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Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · the last 12 months · 15 Oct 2026, 22:16

Cong ED, Conamara Municipal District, County Galway, Connacht, Éire / Ireland

53.51177, -9.45943

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024.

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Time
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Not held yet for Galway County Council: council consultations.

1planning file on this houselatest 20240open 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
  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. 1 planning file on this house, the latest from 2024.

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. 1 planning file 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 built2024: 2461130 · extension, approved

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

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

  1. 2024
    2461130 · extension · approved 2024 · started, no sign-off needed
    approvedstartedsigned 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
Within 500 mCountFor example
Monuments1Church
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), Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 12 Oct 2026, 00:14
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:18open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.012 Oct 2026, 00:14open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
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 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC 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

    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 3

      Applications within 500 m, by year

      Between 1 and 1 a year; busiest 2020. 100% of decisions were approvals.

      2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2024: 205102019: 1 approved1’19*2020: 1 approved1’202021: 1 approved1’212024: 2 approved2’24
      ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

      2019 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: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
        0
        Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

        Named places estate, developments, inspections

        Crèches and schools inspected

        NameLatest inspectionDistance
        Naíonra Scoil Mhuire · Crèche7 Jan 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorateapprox. 709 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 14 Oct 2026, 23:20
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        Tusla early years registerPublic register14 Oct 2026, 23:20open
        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: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.09 Oct 2026, 23:03open
        Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 00:44open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        Question 5

        What's the area like?

        Figure 4

        This street block against the council

        39% of homes built before 1971 (council 23%). 74% owner-occupied (council 75%).

        Homes built before 1971
        39% · council 23%
        Homes built since 2001
        29% · council 39%
        Owner-occupied
        74% · council 75%
        Rented
        18% · council 18%
        Children under 15
        19% · council 21%
        Aged 65 and over
        25% · council 17%
        Households with 2+ cars
        48% · council 52%
        Work mainly from home
        10% · council 11%
        This small area (152 people)Galway

        MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067069003

        Bus
        571 m
        Corr na Móna · 431
        Nearest school
        189 m
        Scoil Mhuire, 36 pupils
        Schools, stops and the council

        Schools

        • Scoil Mhuire · primary · 36 pupils · 189 m
        • Coláiste Naomh Feichín · postprimary · 63 pupils · 586 m

        Stops 2

        • Corr na Móna · 431 · 0/hour at peak · 571 m
        • Corr na Móna · 431 · 0/hour at peak · 572 m

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

        • Scoil Mhuire · 189 m-5.3% pupils (36)
        • Coláiste Naomh Feichín · 586 m+1.6% pupils (63)
        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 15 Oct 2026, 02:04
        SourceLicenceFetchedLink
        Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026, 23:43open
        Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
        National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.015 Oct 2026, 02:04open
        Council consultation portalsPublic15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
        Council meetings (ModernGov)Public15 Oct 2026, 01:32open
        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. Extension (2461130) built without official sign-off: built properly?
          Ask for: An engineer's opinion of compliance.
          Seller · solicitor
        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
        Cornamona
        Electoral division
        Cong/Ross
        Electoral area
        Conamara North
        Council
        Galway County Council
        Everything we found, as a list 7 lines
        • 1 application on this site; latest 2461130, approved 2024, started, no sign-off needed.
        • Not protected; no vacant land tax.
        • Nothing nearby looks set to change.
        • No morning-peak service within 500 m; nearest is Corr na Móna, 571 m away (4 a day).
        • Here (2022 census): 74% owner-occupied (council 75%); 36% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 57% drive to work (council 66%).
        • 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 5 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.
        • 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
        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)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public15 Oct 2026
        www2.courts.ie—© the publisher15 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.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.012 Oct 2026
        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
        services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
        services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
        propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence15 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.011 Oct 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
        gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.09 Oct 2026
        tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register14 Oct 2026
        services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.011 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 15 Oct 2026, 22:16 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.