Planning report · Galway City Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 24 Oct 2026, 04:57

67 Dalysfort Road

53.26326, -9.08034

Homes here mostly date from the 1950s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2022. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (94%). 25 homes approved 473 m away haven't started.

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Distance

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Time

12 months 2 years 5 years

Not held yet for Galway City Council: council consultations.

2planning files on this houselatest 2022 94%of home extensions approved nearbyn=231 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs 53 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–55 0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m 25homes approved nearby, not startednearest 414 m · 2560381

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 53 days
4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
5AppealAt An Coimisiún Pleanála
6PermissionLasts 5 years
7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 7 months after
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 1946–60, before planning permission was needed. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2023.

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

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

2023
22311 · work already done · approved 2023 · work already done
approvedstartedsigned off?
2022
21380 · work already done · approved 2022 · work already done
approvedstartedsigned off?

1 Jul 2021 · notice that building work was starting · owner opted out of official sign-off: no completion certificate expected
8 Mar 2021 · notice that building work was starting · signed off as finished may 2024

On this site

Zoning · Rural cluster

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Yes

Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR3 · Rural cluster

What it says

Residential: To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods

A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

galway city development plan 2023 2029 · 4 Jan 2023 – 4 Jan 2029

ZoningR3 · Rural cluster

What it says

A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

galway city development plan 2023 2029 variations 1 2 3 · 4 Jan 2023 – 4 Jan 2029

Monument zone1 within 100 m House - 18th/19th century, Cappanaveagh

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 taxYes 3% of the land's value a year

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	3	Salthill Park; Catholic Church of Christ the King
Monuments	7	Ringfort - unclassified; House - 18th/19th century

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: 43 on the draft 2027 map; 43 on the final 2026 map.

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:24	open
Sites and Monuments Record	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:29	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open
Constraint layers (bundle)	CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	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

Extensions are almost always approved here: 85–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 80% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear46 decided · more info asked 13%

98% · council 94%

Two-storey rear30 decided · more info asked 37%

97% · council 92%

Two-storey side10 decided · more info asked 20%

100% · council 96%

Attic or dormer27 decided · more info asked 22%

85% · council 88%

First-floor14 decided · more info asked 7%

93% · council 96%

Garage conversion13 decided · more info asked 31%

100% · council 97%

Porch or front22 decided · more info asked 9%

91% · council 89%

New house in a garden or site49 decided · more info asked 37%

80% · council 84%

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 · 211 nearby, 607 council-wide

Extensions and refusals right beside you 2 within 250 m · 1 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 2 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

2 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Dormer or attic	1	1	—
Side	1	1	—

On Dalysfort Road: 22 extensions in 10 years, 86% of all applications approved; most common rear.

Refused within 100 m 1 in the last 12 months

2660086 · work already done · refused 5 May 2026 · 78 m

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 24 Oct 2026, 02:29

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 53 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 91 days. Building starts about 7 months after permission.

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

Calculated231 decided home extensions, 98 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

6 of 15 appealed refusals became permissions. 1 of 25 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed15 decided

6 became permissions

Approvals appealed25 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 4 in the last 12 months

501446 Refused · 46 Dalysfort Road , Towland of Cappanaveagh , Salthill · 78 m
501955 Pending · No 20 Lenaboy Park , Salthill , Galway · 310 m
501737 Open · Quincentennial Drive , Salthill , Galway City. · 476 m
501557 Open · 206 Upper Salthill Road , Salthill , Galway · 395 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 24 Oct 2026, 02:29

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	23 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around 67 Dalysfort Road with 15 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedRefusedEmpty land zoned for homesBuilding startedNo decision yetApproved

