Land parcel 1977303

Area

43,781 m² (4.38 ha, 10.82 acres)

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,969 m².

Zoning

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

• 25 Sept 2025Refused

  Permission for development which consists of: Havenearth Lardner Limited Partnership is applying for planning permission for the construction of a four-storey apartment building consisting of 4No. apartments and associated balconies. The proposed development will include 2 No. two bedroom apartments (including 1No. duplex unit) and 2 No. one bedroom apartments, a PV array at roof level, ground floor storage areas (including bike storage), carport, parking, bin stores, car turntable, the provision of a new pedestrian and vehicular site entrance, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site works and services at Quincentennial Drive, Salthill, Galway City. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with this application

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560299

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of revisions to the previously approved mixed use redevelopment (Pl. Ref. No. 23/7) at No.’s 183,185,187 & 189 Salthill Road Upper, Salthill, Galway, with frontages onto Seapoint Promenade and Quincentennial Drive The development will consist of the following: 1. Revisions to southern elevation onto Seapoint Promenade, 2. Revisions to eastern elevation onto Quincentennial Drive, 3. Increased basement area (+24sqm), increased ground floor area (+141sqm), increased first floor area (+49sqm) and reduction to second floor area (-188sqm), 4. Alterations to internal layout, access and circulation areas, together with relocation of bin and bike stores to basement level, 5. Reduction in the no. of upper floor apartments from 7 no. units to 5 no. units, with revisions to apartment layout and parapet height to provide for 2 no. 1 bed units, 2 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. 4 bed unit, 6. All other ancillary site works and services connections.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2360188

• 20 Jan 2023Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of the following: 1. Demolition and clearance of all structures on site; with the exception of the Seapoint building and glass lift, as well as the façade, roof and main structural supports of No. 183 fronting onto the Salthill Road Upper, which are to be retained. 2. Construction of new building to replace the structures to be demolished at site no. 185 and the rear of No.183 Salthill Road Upper. This will comprise of a new dual fronted 3 storey infill building to contain the reconfigured arcade gaming use on the ground floor and first floor, together with 6 no. reconfigured apartments (consisting of 3 no. 1 bed and 3 no. 2 bed units) on the second floor, with provision of an associated landscaped roof terrace at second floor level between Salthill Road Upper and Quincentennial road frontages. 3. Provision of office accommodation ancillary to Gaming use on the first and second floor of No. 183 Salthill Road Upper. 4. Construction of a 3 storey building attached to the south of the Seapoint building to form a new elevation to Seapoint promenade, to replace the single storey extensions to be demolished. This consists of the provision of a café use at ground level and 1 no.3 bedroomed duplex apartment on the first and second floor levels. 5. Provision of new external colour palette to the Landmark Seapoint building. 6. Minor internal renovations to Seapoint building to provide connections to new escape stairs. 7. New signage to proposed new building elevations facing the Salthill Road Upper, the Seapoint promenade and Quincentennial Drive. 8. Site works to the East of the Seapoint building to provide for a continuous public footpath along Quincentennial Drive, along with landscaping works to include hard and soft surfaces to incorporate bicycle parking, steps and ramp access to the entrance from Quincentennial Drive. 9. Hard and soft landscaping works to enhance the existing public green space located to the South of the Seapoint building. 10 All other ancillary site works and services connections. A Natura Impact statement will be submitted to the planning authority.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 237

• 1 Jun 2022Conditional

  Retention for development that consist of retention and completion for amendments to a short term let apartment development, granted on foot of Pl. 19/378 /ABP308011-20. The proposed amendments will include: (1) an enclosed bicycle and bin store to the south of the building , (2) additional wall, rail and access gates to the main site entrance to the east, (3) amended plant room layout to the west. (4) amended stair core layout to the west, (5) provision of 3 no. automatic opening roof vents to stair core, smoke shaft and lift lobby, (6) relocation of PV panels to the flat section of roof, (7) provision of enclosed double bicycle lockers to the North East (8) widening of upper floors external corridor to the West/rear of the building (9) amended floor levels from first to penthouse floor, (10) minor amended to window design to East/Front Elevation, (11) additional window at penthouse level to South Elevation (12) signage to the front of the building (13) external low totem signage adjacent to the front gate (14) landscape plan as a consequence of changes listed above and to include all ancillary items and site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway City Council, 22151

