Planning report · Galway City Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 23 Oct 2026, 23:17
15 Mellows Park, Renmore
53.27140, -9.03227
Homes here mostly date from the 1960s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (92%).
Not held yet for Galway City Council: council consultations.
1planning file on this houselatest 202192%of home extensions approved nearbyn=108 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 48–540open 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- 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
- 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
- 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 52 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
What's the planning story of this house?
When it was built, and the rules since
Most homes here were built 1961–70, around when planning permission began (1964). 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2021.
Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.
MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area
- 202121189 · extension · approved 2021 · started, no sign-off neededapprovedstartedsigned off?
On this site
R3
Zoning · Rural cluster
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
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
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 variations 1 2 3 · 4 Jan 2023 – 4 Jan 2029
Protected building1 within 100 m Stone Ordnance Survey Marker
Not on this site: heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.
Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
| Within 500 m | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage inventory buildings | 10 | Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa |
| Monuments | 4 | Bastioned fort; Fulacht fia |
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 council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 4 on the draft 2027 map; 4 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development plan zoning (councils) | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Oct 2026, 23:24 | open |
| Records of Protected Structures | CC BY 4.0 | — | 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 |
| 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 23 Oct 2026, 02:28
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:22 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
Could you extend?
Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.
What happened to applications like yours
Extensions here: 81–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 88% approved, and 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
Single-storey rear18 decided · more info asked 11%
100% · council 94%
Two-storey rear18 decided · more info asked 17%
100% · council 94%
Attic or dormer16 decided · more info asked 19%
81% · council 89%
First-floor11 decided · more info asked 9%
100% · council 90%
New house in a garden or site17 decided · more info asked 24%
88% · council 85%
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 · 80 nearby, 879 council-wide
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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 23 Oct 2026, 23:08
| 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 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:22 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
How long, and what if someone objects?
A home extension's journey here
A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 5 is asked for more information, which adds about 77 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.
Calculated108 decided home extensions, 31 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála
What appeals changed
10 of 19 appealed refusals became permissions. 3 of 18 appealed approvals were reversed.
Refusals appealed19 decided
10 became permissions
Approvals appealed18 decided
3 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
What's changing around you?
- 1Galway Harbour Company, New Docks Galway 2660002
- 22.8 ha zoned for homes
- 31.7 ha zoned for homes
- 41.3 ha zoned for homes
- 55.8 ha zoned for homes
- 6No.14 Lakeshore Drive, Renmore 2660328
- 73 Dun na Mara, Renmore 2660206
- 8No. 12. Dún Na Mara, Renmore 2660188
- 99 Dun Na Mara Drive, Renmore 2560368
- 1043, Renmore Road 2660241
What happens to applications within 500 m
Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate. Most owners opt out of sign-off.
Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.
Measured17 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates
The next 30 days
1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 23 Oct 2026.
Time to appeal ends
- Time to appeal ends 23 Oct 2026closes today12660002 · CONDITIONAL — Permission for development which consists of: Retention Permission for the existing car park for use on a…€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 355 m away
Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file
Sites that could change 4 within 500 m
Empty land zoned for homes 4
- 22.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 294 m
- 31.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 339 m
- 41.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 368 m
- 55.8 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 481 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 23 Oct 2026, 23:08
| 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 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:22 | open |
| Derelict sites registers | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 23:17 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
| Residential Zoned Land Tax maps | CC BY 4.0 | 19 Oct 2026, 00:29 | open |
Applications within 500 m, by year
Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2025. 94% 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 6 in the last 12 months
See every application on the map
- 6No.14 Lakeshore Drive , Renmore , Galway Approved with conditionsPermission for development which consists of: Permission to 1. Carry out internal modifications to existing…
- 1043 , Renmore Road , Galway Approved with conditionsPermission for development which consists of: The demolition of the existing garage, store and yard wall to…
- 73 Dun na Mara , Renmore , Galway Approved with conditionsPermission for development which consists of: Oliver Kelly is applying to Galway City council for permission…
- 8No. 12. Dún Na Mara , Renmore , Galway Approved with conditionsPermission for development which consists of: (1) The conversion of the attached garage to residential use.…
- 1Galway Harbour Company , New Docks Galway , Co. Galway Approved with conditionsPermission for development which consists of: Retention Permission for the existing car park for use on a…
- 99 Dun Na Mara Drive , Renmore , Galway City Approved with conditionsPermission for development which consists of: a change of use from garage to dwelling house, a single storey…
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 23 Oct 2026, 23:08
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:28 | 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 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:22 | open |
Building work nearby 2 in the last 12 months
- New Docks, Galway · 23 Jul 2026 · start notice not signed off · 25/60152 · 324 m
- New Docks, Galway · 23 Jul 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 25/60152 · 324 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 23 Oct 2026, 02:22
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Control Management System (commencement notices) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:22 | open |
Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools
Named places estate, developments, inspections
Estate: Mellows Park · 2 applications in 10 years · most common: single-storey rear
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.
