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Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 12:26

Na Doireadha, Cill Chuimín, Conamara Municipal District, County Galway, Connacht, Éire / Ireland

53.27273, -9.52411

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.

See on the mapWatch this area
Applications, appeals and commencement notices for this county. Consultations, zoning and RZLT maps: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow only for now.

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
  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. 3 planning files on this house, the latest from 2020.

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. 3 planning files on this house.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 built2020: 191563 · chun le teach, approved2019: 19922 · chun bóthar isteach, refused2019: 19275 · chun bóther isteach, withdrawn or invalid

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

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

  1. 2020
    191563 · chun le teach · approved 2020 · ran out unbuilt
    approvedstartedsigned off
  2. 2019
    19922 · chun bóthar isteach · refused 2019
    approvedstarted?signed off?
  3. 2019
    19275 · chun bóther isteach · withdrawn
    approved?started?signed 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.

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Vacant land taxNo not on the map
Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m
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: zoning, rzlt, constraints · fetched 11 Oct 2026, 23:18
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
zoningCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
rzltCC-BY-4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
constraintsmixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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: bcms, npad · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 00:44
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

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: npad, acp · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
    npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Figure 2

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 7 permissions since 2016, 0 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    15 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 7 approved, 8 refused. After appeals: 7 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 0 started, 4 with no start notice found, 3 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT7: lodged → approved8: lodged → refused7: approved → approved8: refused → refused4: approved → no start notice found3: approved → ran out15 lodged15 lodged7 approved7 approved8 refused8 refused7 approved7 approved8 refused8 refused4 no start notice found4 no start notice found3 ran out3 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.

    Measured15 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 3

    The next 30 days

    Nothing closes within 500 m in the next 30 days.

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

      Figure 4

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2019. 47% of decisions were approvals.

      2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 4, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 105102017: 1 refused1’17*2018: 3 refused3’182019: 2 approved2019: 2 refused4’192020: 1 approved1’202021: 1 refused1’212022: 1 approved2022: 1 refused2’222023: 2 approved2’232024: 1 approved1’24
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2017 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

      Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

      Every application within 500 m 0 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
        Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months
        1 no sign-off needed
        • Doiriú Theas, Baile na hAbhainn, Galway · 17 Nov 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 24/60887 · 149 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: bcms · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 00:44
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
        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: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 9 Oct 2026, 23:03
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        acpCC-BY-4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        bcmsCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
        npadCC-BY-4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 5

        This street block against the council

        75% owner-occupied (council 75%).

        Homes built before 1971
        29% · council 23%
        Homes built since 2001
        28% · council 39%
        Owner-occupied
        75% · council 75%
        Rented
        12% · council 18%
        Children under 15
        16% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        20% · council 17%
        Households with 2+ cars
        48% · council 52%
        Work mainly from home
        12% · council 11%
        This small area (281 people)Galway

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067122004

        Bus
        686 m
        Na Doiriú Theas · 424
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        None nearby.

          Stops 2

          • Na Doiriú Theas · 424 · 1/hour at peak · 686 m
          • Na Doiriú Theas · 424 · 1/hour at peak · 708 m
          Sources: gtfs, schools, consult, moderngov, lda_lands, 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 11 Oct 2026, 23:43
          SourceLicenceFetchedLink
          gtfsCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
          schoolsCC-BY-4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
          consultpublic15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
          moderngovpublic15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
          lda_landsCC-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. Chun le teach (191563) ran out unbuilt in 2025: built anyway?
            Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
            Seller · solicitor
          2. Chun bóthar isteach (19922) refused 2019: built anyway?
            Ask for: The seller's answer and your surveyor's check.
            Seller · solicitor
          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
          Derroogh South
          Electoral division
          Kilcummin
          Electoral area
          Conamara South
          Council
          Galway County Council
          Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
          • 3 applications on this site; latest 191563, approved 2020, ran out unbuilt.
          • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
          • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
          • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Na Doiriú Theas, 686 m away (20 a day).
          • Here (2022 census): 74% owner-occupied (council 75%); 17% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 60% drive to work (council 66%); population up 7% since 2016.
          • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
          • 1 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).
          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.
          • Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
          • 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 23
          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-4.09 Oct 2026
          data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC-BY-4.014 Oct 2026
          data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…27 Sept 2026
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          www2.courts.ie—all-rights-reserved15 Oct 2026
          cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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          transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC-BY-4.011 Oct 2026
          lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026
          meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)public15 Oct 2026
          services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC-BY-4.015 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 15 Oct 2026, 12:26 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.