1Rockbarton Court 21307Approved, no sign building has started · 473 m
246 Dalysfort Road, Towland of Cappanaveagh 2660086Refused · 78 m
35.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 25 m
41.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 50 m
510 Rockbarton Road, Galway 25/60151Building started · 129 m
610 Rockbarton Road, Galway 25/60151Building started · 136 m
71.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 139 m
80.4 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 139 m
95.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 145 m
101.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 171 m
1119 Doctor Mannix Road, Galway 2560391Building started · 187 m
1219 Árd na Mara, Bóthar na Trá 2660152No decision yet · 103 m
1319 Doctor Mannix Road, Salthill 2560391Approved with conditions · 174 m
143 D'alton Drive, Salthill 2660078Approved with conditions · 214 m
153 PARK AVENUE, SALTHILL 2560377Approved with conditions · 237 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 137 permissions since 2016, 55 show a start notice and 4 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.

Measured152 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 13 Nov 2026.

High Court window ends

Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 13 Nov 202620 days left
Refuse permission
78 m away

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

Figure 7

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

25 homes 473 m away were approved May 2022 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Nov 2028.

Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

Sites that could change 11 within 500 m

Approved, not started 1

Rockbarton Court · 25 homes approved May 2022, not started · 473 m

Empty land zoned for homes 10

35.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 25 m
41.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 50 m
71.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 139 m
80.4 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 139 m
95.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 145 m
101.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 171 m
1.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 176 m
1.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 188 m
1.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 208 m
2.1 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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	19 Oct 2026, 00:29	open

Figure 8

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 18 and 35 a year; busiest 2023. 89% 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

Every application within 500 m 26 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

14 Glenard Road , Salthill , Galway City Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: The development will consist of the demolition of a front…
266030613 Oct 20261 homes355 m
7 Oaklands , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: construction of a rear single storey extension, internal…
266023221 Aug 20261 homes268 m
14 Gortard Avenue , Rockbarton , Galway Approved with conditions
Planning permission which consists of: planning permission is sought for the demolition of an existing…
266021917 Aug 20261 homes404 m
67 Devon Park , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: permission for, extension to and refurbishment of existing…
266020313 Jun 20261 homes442 m
No 20 Lenaboy Park , Salthill , Galway Refused
Permission for development which consists of: to demolish existing house and attached garage to construct a…
266018428 Jul 20261 homes310 m
1219 Árd na Mara , Bóthar na Trá , Gaillimh No decision yet
Permission for development which consists of: Retention (1) the relocation of the existing vehicular entrance…
26601527 May 20261 homes103 m
4 Glenard Avenue , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: a) the retention of a change of use from domestic garage to…
266011528 May 2026359 m
6 Rockbarton Green , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: John and Orla Geaney intend to apply to Galway City Council for…
266011428 May 20261 homes277 m
Apartment 79 Baily Point , Upper Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: retention of an extension to the existing apartment and all…
266010721 May 2026438 m
246 Dalysfort Road , Towland of Cappanaveagh , Salthill Refused
Permission for development which consists of: retention permission and permission for works to dwellinghouse…
26600865 May 20262 homes78 m
143 D'alton Drive , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: construct an extension to the side of an existing dwelling…
26600781 May 20261 homes214 m
2 Gortard Avenue , Rockbarton North , Salthill Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: permission for alteration and extension of the existing attic…
266006929 Apr 20261 homes447 m
51 Devon Park , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: (A) Demolition of the existing two storey side extension and…
266006324 Apr 20261 homes453 m
4 Glenard Avenue , Salthill , Galway Withdrawn or not valid
Permission for development which consists of: a change of use from domestic garage to residential living…
266003816 Feb 20261 homes359 m
No. 2 Dalysfort Road , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of permission for retention is sought for partially constructed…
266002226 Mar 20262 homes465 m
22 Glenard Avenue , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: retention permission is sought for garden shed foundation.…
256039424 Feb 20261 homes426 m
1319 Doctor Mannix Road , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: Permission for the construction of alterations to existing…
256039120 Feb 20261 homes174 m
183 Salthill Road Upper , Salthill , Galway Refused
Permission for development which consists of: Planning Permission is sought by Oldside Enterprise Ltd., for…
256038920 Feb 2026482 m
206 Upper Salthill Road , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: demolition of an existing three storey over double basement…
256038129 May 2026395 m
153 PARK AVENUE , SALTHILL , GALWAY Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: completion of construction and retention of amendments to floor…
256037713 Feb 20261 homes237 m
22 Glenard Avenue , Salthill , Galway Withdrawn or not valid
Permission for development which consists of: retention permission is sought for garden shed foundation.…
256035627 Nov 20251 homes427 m
Energie Fitness Gym Unit B at Baily Point , Upper Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: Belfort Capital Ltd is making an application to Galway City…
256035530 Jan 2026476 m
5 Devon Mews , Salthill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: demolition of garage at side of dwellinghouse, demolition of…
256035429 Jan 2026393 m
17 Ardmore , Taylors Hill Rd , Galway City Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: retention of bay window and canopy to the front at ground floor…
256034516 Jan 20261 homes454 m
28 Dalysfort Road , Salthill , Galway. Approved with conditions
sought to extend existing workshop/store for use as home office/gym and all associated site works. Gross…
256034315 Jan 20261 homes255 m
Dominican College , Taylors Hill , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: An Board Pleanála under (ABP) 312952-22 granted permission for…
253319 Dec 2025435 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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open

