Part VIII Planning LA02/26, Proposed Residential Development at Raheen, Athenry

GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL

Local Office

Planning and Development Acts 2000 (as amended)

Planning and Development Regulations 2001(as amended) – Part 8

Pursuant to the requirements of the Planning and Development Acts, 2000 (as amended) and Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001(as amended), notice is hereby given that Galway County Council proposes to carry out a development, particulars of which are set out hereunder.

Location: Raheen, Athenry, Co. Galway.

The Development:  The proposed development consists of the construction of 28 no. houses located on a greenfield site accessed from Gort Mhaoilir Road. The proposed dwellings are two-storey in height, comprising of 18 no. 3-bedroom houses and 10 no. 2-bedroom houses. The proposed development also includes the construction of hard and soft landscape works including new roadways and paths, car parking spaces, cycle parking, public open space, public lighting, signage, boundary treatments and all associated infrastructure and site developments work necessary to facilitate the proposed development.

Galway County Council, as the competent authority, has carried out an Appropriate Assessment (AA) Screening Report and has determined that a Stage 2 Appropriate Assessment is not required in respect of this proposed development.

Plans and particulars of the proposed development, will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during normal office hours (Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 4.00pm), excluding Bank Holidays and Public Holidays for a period of 4 weeks from Friday the 13th February 2026 to Monday the 16th March 2026, at the following offices of Galway County Council:

• Galway County Council, Planning Department, Áras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway, H91 H6KX; and
• Galway County Council, Athenry Library, Swan Gate, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 C992.

Plans and particulars of the above proposed development are also available for viewing on our online consultation portal at https://consult.galway.ie.

Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development, dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the development would be situated, may be made:

Online at https://planning.localgov.ie/search/application (LGMA online portal), planning@galwaycoco.ie or in writing to the Senior Planner, Planning Section, Planning Department, Áras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway, H91 H6KX not later than the 31st March 2026.

Date 13/02/2026

Director of Services - Housing