Land parcel 1977584

Area

3,875 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres)

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 24 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

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 27 Mar 2026Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: the proposed development will consist of revisions to the existing retail/café/restaurant unit (approx. 206 sq m) at the ground floor level of Block A of ‘The Westwood’ development. The development provides for revisions to the internal ground floor layout (including seating areas) with a reallocation of space to consist of approx. 110.5 sq m café/restaurant use and approx. 95.5 sq m retail use (including all back of house areas, storage and circulation space areas) and all associated works. All other development remains as previously permitted under ABP Ref. 301693-18, Reg. Ref. 19/197, Reg. Ref. 20/152, Reg. Ref. 20/204, Reg. Ref. 20/357 and Reg. Ref. 21/167

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2660104

• 20 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling and demolition of 1 no. existing shed.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 23230

• 7 Jun 2023Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of a 11,134 sqm school comprising classrooms, specialist room accommodation, PE Hall/ Multi-Purpose Hall, a 2 classroom Special Needs Unit, ancillary accommodation, five external Ball Courts, 79 car parking spaces, bicycle storage, hard and soft landscaping, water attenuation system and all necessary pathways. The building comprises a central part three-storey part four-storey central East-West block with P.V panels on the roof with two part three-storey part two-storey lateral peninsula blocks each with ball courts on the roof; ESB substation, creation of a centrally located tiered amphitheatre space, courtyard gardens with extensive hard and soft landscaping; An LPG Gas Store and attenuation area to the North West of the site, A new signalised junction, access road and dedicated cycle lane providing entry from the N59 at the junction at Circular Road enclosing the development and terminating on Saint Annes Road with a North-South fire path enclosing the Eastern boundary and with pedestrian access from the N59 all comprising new drainage and ancillary works: new boundary treatment to the N59. A Natura impact statement and an ecological impact assessment will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

  Permission · Galway City Council, 23141

• 4 Aug 2020Conditional

  Permission is sought for the development which will consist of the construction of additional plant on the rooftop of permitted student accommodation (ABP Ref No. 301693-18). The proposal outlines the locations of the rooftop plant with a total area not to exceed 26m2

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 20204

• 8 Jun 2020Conditional

  Permission for the construction and operation of a Photovoltaic system on the rooftops of Block A, Block B, and Block C of the permitted student accommodation (ABP Ref. No. 300845-18). The proposal outlines the indicative locations of the PV panels with a total area not to exceed 519.38m2 and maximum height of 310mm. The proposal also includes the construction of a balustrade on the rooftops of Block A, B and C.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 20152

• 8 Jul 2019Conditional

  Permission for the development which consists of an extension and change of use from café/restaurant use to retail/ café/restaurant use, incorporating a seated café area, all associated signage and associated site development works at the ground floor of Block A of the permitted student accommodation (ABP Ref . No300845-18)

  Permission · Galway City Council, 19197

• 25 Jan 2019Conditional

  Retention permission for development at the former Westwood Hotel site. The development consists of retention of existing telecommunications infrastructure comprised of a lattice tower and associated antenna and dishes (overall height of 17metres) and ancillary ground - based equipment cabinets and fencing

  Retention · Galway City Council, 1918

• 25 May 2018Conditional

  SHD Application to An Bord Pleanála - Demolition of existing Westwood Hotel, construction of student accommodation scheme (394 bed spaces), pedestrian and cyclist links to Thomas Hynes Road and N59 Upper Newcastle Road and associates site works. The complex will be used as visitor or tourist accommodation on a temporary basis outside the academic term times

  Permission · Galway City Council, bp301693

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_453 (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.