Building work nearby 16 in the last 12 months

7 not signed off9 no sign-off needed

6 Rockbarton Green, Galway, H91 N93C · 21 Oct 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 26/60114 · 290 m
610 Rockbarton Road, Galway · 22 Sept 2026 · 2 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60151 · 136 m
510 Rockbarton Road, Galway · 22 Sept 2026 · 2 homes · start notice not signed off · 25/60151 · 129 m
36 Glenard Crescent, Galway, H91 ER2V · 27 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560304 · 393 m
4 Glenard Avenue, Galway, H91 P90H · 24 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · PP2660115 · 420 m
1119 Doctor Mannix Road, Galway, H91 W9HE · 20 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 2560391 · 187 m
Rockbarton North, Galway, H91 KH94 · 16 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · 25/60056 · 393 m
2 Dalysfort Road, Galway · 5 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2660022 · 473 m
28 Dalysfort Road, Salthill, Galway, H91 W08Y · 1 Jun 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/60343 · 263 m
28 Dalysfort Road, Salthill, Galway, H91 W08Y · 19 May 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 23/151 · 261 m
3 Beach Avenue, Galway, H91 DD8C · 17 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24/60356 · 478 m
6 Doctor Mannix Road, Galway, H91 P8KH · 23 Mar 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 446 m
5 Glenard Road, Galway, H91 Y83C · 2 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560047 · 340 m
150 Bóthar Na Trá Uachtarach, Galway · 29 Dec 2025 · start notice not signed off · 2460218 · 482 m
8 Rockbarton Green, Galway, H91 YN1F · 4 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · short notice no sign-off needed · 278 m
147 Upper Salthill, Galway, H91 FT6K · 25 Oct 2025 · start notice not signed off · 23/114 · 456 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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open

Homes coming 25 not started

b) No. 152 Upper Salthill Road ; c) No. 154 Upper Salthill R · 157 homes · building started · 462 m
1Rockbarton Court · 25 homes · not started · runs out 22 Nov 2028 · 473 m
Gort Ard House · 18 homes · building started · 415 m
206 Upper Salthill Road · 14 homes · under appeal · runs out 29 May 2031 · 414 m

How we work this out

Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open
Social housing construction status report	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:02	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

Named places estate, developments, inspections

Estate: Dalysfort Road · 38 applications in 10 years · 86% approved · most common: rear

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Bright Minds Preschool · Crèche	19 Feb 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	255 m
Rosebuds Pre- School · Crèche	2 Dec 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	622 m
Smarties Montessori · Crèche	12 May 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	709 m
Amberley Montessori Preschool · Crèche	6 Sept 2024 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	850 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: Housing estates, Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 21 Oct 2026, 23:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Housing estates	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 20:18	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	21 Oct 2026, 23:37	open

How busy is this area Busier than most of Galway City Council.

