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Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 22 Oct 2026, 07:36

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

53.16151, -8.99019

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

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Not held yet for Galway County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 202654 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 52–621open for comments nearbyclose 27 Oct

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 54 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council
  8. 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. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2026.

Timeline from 1955: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 2001–2010. 1 planning file on this house.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Tawnagh WestBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built2026: 2660804 · garden room, approved2018: 1 file on Tawnagh West2019: 2 files on Tawnagh West2022: 1 file on Tawnagh West2026: 1 file on Tawnagh West5 files

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

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

  1. 2026
    2660804 · garden room · approved 2026 · work already done
    approvedstartedsigned off?
On this site
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · not on the map
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

No zoning in the plans we hold.

Monument zone1 within 100 m Ritual site - holy well, Tawnagh West (Doorus Ed)

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, 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 mCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings2mill (tide); dam/reservoir/basin
Monuments11Well; Windmill
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), Sites and Monuments Record, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
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: 93% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site15 decided · more info asked 40%
93% · 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 · 15 nearby, 5,278 council-wide

Figure 3

Tawnagh West, file by file since 2018

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved.

5 planning files on Tawnagh West since 2018, by kind and decision.201820192020202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo number · 2019 · other extension · approved · 191356No number · 2019 · other extension · approved · 19921No number · 2022 · rear · approved · 2260229Porches, roofs, otherNo number · 2018 · other work · approved · 181857No number · 2026 · other work · approved · 2660804New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

5 files with "Tawnagh 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 · 2018–2026

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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 52–62 (n=12)54 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksSigned off100% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated16 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Doorus ED, Loughrea Municipal District, County Galway, Connacht, Éire / Ireland with 2 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved
    1. 1Tawnagh West, Co. Galway 2661588No decision yet · 16 m
    2. 2Tawnagh West, Kinvara 2660804Approved with conditions · 0 m
    Figure 5

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-27 2661588: application received — to construct a dwelling house, garage, and wastewater treatment system and all associated workstoday27 Oct1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov2661588: application received — to construct a dwelling house, garage, and wastewater treatment system and all associated works · 16 m away · 2026-10-27
    Comments close
    • Comments close 27 Oct 20265 days left
      12661588 · application received — to construct a dwelling house, garage, and wastewater treatment system and all associated works
      €20 to the council · 16 m away

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

    Figure 6

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 2 a year; busiest 2019. 100% of decisions were approvals.

    2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2022: 1, 2026: 105102018: 1 approved1’18*2019: 2 approved2’192022: 1 approved1’222026: 1 approved1’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2018 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    • 1Tawnagh West , Co. Galway comments close 27 Oct 2026
      to construct a dwelling house, garage, and wastewater treatment system and all associated works
      266158821 Sept 20261 homes16 m
    Every application within 500 m 2 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    • 2Tawnagh West , Kinvara , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
      of dwelling house, garden shed/home office, septic tank and percolation area (Previous Planning Ref. No.…
      266080413 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    0
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Galway County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here1
    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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 7

    This street block against the council

    84% owner-occupied (council 75%).

    Homes built before 1971
    26% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    39% · council 39%
    Owner-occupied
    84% · council 75%
    Rented
    7% · council 18%
    Children under 15
    28% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    12% · council 17%
    Households with 2+ cars
    62% · council 52%
    Work mainly from home
    21% · council 11%
    This small area (246 people)Galway

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067088005

    Bus
    622 m
    Nogra · 351
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    None nearby.

      Stops 1

      • Nogra · 351 · 0/hour at peak · 622 m
      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 22 Oct 2026, 02:38
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Council consultation portalsPublic22 Oct 2026, 01:44open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public22 Oct 2026, 02:38open
      Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
      cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
      National Transport AuthorityCC 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 mapsCC BY 4.0——
      Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
      Question 6

      What to ask, and who

      1. Garden room (2660804): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
        Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
        Seller · solicitor
      2. Application 16 m away open for comments until 27 Oct 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        Council
      3. 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
      Tawnagh West
      Electoral division
      Doorus
      Electoral area
      Gort-Kinvara
      Council
      Galway County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • 1 application on this site; latest 2660804, approved 2026, work already done.
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 27 Oct 2026.
      • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Nogra, 622 m away (4 a day).
      • Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 75%); 9% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 61% drive to work (council 66%); population up 8% 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 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.
      • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
      • 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.
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      SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
      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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
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      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher21 Oct 2026
      cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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      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 22 Oct 2026, 07:36 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.