Planning report · Galway County Council · 500 m around the house · 8 Oct 2026, 13:14

L6109

53.54657, -8.85613

Homes here mostly date from the 2000s. 2 planning files on this house, the latest from 2019.

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

2planning files on this houseGALWAYCO records from 2017 0open 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

1ApplySite notice up, plans online
2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
3Decision8 weeks by law
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

Sixty years of rules, and what's on record

Most homes here were built 2001–10. 2 planning files on this house.

Shaded years needed permission but aren't in the council's online records. Ask its planning archive for anything from 1964–2016.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD (2017–) · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

2019
191335 · work already done · approved 2019 · work already done
approvedstartedsigned off?
2018
171857 · demolition · approved 2018 · ran out unbuilt
approvedstartedsigned off

18 Sept 2018 · building work with no planning file · signed off as finished aug 2020

On this site

None found

Zoning · no zoning in the plans we hold

Protected or listed · on our maps

Vacant land tax · not on the map

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 riskNo none within 500 m

Within 500 m	Count	For example
Heritage inventory buildings	1	water pump
Monuments	4	Ringfort - rath; Cross

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, constraints.niah, constraints.smr · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:11

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
zoning	CC-BY-4.0	4 Oct 2026, 23:11	open
rzlt	CC-BY-4.0	4 Oct 2026, 23:59	open
constraints	mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0, publishable=false)	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
constraints.niah	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026, 19:35	open
constraints.smr	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: bcms, npad · fetched 8 Oct 2026, 06:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 06:04	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 01:40	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: 93% approved, and 1 in 8 is asked for more information.

New house in a garden or site15 decided · more info asked 13%

93% · 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, 5,261 council-wide

Figure 3

Ballytrasna, file by file since 2017

3 of 3 decided extensions on the road were approved. New houses in side gardens or on sites: 7 of 8.

ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

15 files with "Ballytrasna" 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 · 2017–2026

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

No home extensions within 250 m in 5 years.

Refused within 100 m 0 in 5 years

Nothing refused this close in 5 years.

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 8 Oct 2026, 01:40

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
npad	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 01:40	open
acp	CC-BY-4.0	2 Oct 2026, 23:01	open

Sources: acp, bcms, npad · fetched 2 Oct 2026, 23:01

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
acp	CC-BY-4.0	2 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 06:04	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 01:40	open

Question 3

How long, and what if someone objects?

Question 4

What's changing around you?

Street map around L6109 with 5 numbered planning items — ⌖ the houseWindow closingApproved

The numbered key 5 items

#	What	Status	Distance	Why it is here
1	Ballytrasna, Tuam 2661323	Approved with conditions	283 m	time to appeal ends 20 Oct 2026
2	Ballytrasna 22438	Approved with conditions	219 m	approved with conditions, 28 Jun 2022
3	Ballytrasna, Tuam 2460030	Approved with conditions	244 m	approved with conditions, 5 Mar 2024
4	Ballytrasna, Tuam 2661122	Approved with conditions	251 m	approved with conditions, 25 Aug 2026
5	Ballytrasna, Tuam 2561890	Approved with conditions	303 m	approved with conditions, 4 Sep 2026

Figure 4

What happens to applications within 500 m

Permission isn't building. Of 17 permissions since 2016, 3 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.

Measured18 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

Figure 5

The next 30 days

1 deadline within 500 m; the first closes 20 Oct 2026.

Time to appeal ends

Time to appeal ends 20 Oct 202612 days left
12661323 · CONDITIONAL — to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, waste water treatment system and percolation…
€220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer) · 283 m away

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

Figure 6

Applications within 500 m, by year

Between 1 and 4 a year; busiest 2020. 94% of decisions were approvals.

