Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 28 Oct 2026, 14:10

Church Street

53.32905, -8.19671

Homes here mostly date from the 1990s. 63 homes approved 381 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 County Council: council consultations.

50 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 49–52 0open for comments nearbywithin 500 m 63homes approved nearby, not startednearest 118 m · 2260425

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 50 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 1991–2000, under planning permission and building regulations.

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 · Existing residential

Protected or listed · on the council's list

Yes

Vacant land tax · 3% of land value a year

Flood zone (development plan) · not in Zone A or B

Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail

ZoningR2 · Existing residential

What it says

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

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

ballinasloe local area plan 2022 2028 · 6 Jul 2022 – 5 Jul 2028

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

Vacant land taxYes 3% of the land's value a year

Flood riskNone mapped within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	2	Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes; College House
Monuments	14	Church; Graveyard

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: 26 on the draft 2027 map; 26 on the final 2026 map.

Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Development plan zoning (councils)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:06	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 02:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	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: 67% approved, and 1 in 2 are asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site12 decided · more info asked 58%

67% · council 79%

Approved nearbyGalway overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 12 nearby, 3,271 council-wide

Figure 3

Kilgarve, file by file since 2021

5 of 7 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 3 of 4.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

18 files with "Kilgarve" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2021–2026

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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

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	28 Oct 2026, 02:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Figure 4

A home extension's journey here

A decision takes 50 days.

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

Calculated15 decided home extensions, 4 start notices · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

Figure 5

What appeals changed

0 of 3 appealed refusals became permissions. 0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

Refusals appealed3 decided

0 became permissions

Approvals appealed1 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

501220 Refused · Kilgarve , Creagh , Ballinasloe · 299 m

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

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	27 Oct 2026, 23:11	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	open

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around Church Street with 10 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesNo decision yetRefused

1Kilgarve 2660015Approved, no sign building has started · 382 m
21.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 31 m
30.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 47 m
46.9 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 71 m
55.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 74 m
62.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 97 m
70.7 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 113 m
8Kilgarve, Ballinasloe 2660741No decision yet · 260 m
9Kilgarve, Creagh 2623Refused · 299 m
10Townparks, Shannonbridge Road Ballinasloe 2660152Refused · 408 m

Figure 6

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 16 permissions since 2016, 5 show a start notice and 2 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 7

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 8

Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

63 homes 381 m away were approved Oct 2026 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Oct 2031.

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

Kilgarve · 63 homes approved Oct 2026, not started · 381 m

Empty land zoned for homes 10

21.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 31 m
30.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 47 m
46.9 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 71 m
55.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 74 m
62.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 97 m
70.7 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 113 m
1.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 122 m
0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 210 m
0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 224 m
2.8 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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

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	28 Oct 2026, 02:21	open
Derelict sites registers	CC BY 4.0	26 Oct 2026, 23:09	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	open
Residential Zoned Land Tax maps	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:43	open

Figure 9

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 2 and 8 a year; busiest 2024. 70% 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 4 in the last 12 months

See every application on the map

8Kilgarve , Ballinasloe , Co. Galway No decision yet
for demolition of previously constructed single storey extension to the rear, construction of a new single…
266074113 May 20261 homes260 m
9Kilgarve , Creagh , Ballinasloe Refused
of an existing single storey granny flat to the rear of an existing single storey dwelling [permitted under…
262331 Mar 20261 homes299 m
10Townparks , Shannonbridge Road Ballinasloe , Co. Galway Refused
of a modular home, including associated services
266015231 Mar 20261 homes408 m
1Kilgarve , Ballinasloe , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
for a residential development to comprise of 63 units to be constructed in two phases. Phase 1- units 1-40…
26600152 Sept 20261 homes285 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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	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	28 Oct 2026, 02:21	open

Homes coming 63 not started

1Kilgarve · 63 homes · not started · runs out 12 Oct 2031 · 382 m
Kilgarve · 36 homes · building started · 118 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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

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	28 Oct 2026, 02:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	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

Crèches and schools inspected

Name	Latest inspection	Distance
Little Rascals · Crèche	23 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate	approx. 416 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: Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 27 Oct 2026, 23:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
Tusla early years register	Public register	21 Oct 2026, 23:37	open

How busy is this area About as busy as most of Galway County Council.

Homes approved

Here63

Council middle0

Homes started

Here12

Council middle2

How we work this out

Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.

Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

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	28 Oct 2026, 02:21	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 10

This street block against the council

79% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

26% · council 23%

Homes built since 2001

16% · council 39%

Owner-occupied

79% · council 75%

Rented

16% · council 18%

Children under 15

19% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

24% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

52% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

8% · council 11%

This small area (426 people)Galway

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067017026

Bus

295 m

Creagh · 548 · busiest stop within 500 m: 1 an hour at peak

Nearest school

318 m

S N Muire Gan Smal, 445 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

S N Muire Gan Smal · primary · 445 pupils · 318 m

Stops 4

Creagh · 548 · 0/hour at peak · 295 m
Creagh · 548 · 0/hour at peak · 304 m
Glentaun · 548, 763 · 1/hour at peak · 479 m
Glentaun · 548, 763, 763X · 1/hour at peak · 485 m

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

S N Muire Gan Smal · 318 m-0.2% pupils (445) · 2 classrooms 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 28 Oct 2026, 04:50

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026, 23:02	open
Department of Education school list	CC BY 4.0	27 Oct 2026, 23:04	open
National Planning Application Database	CC BY 4.0	28 Oct 2026, 04:50	open
Council consultation portals	Public	28 Oct 2026, 00:59	open
Council meetings (ModernGov)	Public	28 Oct 2026, 02:10	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

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

Townland: Kilgarve
Electoral division: Ballinasloe Urban
Electoral area: Ballinasloe
Council: Galway County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; on the vacant land tax map.
11 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 10 empty zoned plots.
63 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 63 at Kilgarve.
Glentaun (bus 548, 763) 485 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak; 3 from all stops within 500 m.
Here (2022 census): 78% owner-occupied (council 75%); 5% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 1991–2000; 73% drive to work (council 66%); population up 10% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
Homes started within 1 km: 1 in the last year, 39 three years before.
4 applications nearby in the last 12 months.

What the terms mean 4 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.
Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.

Sources and licences 26

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	28 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	28 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	© the publisher	27 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	26 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC BY 4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	Public	28 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC BY 4.0	28 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	28 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC BY 4.0	25 Oct 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
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	25 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 28 Oct 2026, 14:10 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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