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Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 1 Nov 2026, 05:10

R336

53.24960, -9.16077

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (92%).

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years

Not held yet for Galway County Council: council consultations.

92%of home extensions approved nearbyn=50 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs54 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 50–540open 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
  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. Here about 5 months after
  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.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 2001–2010 (census estimate)most built

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

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

On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
Yes
Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year
No
Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Residential Existing: To protect and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

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.

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments3Church; Ringfort - cashel
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. This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 22 on the draft 2027 map; 22 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
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

Extensions here: 82% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 79% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

Attic or dormer11 decided · more info asked 9%
82% · council 92%
New house in a garden or site28 decided · more info asked 43%
79% · 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 · 39 nearby, 3,502 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 1 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 1 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

1 no decision or withdrawn
KindAppliedApprovedRefused
First-floor10—

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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 54 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 126 days. Building starts about 5 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 54 days; If more info asked (1 in 5): 181 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; Building starts: 152 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 54 days, middle half 50–54 (n=40)54 daysIf more info asked (1 in 5)With further information: median 181 days (n=10)181 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksBuilding startsStart notice: median 152 days after permission (n=8)152 days after permissionSigned off62% of owners opt out of sign-off

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

    Calculated50 decided home extensions, 8 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 4

    What appeals changed

    3 of 8 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 3 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed8 decided
    3 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 2 in the last 12 months
    • 502001 Pending · An Fora? Maola Thoir , Barna , Galway · 484 m
    • 501794 Pending · Rinn na Mara , Bearna , Co. Galway · 472 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher31 Oct 2026, 23:12open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around R336 with 14 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseWindow closingEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetApprovedRefused
    1. 1Forramoyle East, Barna 26224Approved with conditions · 365 m
    2. 23.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 42 m
    3. 30.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 47 m
    4. 42.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 120 m
    5. 50.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 122 m
    6. 60.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 144 m
    7. 70.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 145 m
    8. 8Na Foraí Maola Thoir, Barna 2661294No decision yet · 217 m
    9. 9Áit An Ghlugair, 6 Creagan Barna 2660247Approved with conditions · 259 m
    10. 10Na Foraí Maola Thoir, Barna 2660515Approved with conditions · 383 m
    11. 11An Foraí Maola Thoir, Barna 2660517Approved with conditions · 403 m
    12. 12Rinn na Mara, Seapoint Barna 2660399Approved with conditions · 425 m
    13. 13Rinn na Mara, Bearna 2660747Refused · 472 m
    14. 14An Foraí Maola Thoir, Barna 2561916Approved with conditions · 484 m
    Figure 5

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 32 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 1 has a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.

    36 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 32 approved, 4 refused. After appeals: 32 approved. Of those: 1 signed off, 3 built with the owner's opt-out, 1 started, 12 with no start notice found, 15 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT32: lodged → approved4: lodged → refused31: approved → approved3: refused → refused1 approved by the council, refused after an appeal1 refused by the council, approved after an appeal12: approved → no start notice found3: approved → built, owner opted out1: approved → started, not signed off1: approved → signed off15: approved → ran out36 lodged36 lodged32 approved32 approved4 refused4 refused32 approved32 approved4 refused4 refused12 no start notice found12 no start notice found3 built, owner opted out3 built, owner opted out1 started, not signed off1 started, not signed off1 signed off1 signed off15 ran out15 ran out

    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.

    Measured36 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 6

    The next 30 days

    1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 19 Nov 2026.

    1 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-19 26224: CONDITIONAL — of planning reference 21/369, for the demolition of: the existing front porch, eastern side projection, and 1 chimney sttoday6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov26 Nov1 Dec26224: CONDITIONAL — of planning reference 21/369, for the demolition of: the existing front porch, eastern side projection, and 1 chimney st · 365 m away · 2026-11-19
    Time to appeal ends
    • Time to appeal ends 19 Nov 202618 days left
      126224 · CONDITIONAL — of planning reference 21/369, for the demolition of: the existing front porch, eastern side projection,…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 365 m away

    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

    • 23.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 42 m
    • 30.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 47 m
    • 42.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 120 m
    • 50.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 122 m
    • 60.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 144 m
    • 70.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 145 m
    • 6.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 157 m
    • 1.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 195 m
    • 1.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 197 m
    • 3.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 0 m

    Not covered here: council land to be sold (Dublin only).

    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 23:09open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 7

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2025. 89% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 23, 2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 4, 2026: 501020302021: 20 approved2021: 3 refused23’21*2023: 1 approved1’232024: 3 approved3’242025: 4 approved4’252026: 4 approved2026: 1 refused5’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

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

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Every application within 500 m 10 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
    1 no sign-off needed
    • Forramoyle East, Bearna, Galway, H91 CDW0 · 25 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 21/369 · 443 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 1 Nov 2026, 03:07
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    0
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Galway County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here42
    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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.030 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 03:07open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 8

    This street block against the council

    67% owner-occupied (council 75%).

    Homes built before 1971
    19% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    47% · council 39%
    Owner-occupied
    67% · council 75%
    Rented
    26% · council 18%
    Children under 15
    19% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    17% · council 17%
    Households with 2+ cars
    46% · council 52%
    Work mainly from home
    27% · council 11%
    This small area (316 people)Galway

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067032009

    Road noise
    60–64 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022)
    Nearest school
    976 m
    S N Seamus Naofa, 221 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • S N Seamus Naofa · primary · 221 pupils · 976 m

    Stops 3

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

      • S N Seamus Naofa · 976 m-9.1% pupils (221)
      Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, 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 1 Nov 2026, 05:02
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Oct 2026, 23:04open
      National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.01 Nov 2026, 05:02open
      Council consultation portalsPublic1 Nov 2026, 01:08open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public1 Nov 2026, 02:24open
      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. On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
        Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
        Solicitor
      2. 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
      Lacklea
      Electoral division
      Barna
      Electoral area
      Conamara South
      Council
      Galway County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
      • 10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
      • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
      • Noise from road traffic mapped at 60–64 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
      • Here (2022 census): 67% owner-occupied (council 75%); 15% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 58% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
      • 1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
      • Around here the council decides in a median 58 days (about 8 weeks); 39% are asked for more information.
      • Homes started within 1 km: 7 in the last year, 47 three years before.
      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.
      • 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.
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      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 4.030 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public1 Nov 2026
      www2.courts.ie—© the publisher31 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.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
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      services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.01 Nov 2026
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      services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
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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 1 Nov 2026, 05:10 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.