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Cloonreleagh (Bellew), McCormacks Service Station, Mountbellew, Co. Galway

Decision date passed (14 Oct 2026); check the council file

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2661420 at Cloonreleagh (Bellew), McCormacks Service Station, Mountbellew, Co. Galway: Change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off…
  • The applicant is Willowrock Ltd. The agent is Aps Consulting Engineers.
  • It was received by Galway County Council on 20 Aug 2026.
  • Status: Decision date passed (14 Oct 2026); check the council file.
  • The decision date (14 Oct 2026) has passed with no decision recorded yet. Check the council file before treating this as live.

Source: the Galway County Council planning register, checked 13 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off…

for the change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off licence, and associated works

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

Location
Mountbellew, Co. Galway Map
Planning reference
2661420
Application type
Permission
Applicant
Willowrock Ltd
Agent
Aps Consulting Engineers
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Numbers and dates

Received
20 Aug 2026
Decision due
14 Oct 2026Date passed; check the council file

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested

Outlook

What happens next

The decision date (14 Oct 2026) has passed with no decision recorded yet. Check the council file before treating this as live.

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 2661420 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

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What the documents establish

Government document review

The August application seeks ancillary off-licence use within the existing convenience shop at McCormacks Service Station. Drawing 2002 revision 00 identifies a 24 m² off-licence area. No council decision or approved operating specification was established.

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

A 24 m² off-licence area sits within the existing shop

August planning proposal; no outcome established

What the evidence says
Drawing 2002 revision 00 shades a 24 m² off-licence area beside the retail sales floor and deli, with a separately labelled alcohol-display area. The site notice seeks retail use with ancillary off-licence use, rather than a replacement service station or independent new building. The drawing also shows the existing pumps and forecourt canopy.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Retail fit-out teams can identify the internal display scope and its relationship to the continuing shop operation.

What is not established
Permission, an operating licence, accepted display-control details, security equipment and installation are not established.

Inspect the evidence

Dated site notice for ancillary off-licence use · p.1
retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off licence · Issued 2026-08-19 · Site notice dated 19 August; received 20 August 2026 · Checked 2026-09-07

retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off licence

Shop layout, elevations and service-station context · p.1
OFF-LICENCE AREA 24 sq.m; AREA FOR DISPLAY OF ALCOHOL PRODUCTS; existing fuel dispensing pumps · Issued 2026-08-19 · Project 2566; drawing 2002 revision 00; 19 August; planning; received 20 August · Checked 2026-09-07

OFF-LICENCE AREA 24 sq.m; AREA FOR DISPLAY OF ALCOHOL PRODUCTS; existing fuel dispensing pumps

The N63 frontage remains subject to separate road-asset consent

Advisory road submission during the undecided application

What the evidence says
The site drawing places the service-station entrance and exit on the N63. TII submission dated 4 September asks the council to apply relevant national-road policy and expressly says it does not consent to access or alteration of road assets, including drainage, safety systems and underground infrastructure. It is not an approval of access works.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Roads and siteworks teams should obtain any required asset agreement if the associated works affect the frontage or drainage.

What is not established
Council acceptance, changed access geometry, road-asset consent and a requirement for specific new road works were not established.

Inspect the evidence

Shop layout, elevations and service-station context · p.1
N63; ENTRANCE; EXIT ONLY · Issued 2026-08-19 · Project 2566; drawing 2002 revision 00; 19 August; planning; received 20 August · Checked 2026-09-07

N63; ENTRANCE; EXIT ONLY

Transport Infrastructure Ireland submission · p.1
no part ... giving consent to access or alter any national road infrastructure assets · Issued 2026-09-04 · Dated and received 4 September; advisory submission, not consent · Checked 2026-09-07

no part ... giving consent to access or alter any national road infrastructure assets
Remaining document questions
  • What conditions govern the internal off-licence arrangement, and do associated works affect the N63 frontage?

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 13 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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