Dominic Street 2660595Approved with conditions · 359 m
9Portumna, Abbey Street 26171Approved with conditions · 414 m
10Portumna, Dominic Street 2660087Approved with conditions · 452 m
11Portumna Demesne, St Josephs road 2635Approved with conditions · 471 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 35 permissions since 2016, 3 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

Measured41 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 7

The next 30 days

Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

Sites that could change 10 within 500 m

Empty land zoned for homes 10

12.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 25 m
22.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 54 m
31.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 131 m
40.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 168 m
50.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 172 m
61.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 185 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 194 m
0.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 207 m
0.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 209 m
1.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 241 m

Not covered here: council land to be sold, empty land zoned for homes (Dublin only).

Sources: acp, bcms, derelict, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 00:44	open
derelict	CC-BY-4.0	12 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 2 and 6 a year; busiest 2020. 83% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Every application within 500 m 5 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

9Portumna , Abbey Street , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
for change of use of 2 apartments to a singular residential dwelling, minor alterations to front elevation &…
2617126 Aug 20261 homes414 m
8Portumna , Dominic Street , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
for the change of use of the existing office/commercial building to residential use, creating one overall…
266059511 Jun 20261 homes359 m
11Portumna Demesne , St Josephs road , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
for (a) construction of a fixed metal clad spectator shelter & (b) all associated site works
263514 Apr 2026471 m
10Portumna , Dominic Street , Galway Approved with conditions
for the construction of a new storage/warehouse facility along with ancillary site works as well as retention…
266008719 Mar 2026452 m
7Portumna , Clonfert Avenue , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
for 1) change of use of commercial unit to dwelling 2) Minor alterations & refurbishment to existing dwelling…
2532222 Jan 2026318 m

How we work this out

Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.

Sources: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 00:44	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Acorn to Oak Childcare · Crèche	25 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 119 m
Busy Bodies Playschool · Crèche	31 Mar 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	331 m
Fundamental Childcare · Crèche	14 Jan 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	860 m

How we work this out

Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.

Sources: schools, tusla_ey · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 23:32

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
schools	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
tusla_ey	public (Tusla statutory register; acknowledgement required, no open licence stated)	14 Oct 2026, 23:20	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Galway County Council.

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here5

Council middle2

How we work this out

Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.

Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
acp	CC-BY-4.0	9 Oct 2026, 23:03	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 00:44	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

44% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 42% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

44% · council 23%

Homes built since 2001

36% · council 39%

Owner-occupied

42% · council 75%

Rented

48% · council 18%

Children under 15

18% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

21% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

19% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

7% · council 11%

This small area (261 people)Galway

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067188006/067188007

Bus

239 m

Portumna · 322, 547, 844 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak

Nearest school

97 m

Portumna Community School, 506 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Portumna Community School · postprimary · 506 pupils · 97 m
St Brendans Ns · primary · 235 pupils · 174 m

Stops 4

Portumna · 322, 547, 844 · 0/hour at peak · 239 m
Portumna · 322, 547, 844 · 252 m
Workhouse Ctr · 547 · 0/hour at peak · 574 m
Workhouse Centre · 547 · 0/hour at peak · 576 m

Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

Portumna Community School · 97 m+2.6% pupils (506) · 4 classrooms 2025, approved with conditions
St Brendans Ns · 174 m-2.5% pupils (235) · 4 classrooms 2025, approved with conditions

Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
gtfs	CC-BY-4.0	11 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
schools	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 2026, 02:04	open
consult	public	15 Oct 2026, 01:32	open
moderngov	public	15 Oct 2026, 01:32	open
lda_lands	CC-BY-4.0	11 Sept 2026, 16:43	open
cso_saps_2022	CC BY 4.0	—	open
National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)	CC BY 4.0	—	—
EPA strategic noise maps	CC BY 4.0	—	—
Fingal County Council	CC BY 4.0	—	—

Question 6

What to ask, and who

Garden room (22983) approved 2022, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
Garden room (17541) ran out unbuilt in 2022: built anyway?
Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Zoned S3 (community infrastructure), not for homes: could you extend?
Ask for: A solicitor's or planner's view.
Solicitor · planner
Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Seller · solicitor

Reference

Where this is, the terms, the sources

Townland: Portumna
Electoral division: Portumna
Electoral area: Loughrea
Council: Galway County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 22983, approved 2022, not started, runs out 2027.
Zoned S3 (community infrastructure); not protected; no vacant land tax.
10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
Portumna (bus 322, 547) 239 m away: 9 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 48% rent (council 18%); 21% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 55% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
5 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 87%).
Portumna Community School, 97 m away: 4 classrooms approved (2025).

What the terms mean 5 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.
Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
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 27

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	9 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC-BY-4.0	14 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com \| https:	Local authorities (consultation portals)	public	15 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	all-rights-reserved	15 Oct 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	12 Oct 2026
data.epa.ie	Environmental Protection Agency (LEAP licence register)	CC-BY-4.0	12 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC-BY-4.0	11 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC-BY-4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	public	15 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC-BY-4.0	15 Oct 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)	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use…	15 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC-BY-4.0	11 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC-BY-SA-4.0	9 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	public (Tusla statutory register; ackn…	14 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC-BY-4.0	11 Oct 2026

Measured

counted from a public register

Calculated

a rate or median we worked out from those counts

Our classification

we sorted it by reading each description

Estimate

inferred from another source (census, map data)

Rule summary

the law, simplified: check before relying on it

How we work this out

Generated 15 Oct 2026, 02:27 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. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.

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