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Small residential · Co. Galway

Headford, Cong Road, Co. Galway

Granted 18 Jul 2025

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 11 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Residential development

for 1. construction of 65 no. residential dwellings comprising of: a.1 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey detached dwelling, b.19 no. 4 bed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, c. 19 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings, d. 12 no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey terraced dwellings, e.1 no. 4 bedroomed 3 storey terraced dwelling, f.4 no. 1 bedroom apartment units and 9 no. 2 bedroom apartments units, together with an associated communal bike and bin store within a two storey duplex building. 2. Construction of a single storey creche building, together with associated play area, bin store, parking and set down areas. 3. New road works along the R334 Cong Road to provide for; a vehicular and pedestrian entrance to serve the development, provision of gateway signage for the town of Headford, road re-alignment, construction of roadside footpath and public lighting, a pedestrian crossing point with pedestrian traffic signal, traffic calming ramps and associated warning signage. 4. Provision of public and private open spaces, play spaces, bicycle parking, site landscaping, revised boundary treatments, and public lighting within the estate; 5. Provision of residential carparking including a proportion of electric charging spaces and ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points; 6.Connection to public sewer and public watermain along Cong Road, together with on-site surface water drainage works; 7. Footpath connections, signage locations, ESB substation and all associated site development works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 7,446 m²(houses), 518.00 m²(commercial)

Location
Cong Road, Co. Galway Map
Planning reference
2461601

Key facts

Floor area
7,446 m²
Project type
Small residential
Received
25 Nov 2024
Granted
18 Jul 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 18 Jul 2025 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description
  • Crèche or childcare facilityNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2461601 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Galway County Council planning register, as last seen on 11 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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