• 25 Aug 2021Refused

  Permission for development which will consist of (1) Demolition of all structures at 183 & 185 Salthill Road Upper (2) Demolition of single storey extensions to South and East of the existing Seapoint building at 187/189 Salthill Road Upper (3) Minor renovations to the existing Seapoint Building (4) Construction of a mixed use 3 storey new build, providing for leisure centre use on the ground and first floor with 7 residential units above on the second floor level at 183/185 Salthill Upper (5) Construction of mixed use 4-storey new build comprising of ground floor retail, first floor café and 1 no. duplex 5 bedroomed apartment above to the South of the existing Seapoint Building at 187/189 Salthill Road Upper (6) Construction of 3-storey staircases and lifts and ancillary accommodation to the east of Seapoint building at 187/189 Salthill Road Upper. (7) The development proposal includes all ancillary site works and services, plant and maintenance areas and connections, use and access to public services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 21275

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of (a) Revised Lift Shaft to be fully glazed with mono-pitched glazed roof (b) The development will also include the partial demolition to existing single storey structure on the southern elevation to the extent of the proposed glazed Lift shaft structure

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2189

• 9 Jul 2020Conditional

  Permission is sought for the development which will consist of alterations to fourth and fifth floor balconies approved under Planning Reference 17/369 and 16/91

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 20183

• 23 Dec 2019Refused

  Permission is sought for the development which will consist of (1)Demolition of the existing 2 no. two storey blocks, with pitched roofs consisting of the 8 no. "Galway Marine View" apartments, and (2) Redevelopment of the proposed site to accommodate an infill apartment complex, to provide for short term letting, including; - Construction of a single building block, 4-5 storeys in height with a monopitch roof design, - The proposed development will accommodate 19 no. apartments for short term letting, - This will comprise of 17 no. two bed apartment units, 1 no. three bed apartment unit and 1 no. one bed apartment unit, together with associated balconies, - Revised vehicular access arrangements onto Quincentennial Drive , - Revised surface level car parking arrangement to the front, facing Quincentennial Drive, - Refuse compound/ Bike Storage Shed, - Site landscaping and communal open space area, - Revised boundary treatments and revised access arrangements for pedestrians, wheelchairs and cyclists and associated bicycle parking, - Provision of ancillary works and connection to existing foul sewer network and public mains, together with all other site works and services

  Permission · Galway City Council, 19378

• 13 Dec 2018Refused

  Permission to extend the existing aquarium to incorporate a purpose built Penguinarium comprising the following works: Construction of penguin pool and beach areas. Construction of enclosure wall with viewing apertures and external seating. Change of use of portion of existing interpretive centre building to provide quarantine, food preparation and plant room areas. Construction of landscaped amenity area. Construction of new entrance plaza and canopy. The proposed development includes for all landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works, connection to existing services and all other works necessary to facilitate the proposed development

  Permission · Galway City Council, 18405

• 8 Jun 2018Conditional

  Permission for retention and permission for a) alterations to an existing apartment block building including the demolition of 4 no. apartments to the rear, retention of 2 no. ground floor units and their use as offices, alterations of an existing 2 bed penthouse apartment to form a 1 bed apartment and associated elevational changes, b) construction of a 6 storey extension containing 13 apartments (6 no. 1 bed, 7 no. 2 bed) to the rear of the existing apartment block, c) new underground car park at rear, d) new road access onto Quincentennial Drive and all associated site & external works

  Retention, 3 homes · Galway City Council, 18184

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Galway Bay Complex SAC 000268
• Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA 004031
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268

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

The EPA radon map did not answer.

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_455 (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.

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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.