Galway County Council grants permission for 72-home scheme at Cloonnahaha, An Caiseal Ennis Road, Co. Galway

In context

It is one of 49 housing scheme applications Galway County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,579 nationally. Of the 3,034 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 22 September 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Galway County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

for revised site boundaries for the residential development of 68 no. units previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/60437, together with the retention of amendments to the rear garden boundary walls of House Nos. 6, 7 & 8. Planning permission is sought for the omission of detached House Nos. 4 and 5 previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/60437 and their replacement with 6 no. two-bedroom duplex apartment units within a single block, resulting in an overall development of 72 no. residential units. The proposed development also includes 7 no. grouped car-parking spaces, including 1 no. accessible parking space, 8 no. bicycle parking spaces, bin stores, and all associated site works and services