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Public / civic · Co. Galway

Ballydavid, Kilcooley, Loughrea, Co. Galway

Granted 15 Jul 2026

Archived record

This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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 24 Sep 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Change of use of part of the existing national school to a before…

for a change of use of part of the existing national school to a before school/afterschool and preschool facility

Location
Loughrea, Co. Galway Map
Planning reference
2660871
Applicant
Board of Management Kilcooley Ns

Key facts

Project type
Public / civic
Received
29 May 2026
Granted
15 Jul 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 15 Jul 2026 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.

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 2660871 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

Final permission signed 25 August covers a change of use of part of Kilcooley National School at Ballydavid. The planning drawing labels 87.2 m² childcare within a 607.9 m² existing school. Existing access and services are shown; the older parking references require reconciliation and are not treated as verified permissions here.

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

Final permission covers a partial school conversion

Final permission for the existing school partial change of use

What the evidence says
The signed 25 August grant permits part of the existing national school at Ballydavid to change to before-school, after-school and preschool use. Condition 1 binds the plans received 29 May, and condition 2 confines the permission to the public-notice scope. It does not authorise a replacement school or a separate new childcare building.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Operators and fit-out teams can distinguish the approved conversion from wider school-site development.

What is not established
Child capacity, opening date, commencement, contractor appointments and operational registration were not established.

Inspect the evidence

Final grant and three conditions · p.1
granted PERMISSION ... change of use of part ... Ballydavid; signed 25 August · Issued 2026-08-25 · C3 signed 25 August 2026; exact reference 26/60871 · Checked 2026-09-07

granted PERMISSION ... change of use of part ... Ballydavid; signed 25 August

Final grant and three conditions · p.2
1. plans ... 29th of May; 2. limited ... public notices · Issued 2026-08-25 · C3 signed 25 August 2026; exact reference 26/60871 · Checked 2026-09-07

1. plans ... 29th of May; 2. limited ... public notices

The childcare area is 87.2 m² within the existing school

May planning layout bound by the final grant

What the evidence says
PL-01 labels the whole existing school at 607.9 m² and the childcare area at 87.2 m². Red boundaries identify the conversion area; the plan separately marks an existing toilet in blue and the existing access to be used with the facility. The rest of the school is not additional childcare floor area.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Fit-out and accessibility teams have an explicit room boundary and retained access/toilet interface.

What is not established
The drawing does not establish child-place capacity, a new building area or detailed building-control compliance.

Inspect the evidence

School floor plan, elevations and section · p.1
EXISTING SCHOOL FLOOR AREA 607.9m²; childcare 87.2m²; bounded in red; toilet blue · Issued May 2026 (month only) · Project 26/2026/1; PL-01; May 2026; revision blank; received 29 May; planning · Checked 2026-09-07

EXISTING SCHOOL FLOOR AREA 607.9m²; childcare 87.2m²; bounded in red; toilet blue

Final grant and three conditions · p.2
1. plans and particulars lodged ... 29th of May · Issued 2026-08-25 · C3 signed 25 August 2026; exact reference 26/60871 · Checked 2026-09-07

1. plans and particulars lodged ... 29th of May

The file shows existing parking, access and wastewater services

Existing services shown for the partial conversion

What the evidence says
PL-02 labels existing set-down and parking areas, an existing wastewater treatment system and a soakaway. The planner records an existing entrance, water supply and wastewater connection. These are retained-site arrangements, not evidence of a newly specified treatment installation or new parking construction.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Civil and services teams should establish the retained systems condition and capacity before assuming new plant or access works.

What is not established
New treatment capacity, an installed upgrade and the exact legal history of the parking areas are not verified; older references in the report need reconciliation.

Inspect the evidence

School site layout and existing services · p.1
EXISTING SET DOWN AND PARKING AREA; EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; SOAKAWAY · Issued May 2026 (month only) · Project 26/2026/1; PL-02; May 2026; revision blank; received 29 May; planning · Checked 2026-09-07

EXISTING SET DOWN AND PARKING AREA; EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; SOAKAWAY

Signed council planning assessment · p.5
Roads: Existing entrance; Water Supply: Existing; Effluent Disposal: Existing connection · Issued 2026-07-15 · Signed 15 July on page 6; catalogue uploaded 16 July · Checked 2026-09-07

Roads: Existing entrance; Water Supply: Existing; Effluent Disposal: Existing connection

The final grant protects roads and neighbouring drainage

Drainage condition in the 25 August final permission

What the evidence says
Condition 3 requires satisfactory surface-water disposal, prohibits discharge onto the road or adjoining property, allows only clean uncontaminated stormwater to soakaways or surface waters, and protects existing land and road drainage.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Drainage designers need to verify the retained discharge arrangement and any required remedial work before construction.

What is not established
Discharge testing, capacity calculations, remedial design and completed drainage works were not reviewed.

Inspect the evidence

Final grant and three conditions · p.2
3. (a)-(c) surface water and drainage · Issued 2026-08-25 · C3 signed 25 August 2026; exact reference 26/60871 · Checked 2026-09-07

3. (a)-(c) surface water and drainage
Remaining document questions
  • What establishes childcare capacity, existing services condition and the correctly identified historical parking permissions?

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, as last seen on 24 Sep 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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