How busy is this area Busier than most of Galway City Council.
Homes approved
Here0
Council middle5
Homes started
Here60
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 23 Oct 2026, 23:08
| 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 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:22 | open |
| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
What's the area like?
This street block against the council
52% of homes built before 1971 (council 17%). 73% owner-occupied (council 46%).
Homes built before 1971
52% · council 17%
Homes built since 2001
3% · council 31%
Owner-occupied
73% · council 46%
Rented
24% · council 47%
Children under 15
16% · council 15%
Aged 65 and over
28% · council 13%
Households with 2+ cars
23% · council 29%
Work mainly from home
9% · council 11%
This small area (247 people)Galway
MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 068009002
Bus
346 m
Renmore Barracks · 402 · busiest stop within 500 m: 2 an hour at peak
Nearest school
947 m
Lakeview School, 76 pupils
Schools, stops and the council
Schools
- Lakeview School · primary · 76 pupils · 947 m
- Rosedale School · primary · 75 pupils · 986 m
Stops 16
- Renmore Barracks · 402 · 2/hour at peak · 346 m
- Renmore Barracks · 402 · 2/hour at peak · 351 m
- Arbutus Avenue · 402 · 2/hour at peak · 593 m
- Dun na Mara · 402 · 2/hour at peak · 611 m
- Dun na Mara · 402 · 2/hour at peak · 621 m
- Hawthorn Dr · 402 · 2/hour at peak · 726 m
- Hawthorn Dr · 402 · 2/hour at peak · 737 m
Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year
- Lakeview School · 947 m+2.7% pupils (76)
- Rosedale School · 986 m+2.7% pupils (75)
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 23 Oct 2026, 02:42
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 23 Oct 2026, 02:28 | open |
| Council consultation portals | Public | 23 Oct 2026, 01:47 | open |
| Council meetings (ModernGov) | Public | 23 Oct 2026, 02:42 | 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 | — | — |
What to ask, and who
- Extension (21189) built without official sign-off: built properly?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
- Any work done without planning permission?Seller · solicitorAsk for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
Where this is, the terms, the sources
- Electoral division
- Lough Atalia
- Electoral area
- Galway City East
- Council
- Galway City Council
Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
- 1 application on this site; latest 21189, approved 2021, started, no sign-off needed.
- Zoned R3 (rural cluster); not protected; no vacant land tax.
- 4 sites nearby could change: 4 empty zoned plots.
- Renmore Barracks (bus 402) 346 m away: 2 an hour at morning peak; 4 from all stops within 500 m.
- Here (2022 census): 72% owner-occupied (council 46%); 10% of homes empty (council 10%); most built 1961–1970; 53% drive to work (council 47%); population down 2% since 2016.
- The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
- 6 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 100% approved (council 86%).
- 60 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 36).
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.
- Protected building (Protected structure (Record of Protected Structures)): A building the council has listed for its heritage value.
- Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
- What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
Sources and licences 27
| Source | Publisher | Licence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPA strategic noise maps | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| Fingal County Council | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0) | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| National Transport Authority | — | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| services-eu1.arcgis.com | An Coimisiún Pleanála | CC BY 4.0 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| data.nbco.gov.ie | National Building Control Office (BCMS) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 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 | 23 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 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| services.arcgis.com | Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database) | CC BY 4.0 | 23 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 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| data.gov.ie | Local authorities (Record of Protected Structures) | CC BY 4.0 | — |
| 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 |
| 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 23 Oct 2026, 23:17 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.