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 5 in 5 years

See every application on the map

1Ballytrasna , Tuam , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, waste water treatment system and percolation area…
266132322 Sept 20261 homes283 m
4Ballytrasna , Tuam , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
for construction of proposed dwelling house, domestic garage/shed, proprietary treatment system, percolation…
266112225 Aug 20261 homes251 m
5Ballytrasna , Tuam , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
to 1: install a new car park, set down area, pedestrian footpaths, pedestrian crossing connection to the…
25618904 Sept 2026303 m
3Ballytrasna , Tuam , Co. Galway Approved with conditions
for a change of house plans from those previously approved under Planning Register Reference Number 20/1651.…
24600305 Mar 20241 homes244 m
2Ballytrasna , Approved with conditions
for the construction of a dwelling house, effluent treatment system, domestic garage and all associated site…
2243828 Jun 20221 homes219 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: npad, acp, bcms · fetched 8 Oct 2026, 01:40

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
npad	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 01:40	open
acp	CC-BY-4.0	2 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 06:04	open

Building work nearby 2 in 3 years

2 no sign-off needed

BALLYTRASNA, TUAM,, Galway · 3 Jan 2025 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 20/1651 · 263 m
BALLYTRASNA, TUAM, Galway · 27 Dec 2024 · short notice no sign-off needed · 20/1651 · 264 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 8 Oct 2026, 06:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 06:04	open

Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

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

Homes approved

Here0

Council middle0

Homes started

Here3

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 2 Oct 2026, 23:01

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
acp	CC-BY-4.0	2 Oct 2026, 23:01	open
bcms	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 06:04	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 01:40	open

Question 5

What's the area like?

Figure 7

This street block against the council

92% owner-occupied (council 75%).

Homes built before 1971

31% · council 23%

Homes built since 2001

28% · council 39%

Owner-occupied

92% · council 75%

Rented

5% · council 18%

Children under 15

19% · council 21%

Aged 65 and over

20% · council 17%

Households with 2+ cars

66% · council 52%

Work mainly from home

9% · council 11%

This small area (380 people)Galway

MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 067128002

Flood

None

no OPW flood extent within 500 m

Nearest school

416 m

Ceathru na nGarrdhanta, 203 pupils

Schools, stops and the council

Schools

Ceathru na nGarrdhanta · primary · 203 pupils · 416 m

Stops 0

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

Ceathru na nGarrdhanta · 416 m-1% pupils (203)

Sources: gtfs, schools, npad, 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 4 Oct 2026, 23:41

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
gtfs	CC-BY-4.0	4 Oct 2026, 23:41	open
schools	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026, 23:32	open
npad	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026, 01:40	open
consult	public	8 Oct 2026, 01:19	open
moderngov	public	8 Oct 2026, 01:20	open
lda_lands	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

Work already done (191335): work kept with permission. Done as approved?
Ask for: The retention grant and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · solicitor
Demolition (171857) ran out unbuilt in 2023: built anyway?
Ask for: If built: proof it started in time, and an opinion of compliance.
Seller · 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: Ballytrasna
Electoral division: Killeen
Electoral area: Tuam
Council: Galway County Council

Everything we found, as a list 8 lines

2 applications on this site; latest 191335, approved 2019, work already done.
Not protected; no vacant land tax.
Nothing nearby looks set to change.
No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 92% owner-occupied (council 75%); 7% of homes empty (council 16%); most built 2001–2010; 71% drive to work (council 66%); population up 4% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 54 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 3 is asked for more information.
5 applications nearby in 5 years; 100% approved (council 87%).
3 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 2).

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.
Approval ran out without being built (Permission lapsed / expired): Most permissions last five years.
Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
Permission for work already done (Retention permission): An application to keep something that was built without permission.
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

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	2 Oct 2026
data.nbco.gov.ie	National Building Control Office (BCMS)	CC-BY-4.0	8 Oct 2026
data.gov.ie	Various (see each layer)	mixed — CC-BY-4.0 except OPW flood (CC…	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 \| https:	Local authorities (consultation portals)	public	8 Oct 2026
www2.courts.ie	—	all-rights-reserved	8 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	5 Oct 2026
transportforireland.ie	National Transport Authority	CC-BY-4.0	4 Oct 2026
lda.ie	Land Development Agency	CC-BY-4.0	11 Sept 2026
meetings.fingal.ie	Local authorities (council meetings)	public	8 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Department of Housing (National Planning Application Database)	CC-BY-4.0	8 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)	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use…	8 Oct 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities (RZLT maps)	CC-BY-4.0	4 Oct 2026
gov.ie	Department of Education	CC-BY-4.0	27 Sept 2026
gov.ie	Department of Housing	CC-BY-SA-4.0	25 Sept 2026
services.arcgis.com	Local authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)	CC-BY-4.0	4 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 8 Oct 2026, 13:14 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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