Planning report · Galway City Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 5 Nov 2026, 04:10

An Bealach

53.29342, -9.09736

Homes here mostly date from after 2016. 2 applications nearby open for comments.

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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.

52 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–54 2open for comments nearbyclose 9 Nov

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
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 after 2016, with building records online.

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

Zoning · Rural cluster

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Vacant land tax · not on the map

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR3 · Rural cluster

What it says

Residential R2: To provide for low-density residential development which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and environmental sensitivities

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 R2: To provide for low-density residential development which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and environmental sensitivities

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 3 Bay 1.5 Storey Thatched Cottage

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 not on the map

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	2	Bushypark House; Saint James's Catholic Church
Monuments	1	Dovecote

How we work this out

'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Records of Protected Structures, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 1 Nov 2026, 23:58

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:13	open
Records of Protected Structures	CC BY 4.0	—	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:58	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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	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

A new house in a garden is harder: 84% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site38 decided · more info asked 37%

84% · 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 · 38 nearby, 176 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 approved

Kind	Applied	Approved	Refused
Garage conversion	1	1	—

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 5 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 3

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 52 days. 1 in 3 is asked for more information, which adds about 84 days.

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

Calculated27 decided home extensions, 5 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 4

What appeals changed

3 of 6 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 5 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed6 decided

3 became permissions

Approvals appealed5 decided

0 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 1 in the last 12 months

502074 Pending · Ballagh , Bushypark , Galway · 189 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 02:02

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)	© the publisher	4 Nov 2026, 23:17	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around An Bealach with 8 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsAppealApprovedRefused

1Site 4A Lakeview Hill, Barnacranny Bushypark 2660360No decision yet · 433 m
2Site 4B Lakeview Hill, Barnacranny Bushypark 2660361No decision yet · 436 m
3Ballagh, Bushypark 502074Appeal: no decision yet · 189 m
4Ballagh, Bushypark 2660192Approved with conditions · 145 m
5Ballagh, Bushypark 2560376Approved with conditions · 195 m
6Ballagh, Bushypark 2611Refused · 299 m
7Site 18 Lakeview Hill, Barnacranny Townland 2660075Approved with conditions · 342 m
8Kentfield, Glenlo Abbey Hotel 2660125Approved with conditions · 434 m

Figure 5

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 22 permissions since 2016, 7 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.

Measured23 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 6

The next 30 days

2 deadlines within 500 m; the first closes 9 Nov 2026.

Comments close

Comments close 9 Nov 20264 days left
22660361 · application received — Permission for the development which consists of: the development will consist of the following:…
€20 to the council · 436 m away
Comments close 9 Nov 20264 days left
12660360 · application received — Permission for development which consists of: the development will consist of the following: the…
€20 to the council · 433 m away

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

Figure 7

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 6 a year; busiest 2022. 91% 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

Open for comments €20 to comment

2Site 4B Lakeview Hill , Barnacranny Bushypark , Galway comments close 9 Nov 2026
Permission for the development which consists of: the development will consist of the following: the…
26603615 Oct 20261 homes436 m
1Site 4A Lakeview Hill , Barnacranny Bushypark , Galway comments close 9 Nov 2026
Permission for development which consists of: the development will consist of the following: the construction…
26603605 Oct 20261 homes433 m

Every application within 500 m 8 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

Ballagh , Bushypark , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: annexe building to use as artist’s studio within the curtilage…
266023120 Aug 20261 homes189 m
4Ballagh , Bushypark , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: 1. Convert the existing garage into a bedroom with an ensuite.…
266019218 Sept 20261 homes145 m
6Ballagh , Bushypark , Galway Refused
Permission for development which consists of: Extension of Duration, construction of dwelling house, domestic…
261127 May 2026299 m
7Site 18 Lakeview Hill , Barnacranny Townland , Bushypark Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: construction of a 2/3 storey dwelling house (457 SqM) and all…
26600751 May 20261 homes342 m
8Kentfield , Glenlo Abbey Hotel , County Galway Approved with conditions
for Protected Structure (RPS Nos. 3441 and 3952). The development will consist of construction of a…
266012524 Mar 2026434 m
5Ballagh , Bushypark , Galway Approved with conditions
Permission for development which consists of: (i) the demolition of existing dwelling and garage, (ii) the…
256037612 Aug 20261 homes195 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open

Building work nearby 1 in the last 12 months

1 not signed off

PaIrc Na Gcapaill, Galway · 24 Aug 2026 · 1 homes · start notice not signed off · 2360071 · 389 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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open

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

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here22

Council middle34

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 5 Nov 2026, 03:55

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 03:55	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 2026, 02:02	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 8

This street block against the council

93% owner-occupied (council 46%).

Homes built before 1971

13% · council 17%

Homes built since 2001

43% · council 31%

Owner-occupied

93% · council 46%

Rented

4% · council 47%

Children under 15

22% · council 15%

Aged 65 and over

23% · council 13%

Households with 2+ cars

70% · council 29%

Work mainly from home

19% · council 11%

This small area (367 people)Galway

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 068015011/02

Bus

422 m

Bushypark · 419 · busiest stop within 500 m: 0 an hour at peak

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

None nearby.

Stops 2

Bushypark · 419 · 422 m
Bushypark · 419 · 0/hour at peak · 489 m

Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 5 Nov 2026, 02:33

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026, 23:05	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Council consultation portals	Public	5 Nov 2026, 01:15	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	5 Nov 2026, 02:33	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

Application 433 m away open for comments until 9 Nov 2026: comment?
Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
Council
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: Rahoon
Electoral area: Galway City Central
Council: Galway City Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned R3 (rural cluster); not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
2 applications open for comments nearby; nearest closes 9 Nov 2026.
Bushypark (bus 419) 489 m away: 7 a day, fewer than one an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 93% owner-occupied (council 46%); 6% of homes empty (council 10%); most built 2016 or later; 63% drive to work (council 47%); population up 13% since 2016.
1 home extension within 250 m since 2026.
Around here the council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
8 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 83% approved (council 86%).

What the terms mean 8 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.
Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
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 26

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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.com	An Coimisiún Pleanála	CC BY 4.0	30 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 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	5 Nov 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	4 Nov 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	2 Nov 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	1 Nov 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	5 Nov 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	5 Nov 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	5 Nov 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	1 Nov 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 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	1 Nov 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 5 Nov 2026, 04:10 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.

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