Large residential · Co. Galway

Knockanima, Loughrea, Lake Road, Co Galway

Decision due 8 Dec 2026

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2661106 at Knockanima, Loughrea, Lake Road, Co Galway: ~35 homes.
  • The applicant is David Barrett. The agent is Enviroplan Consulting Ltd.
  • It was received by Galway County Council on 30 Jun 2026.
  • Status: Decision due 8 Dec 2026.
  • The council's decision is due on 8 Dec 2026. Building work can only follow a grant of permission.

Source: the Galway County Council planning register, checked 16 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

~35 homes

for a residential development and associated site services. The development will consist of the following: construction of 35 no. dwelling houses comprising of the following mix; a. 20 no. two-storey, four bed semi-detached houses, b. 1 no. two-storey, four bed detached house, c. 8 no. two-storey, three bed semi-detached houses, d. 6 no. single storey, two bed detached houses; the removal of an existing single storey shed (in ruins); provision of carparking including ducting to all spaces for future EV charging points; provision of a public open space area (including a play area), private open space areas, bicycle parking, footpaths, public lighting, ESB Sub station, landscaping, groundworks and revised boundary treatments; provision of new vehicular and pedestrian entrance onto Lake Road (R351); provision for raised traffic calming measures along the Lake Road (R351); provision of surface water drainage arrangements to include on site attenuation and infiltration, and provision of road gullies at proposed traffic calming measures along the Lake Road (R351); connection to existing mains water infrastructure; proposed connection to sewer network via a proposed sewer extension along the (R351), together with all associated site works and services. An existing dwellinghouse is located at the eastern end of the site (Eircode H62X257), and is to remain in situ. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application

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

Location
Lake Road, Co. Galway Map
Planning reference
2661106
Application type
Permission
Applicant
David Barrett

Numbers and dates

Homes
~35estimated from the application
Estimated construction value
€5.1m to €7.7mOur estimate from stated homes and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Project type
Large residential
Received
30 Jun 2026
Decision due
8 Dec 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested
  3. Further information received

Outlook

What happens next

The council's decision is due on 8 Dec 2026. Building work can only follow a grant of permission.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed 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 2661106 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Galway County Council planning register, checked 16 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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