Land parcel 1921468

Area

25,003 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres)

Buildings

52 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 11,291 m².

Zoning

R3 Residential (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
G1 Recreation and Amenity (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
C2.1 Enterprise Light Industry and Commercial (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 21 Aug 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: sub-division and partial change of use of existing Centre Unit 9/10 (as previously amalgamated under reference 98933). The proposed development provides for the subdivision of the existing retail unit to 2 no. smaller retail units and provision of a new entrance and access corridor from the northern side of the shopping centre, including associated signage, internal layout changes, elevational, doorway and fenestration alterations, and all other ancillary site works. Planning permission is also sought for change of use from existing retail use to circulation space to accommodate the proposed new entrance / access corridor..

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560255

• 19 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission for LRD development which consists of; A proposed Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising amendments to a permitted Strategic Housing Development (SHD) scheme of 240 no. student accommodation bedspaces and a café (ABP-313286-22 refers). The amendments to the permitted development will consist of: (1) Reduction in the ground floor area from 1,645m2 to 1578m2 (67m2 reduction) by setting back the southern curtain walling to facilitate services diversion in the south-west corner of the building. (2) Internal layout changes at ground floor level including the omission of the café use. (3) Reduction in the floor to floor heights on upper floors, resulting in an overall building height reduction of approximately 1 metre. (4) Adjustments to stair/lift core layouts to comply with fire safety requirements with minor internal layout adjustments in floors 1 – 6. (5) Elevational changes including fenestration alterations, replacement of aluminium spandrels with brick spandrels and addition of transom lines in curtain walling. (6) Omission of telecommunication masts at roof level, replacement of rainscreen cladding with brick finish and inclusion of solar panels. (7) Minor modification to landscaping and parking spaces related to fire tender and vehicle tracking. (8) All site development works above and below ground necessary to facilitate the proposed development. This application for the proposed amendments to the consented Strategic Housing Development (ABP 313286-22 refers), is a Large-scale Residential Development as defined under Section 2 of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2460365

• 4 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; O’Hehirs Bakery T/A BBowes Ltd is applying for permission for retention of single storey cold room extension (7.5 sqm) at Unit 11, Westside Shopping Centre, Seamus Quirke Road, Galway

  Retention · Galway City Council, 2460317

• 6 Sept 2023Refused

  Permission for development which consists of (1) Retention permission for subdivision of property to form a separate dwelling house attached to existing semi-detached dwelling house (No. 14 Lakeview Road) including modification to Condition 2 of the existing planning permission (Galway City Council) reference: 22/117 to facilitate that subdivision; and, (2) Planning permission for modification to existing vehicular entrance and provision of a new separate vehicular entrance and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway City Council, 2360056

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for the change of use from the existing retail use (as permitted under Galway City Council register reference 80/301, and amended by 82/293, 99/221, 01/229, 13/365 and 22/133) to café use, associated signage, internal layout changes, front elevational changes including relocation of doorway and fenestration alterations and all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2360055

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of refurbishment works principally comprising: the upgrade of the southern elevation and a portion of the western elevation including the replacement of the existing cladding and the provision of new/replacement signage and landscaping works in the ancillary carpark

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 22133

• 21 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission for retention which consists of retaining an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted permission under Pl. Ref 10/351) together with antennas, dishes, equipment cabinets, fencing and all associated site development works. The development will continue to provide high speed wireless broadband and data services

  Retention · Galway City Council, 21308

• 24 Apr 2020Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of (1) Permission for subdivision and partial change of use of vacant restaurant and take-away unit, to provide for 2 no. separate take-away units, (2) Permission for revised signage and alterations to front and rear elevations to serve the proposed 2 no. take-away units, together with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Galway City Council, 20111

• 29 Aug 2019Conditional

  Full planning permission is sought for (1) new single story extension to rear of existing dwelling house, (2) convert attic to attic storage, (3) alterations to front elevation and (4) second story extension to side of dwelling house and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 19245

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_454 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.