Homes approved

Here189

Council middle5

Homes started

Here70

Council middle36

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 24 Oct 2026, 02:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	23 Oct 2026, 23:08	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:34	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 9

This street block against the council

77% of homes built before 1971 (council 17%). 71% owner-occupied (council 46%).

Homes built before 1971

77% · council 17%

Homes built since 2001

11% · council 31%

Owner-occupied

71% · council 46%

Rented

25% · council 47%

Children under 15

9% · council 15%

Aged 65 and over

24% · council 13%

Households with 2+ cars

30% · council 29%

Work mainly from home

17% · council 11%

This small area (266 people)Galway

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 068017003

Bus

108 m

Forster Park · 401 · busiest stop within 500 m: 4 an hour at peak

Nearest school

78 m

Scoil Ide, 244 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Scoil Ide · primary · 244 pupils · 78 m
Scoil Naomh Einde · primary · 119 pupils · 255 m
Jesus & Mary Secondary School · postprimary · 658 pupils · 618 m
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis · primary · 297 pupils · 622 m
Dominican College · postprimary · 564 pupils · 634 m
Coláiste Einde · postprimary · 808 pupils · 679 m

Stops 36

Forster Park · 401 · 3/hour at peak · 108 m
Dalysfort Road · 401 · 3/hour at peak · 173 m
Pearse Stadium · 401 · 3/hour at peak · 224 m
Salthill Pk · 401 · 3/hour at peak · 368 m
Salthill Upr · 401, 410, 424 · 4/hour at peak · 433 m
Salthill Upr · 401, 410 · 3/hour at peak · 450 m
Salthill GAA · 401 · 3/hour at peak · 459 m
Lenaboy Pk · 401, 410 · 3/hour at peak · 499 m

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

Scoil Ide · 78 m-10.3% pupils (244)
Scoil Naomh Einde · 255 m+1.7% pupils (119)
Jesus & Mary Secondary School · 618 m-1.2% pupils (658)
Scoil Náisiúnta Róis · 622 m-5.7% pupils (297)
Dominican College · 634 m-6.2% pupils (564) · a pitch or play area 2025, approved with conditions
Coláiste Einde · 679 m+0.2% pupils (808) · an extension 2025, approved with conditions

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 24 Oct 2026, 02:46

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Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026, 23:44	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 02:29	open
Council consultation portals	Public	24 Oct 2026, 01:49	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	24 Oct 2026, 02:46	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

Work already done (22311): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Work already done (21380): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
On the vacant land tax map: is the 3% tax being paid?
Ask for: Your solicitor's check of liability or exemption.
Solicitor
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

Electoral division: Rockbarton
Electoral area: Galway City West
Council: Galway City Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 22311, approved 2023, work already done.
Zoned R3 (rural cluster); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
11 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 10 empty zoned plots.
1 application refused within 100 m since 2025; latest for work already done (2026).
25 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 25 at Rockbarton Court.
Salthill Upr (bus 401, 410) 433 m away: 4 an hour at morning peak; 25 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 71% owner-occupied (council 46%); 13% of homes empty (council 10%); most built 1946–1960; 49% drive to work (council 47%); population down 12% since 2016.
2 home extensions within 250 m since 2025. On Dalysfort Road: 22 in 10 years, 86% approved.

What the terms mean 7 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.
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 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	23 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	24 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 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	Local authorities (consultation portals)	Public	24 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	23 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	19 Oct 2026
overpass-api.de	OpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County Council	ODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	24 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	24 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	24 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	18 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC BY-SA 4.0	23 Oct 2026
tusla.ie	Tusla (Early Years Inspectorate)	Public register	21 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC BY 4.0	18 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 24 Oct 2026, 04:57 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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