Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 00:30

Portumna ED, Loughrea Municipal District, County Galway, Connacht, Éire / Ireland

53.09868, -8.28196

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2026. 1 application nearby open for comments.

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Galway County Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2026 1open for comments nearbyclose 12 Nov

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

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 2026.

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

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

2026
26120 · new house · approved 2026 · not started, runs out 2031
approvedstartedsigned off
2021
21449 · new house · approved 2021 · started, no sign-off needed
approvedstartedsigned off?

On this site

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

No zoning in the plans we hold.

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.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Monuments	1	Quarry

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.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
Sites and Monuments Record	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: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 23:00	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: 70% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site10 decided · more info asked 40%

70% · 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.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 10 nearby, 3,279 council-wide

Figure 3

Claggernagh West, file by file since 2021

New houses in side gardens or on sites: 2 of 2.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

4 files with "Claggernagh West" 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 · 2021–2026

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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 23:00	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 23:00	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Portumna ED, Loughrea Municipal District, County Galway, Connacht, Éire / Ireland with 3 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsBuilding startedApproved

1Claggernagh West, Portumna 26267No decision yet · 100 m
2Claggernagh West, Ballyshrule 211717Building started · 37 m
3Claggernagh West, Portumna 26120Approved with conditions · 0 m

Figure 4

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 12 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 12 Nov 202611 days left
126267 · application received — for the; (a) construction of a new dwelling, (b) construction of a domestic garage/store, (c)…
€20 to the council · 100 m away

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

Figure 5

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2022. 100% of decisions were approvals.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

Open for comments €20 to comment

1Claggernagh West , Portumna , Co. Galway comments close 12 Nov 2026
for the; (a) construction of a new dwelling, (b) construction of a domestic garage/store, (c) wasterwater…
262678 Oct 20261 homes100 m

Every application within 500 m 2 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

3Claggernagh West , Portumna , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
of planning ref. 21/449, for ref. No. 19/1061 for a new dwelling and domestic garage, Wastewater Treatment…
2612013 Jul 20261 homes0 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 23:00	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open

Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months

2 no sign-off needed

2Claggernagh West, Ballyshrule, Galway · 26 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 211717 · 37 m
Claggernagh House, Portumna, Galway · 12 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 21449 · 46 m

How we work this out

Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.

Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 02:56

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open

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

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here3

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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 31 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:56	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 23:00	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 6

This street block against the council

88% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

27% · council 23%

Homes built since 2001

37% · council 39%

Owner-occupied

88% · council 75%

Rented

6% · council 18%

Children under 15

21% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

21% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

54% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

17% · council 11%

This small area (197 people)Galway

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067188005

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

None nearby.

Stops 0

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:21

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:02	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Council consultation portals	Public	31 Oct 2026, 01:06	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	31 Oct 2026, 02:21	open
Land Development Agency public land register	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

New house (26120) approved 2026, not started: still planned?
Ask for: The grant, and whether it stays with the house.
Seller · solicitor
New house (21449) built without official sign-off: built properly?
Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Application 100 m away open for comments until 12 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
Building work started 37 m away: for how long?
Ask for: The planning conditions for 211717.
Agent · council
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: Claggernagh West
Electoral division: Portumna
Electoral area: Loughrea
Council: Galway County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 26120, approved 2026, not started, runs out 2031.
Not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 12 Nov 2026.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 88% owner-occupied (council 75%); 19% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 61% 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.
2 applications nearby in the last 12 months.

What the terms mean 6 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.
Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
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 24

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	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026
services-eu1.arcgis.com	National Monuments Service (SMR)	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
dlrcoco.citizenspace.com	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	31 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	31 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	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	31 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	31 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)	© PSRA, PSI licence	1 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	25 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 1 Nov 2026, 00:30 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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