Planning application · Co. Galway

Townparks (4th division), St Jarlaths College, Bishop Street, Tuam, Co. Galway, H54EV84

Granted 27 Aug 2026 (final grant issued 6 Oct 2026)

Key facts

Planning application 2561620 at Townparks (4th Division), St Jarlaths College, Bishop Street, Tuam, Co. Galway, H54EV84: Single-storey building.
The applicant is Board of Management St Jarlath'S College. The agent is Afec International Ltd.
It was received by Galway County Council on 6 Nov 2025.
Status: Granted 27 Aug 2026 (final grant issued 6 Oct 2026).
Permission was granted on 27 Aug 2026 and the final grant issued on 6 Oct 2026. 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.

Source: the Galway County Council planning register, checked 23 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Single-storey building

for a single-storey building, located in the northern part of the school grounds, including removal of existing trees, connection to existing services and infrastructure and associated site works. The proposed development is on the site of the protected structure (RPSRef. No.33). The works proposed do not involve any alterations or interventions to the Protected Structure

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location: Tuam, Co. Galway Map
Council: Galway County Council
Planning reference: 2561620
Application type: Permission
Applicant: Board of Management St Jarlath'S College
Agent: Afec International Ltd

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Numbers and dates

Received: 6 Nov 2025
Decision to grant: 27 Aug 2026
Final grant: 6 Oct 2026
Protected structure: Yes

Timeline

6 Nov 2025Application received
7 Jan 2026Further information requested
27 Aug 2026Decision to grant
6 Oct 2026Final grant issued

Site history

This site's history

Site start under planning reference 24/60307, about 50 m away: work started 24 Jul 2024.
Construction of a single storey modular classroom unit and all ancillary site development works. About 50 m away

Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 27 Aug 2026 and the final grant issued on 6 Oct 2026. 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

Conservation work to a protected structureNamed in the application description
Services and drainageNamed 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 2561620 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

The 27 August decision proposes permission for a 235 m² temporary modular school building. The notification expressly is not a final grant and the conditioned five-year life runs from a future grant.

3 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-07 · Official file index

Decision limits the modular school building to five years

Decision notification for temporary school accommodation

What the evidence says
The council decided on 27 August to grant permission subject to five conditions. Condition 3 requires removal of the temporary classroom structure five years after the date of grant unless another permission extends its retention and use. The notice itself does not authorise work to start.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Modular suppliers need to account for the temporary use, removal obligation and final-grant boundary.

What is not established
Final grant, manufacture, contractor appointment and installation are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision and five conditions · p.1
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A GRANT · Issued 2026-08-27 · Signed 27 August 2026; decision notification, not final grant · Checked 2026-09-07

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A GRANT

Notification of decision and five conditions · p.2
limited period ... five years · Issued 2026-08-27 · Signed 27 August 2026; decision notification, not final grant · Checked 2026-09-07

limited period ... five years

The planning layout provides two SEN classrooms within 235 m²

October 2025 planning layout, subject to August FI and decision conditions

What the evidence says
Drawing A-2000PP P01 states 235 m² gross internal floor area and depicts two SEN classrooms with quiet spaces, a multi-activity room, accessible WCs, circulation and service cupboards. Its note leaves modular layout design development to the modular contractor.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Modular and fit-out teams can identify the room and accessibility interfaces without treating the planning layout as fabrication information.

What is not established
Final construction layout, module system and installed products are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Proposed building layout and elevations · p.1
Gross Internal Floor Area 235m²; modular layouts subject to design development · Issued 2025-10-31 · 25516-AFEC-MB-ZZ-DR-A-2000PP P01; S4 suitable for work-stage approval; received 6 November 2025 · Checked 2026-09-07

Gross Internal Floor Area 235m²; modular layouts subject to design development

August assessment resolves the earlier archaeology request

Council assessment of the August further information

What the evidence says
The planner records two test trenches and licensed metal detection in the August FI response, with no material of archaeological significance recovered. Following the heritage department’s 17 August response, the 27 August assessment records no archaeological objection.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Groundworks teams can distinguish the resolved planning-stage request from an outstanding archaeology condition.

What is not established
This does not establish completion of the new building or guarantee the absence of archaeology outside the tested area.

Inspect the evidence

Planner assessment including August FI response · p.5
Response received ... 6th August 2026; Planning consideration ... 27th August 2026 · Issued 2026-08-27 · Planning consideration and planner date 27 August 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

Response received ... 6th August 2026; Planning consideration ... 27th August 2026

On-site soakaways and restrained external finishes are conditioned

Conditions attached to the August decision notification

What the evidence says
Condition 4 requires appropriately sized on-site soakaways for clean stormwater, without discharging onto roads or adjoining property or impairing existing drainage. Condition 5 specifies grey, green or black external finish unless the council agrees otherwise.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Civil designers and cladding suppliers need to coordinate drainage capacity and finish within the temporary-school package.

What is not established
A final grant, agreed alternative finish and as-built soakaway performance were not reviewed.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision and five conditions · p.2
Conditions 4 and 5 · Issued 2026-08-27 · Signed 27 August 2026; decision notification, not final grant · Checked 2026-09-07

Conditions 4 and 5

Remaining document questions

Has the final grant issued, and are the modular construction details and delivery programme available?

The declared pages of these government-published PDFs were visually inspected. Other catalogue files, later compliance, procurement and installed specifications were not established. Historical weekly membership is retained separately from these document dates.

How we know this

From the Galway County Council planning register, checked 23 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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What the documents establish

Decision limits the modular school building to five years

The planning layout provides two SEN classrooms within 235 m²

August assessment resolves the earlier archaeology request

On-site soakaways and restrained external finishes are conditioned

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Key facts

Single-storey building

Numbers and dates

Timeline

This site's history

What happens next

Work packages named so far

Check the record

What the documents establish

Decision limits the modular school building to five years

The planning layout provides two SEN classrooms within 235 m²

August assessment resolves the earlier archaeology request

On-site soakaways and restrained external finishes are conditioned

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