Land parcel 1976637

Area

5,392 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres)

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 800 m².

Zoning

G1 Recreation and Amenity (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 21 May 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: We, Clearwater Ventures Limited, are applying for planning permission to Galway City Council for development at the previously permitted Health and Wellness Centre (former Salthill Driving Range), in the townland of Knocknacarragh, Salthill, Galway. The development consists of the following: 1. An amendment to the previously permitted Health and Wellness Centre approved under Pl. Ref. 22/192, ABP. Ref. ABP-314714-22 and Pl. Ref. 24/60171. The amendment comprises of 475 sqm extension to the leisure centre building at ground floor and lower ground floor level to increase the floor area of the existing gym, studio spaces and ancillary café. 2. Minor amendments to the layout of the permitted timber deck along the southeast elevation. 3. Changes to the elevational treatment of the building to replace the larch cladding with coloured render. 4. Two additional windows on the northwestern elevation and an additional door on the northeastern elevation and minor modifications to the fenestration on the southeastern and southwestern elevation. 5. The provision of 30 no. cycle spaces (including 2 no. accessible spaces). 6. The provision of 320 sqm of photovoltaic panels at roof level. 7. All associated and ancillary site and development works.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560149

• 31 May 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; 1. An amendment to the previously approved scheme (Pl Ref 22/192 / ABP Ref ABP-314714-22) comprising internal and external alterations and an extension to the existing leisure centre building at ground floor level (totalling approx. 147.71 sqm) to create: a. New reception, retail and security area, b. Accessible shower and bathroom facilities, c. Improved accessible access and platform lift, d. Ancillary indoor spa facilities including plunge pools, sauna, steam room, and cool off zone, e. Office space and store rooms, f. Internal plant room and esb store. 2. The provision of a footpath on the western boundary of the site, 3. External soft and hard landscaping, including outdoor seating at the café, 4. The provision of cycle parking, 5. The construction of a new fence and provision of lighting, on the western boundary of the site, 6. The provision of 1 no. additional parking space, 7. All other associated and ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2460171

• 11 Jul 2022Refused

  Permission for development which will consist of the retention of - The change of use of a part of the former driving range to a leisure and wellness facility, including yoga and gym facilities. - Enclosure of bays 1 and 2 of the existing building, including the installation of windows and doors. - External alterations to the front and side elevations of the existing building, including wheelchair ramp access and window/door alterations. - Upgrade of driving range building and facilities and ancillary areas of the site. - The erection of an external sauna and installation of external decking. - The erection of signage on rear elevation of the building. The proposed development will also consist of the following : - The change of use of the former driving range site to a leisure and wellness facility, including yoga and gym facilities. - Upgrade of driving range building and facilities and ancillary areas of the site, including : - Enclosure of remaining bays including the installation of windows and doors to the driving range bays. - The development of a new café/retail area within the existing building. - All ancillary and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 22192

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• GA094-020 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On scrubland overlooking shore, c. 200m S of coast road on W outskirts of Galway city. This well, correctly Tobar Mac Conraoi(?), is indicated on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map on the side of a laneway running to seashore. Evidently destroyed by time of 3rd ed. (1945), when the words 'in Ruins' and cross symbol for 'Site of' are appended. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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_432 (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.