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Planning report · Galway County Council · 2000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 22 Oct 2026, 03:59

L7240

53.47950, -8.54530

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 24 homes approved 1.5 km away haven't started.

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Not held yet for Galway County Council: council consultations.

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.

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 2001–2010.1960197019801990200020102020Oct 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 built

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
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 2.0 km
Within 2.0 kmCountFor example
Heritage inventory buildings6Moylough House; water pump
Monuments7Ritual site - holy well; Ritual site - holy tree/bush
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. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 29 on the draft 2027 map; 29 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 19 Oct 2026, 00:29
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:24open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
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: 87% approved, and 1 in 2 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site15 decided · more info asked 47%
87% · council 81%
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 · 15 nearby, 5,278 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 3

    What appeals changed

    0 of 1 appealed approvals were reversed.

    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

    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around L7240 with 15 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsWindow closingApproved, not startedEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yet
    1. 1Cloonreleagh (Bellew), Mountbellew 2661630No decision yet · 1.7 km
    2. 2Castlebellew, Moylough 2661160Approved with conditions · 2.0 km
    3. 3Moylough 2360472Approved, no sign building has started · 1.5 km
    4. 40.6 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.2 km
    5. 50.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.3 km
    6. 60.5 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.3 km
    7. 71.3 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.3 km
    8. 81.1 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.4 km
    9. 91.0 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 1.4 km
    10. 10Moylough More, Moylough 2561602Approved with conditions · 1.5 km
    11. 11Moylough More Patch, Moylough 2660367Approved with conditions · 1.6 km
    12. 12Patch, Moylough Ballinasloe 2660510Approved with conditions · 1.6 km
    13. 13Patch, Moylough 2680Approved with conditions · 1.8 km
    14. 14Cloonreleagh (Bellew), McCormacks Service Station 2661420No decision yet · 1.9 km
    15. 15Moylough More, Moylough 2661161No decision yet · 2.0 km
    Figure 4

    The next 30 days

    2 deadlines within 2.0 km; the first closes 3 Nov 2026.

    2 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-11-03 2661630: application received — to construct a new access point and garden shed; 2026-11-10 2661160: CONDITIONAL — to construct a private dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associatoday27 Oct1 Nov6 Nov11 Nov16 Nov21 Nov2661630: application received — to construct a new access point and garden shed · 1.7 km away · 2026-11-032661160: CONDITIONAL — to construct a private dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associa · 2 km away · 2026-11-10
    Comments closeTime to appeal ends
    • Comments close 3 Nov 202612 days left
      12661630 · application received — to construct a new access point and garden shed
      €20 to the council · 1.7 km away
    • Time to appeal ends 10 Nov 202619 days left
      22661160 · CONDITIONAL — to construct a private dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, domestic garage…
      €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 2.0 km away

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

    Figure 5

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    24 homes 1.5 km away were approved Jun 2024 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Jun 2029.

    Moylough · 24 homes: 24 homes approved Jun 2024, not started2024202520262027202820292030Moylough · 24 homes1.5 km · 236047224 homes approved Jun 2024, not started24 homes approved Jun 2024, not startedtoday

    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 2.0 km

    Approved, not started 1

    • Moylough · 24 homes approved Jun 2024, not started · 1.5 km

    Empty land zoned for homes 10

    • 40.6 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.2 km
    • 50.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.3 km
    • 60.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.3 km
    • 71.3 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.3 km
    • 81.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
    • 91.0 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.4 km
    • 0.5 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.5 km
    • 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.6 km
    • 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.6 km
    • 0.1 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 1.6 km

    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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 00:29open

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 2.0 km 10 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    Building work nearby 4 in the last 12 months
    4 no sign-off needed
    • Patch, Popular Drive, Galway · 24 Jul 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 2680 · 1.8 km
    • Patch, Popular Drive, Galway · 24 Jul 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2680 · 1.8 km
    • 62 The Orchard, Moylough, Galway, H53 HC89 · 17 Apr 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 25/130 · 2.0 km
    • Killens, Moylough, Sligo · 6 Feb 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 2560227 · 1.6 km
    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 22 Oct 2026, 02:10
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    Homes coming 24 not started
    • 3Moylough · 24 homes · not started · runs out 9 Jun 2029 · 1.5 km
    How we work this out
    Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2019, 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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:01open
    How busy is this area About as busy as most of Galway County Council.
    Homes approved
    Here0
    Council middle0
    Homes started
    Here0
    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 22 Oct 2026, 02:28
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.016 Oct 2026, 23:06open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:10open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.022 Oct 2026, 02:28open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 6

    This street block against the council

    84% owner-occupied (council 75%).

    Homes built before 1971
    30% · council 23%
    Homes built since 2001
    39% · council 39%
    Owner-occupied
    84% · council 75%
    Rented
    7% · council 18%
    Children under 15
    23% · council 21%
    Aged 65 and over
    19% · council 17%
    Households with 2+ cars
    71% · council 52%
    Work mainly from home
    9% · council 11%
    This small area (129 people)Galway

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067176005

    Nearest school
    1.5 km
    Scoil Naomh Padraig, 146 pupils
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Scoil Naomh Padraig · primary · 146 pupils · 1.5 km

    Stops 2

      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 22 Oct 2026, 02:38
      SourceLicenceFetchedLink
      Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.018 Oct 2026, 23:44open
      Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
      Council consultation portalsPublic22 Oct 2026, 01:44open
      Council meetings (ModernGov)Public22 Oct 2026, 02:38open
      Land Development Agency public land registerCC 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. Application 1.7 km away open for comments until 3 Nov 2026: comment?
        Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
        Council
      2. 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
      Clooncallaga
      Electoral division
      Mount Bellew
      Electoral area
      Ballinasloe
      Council
      Galway County Council
      Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
      • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
      • 11 sites nearby could change: 1 approved scheme, 10 empty zoned plots.
      • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 3 Nov 2026.
      • 24 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 24 at Moylough.
      • No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
      • Here (2022 census): 84% owner-occupied (council 75%); 18% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 75% drive to work (council 66%); population up 3% since 2016.
      • The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
      • 10 applications nearby in the last 12 months; 86% approved (council 87%).
      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.
      • 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 25
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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.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.016 Oct 2026
      data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.022 Oct 2026
      data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
      dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public22 Oct 2026
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      cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
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      transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.018 Oct 2026
      lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 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 22 Oct 2026, 03:59 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.