Land parcel 5707905

Area

801 m²

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,497 m².

Zoning

S3 Community Culture and Institutional (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
M2 City Centre (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 13 Feb 2026Conditional

  Permission for upgrades to public road and public footpaths comprising resurfacing of existing road carriageway and new footpaths, including stone paving, kerbing and tactile finish treatments, and all ancillary site and development works at lands at Queen Street and Victoria Place, Galway. The proposed development will provide for revisions to permitted Galway City Council Reference 17/121 (An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-300613-18) and will include omission of cycle lane and provision of new set-down / lay-by on Queen Street. Part of the proposed development bounds the United Methodist Presbyterian Church (Protected Structure - RPS Ref: 8201).

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2660039

• 19 Dec 2022Refused

  Permission for development which consists of the following: demolition of the existing warehouse, restaurant and associated buildings on site (c.798 sq.m total floor area) construction of a new 10-11 storey, over basement, extension to the existing Victoria Hotel providing the following: 109 no. additional bedrooms. Reception, lobby, seating area, bars, kitchen, bathrooms, service/back of house areas, and events area at ground and first floor/mezzanine. Bar/lounge and terrace at 10th floor level. Utilities, storage areas, plantroom and staff areas at basement level. Also plant at roof level. Total floor area of new extension c. 7,106 sq.m Minor alterations to the existing hotel building to provide openings on the western elevations to connect with the proposed extension. Alterations to and change of use (from offices) of Victoria House (RPS: 10401) (c.328 sq.m) to now form part of the extended hotel providing seating area, conference/meeting room and hotel office/admin rooms. existing internal room layouts maintained with existing east elevation window at 1st floor omitted to facilitate glazed link to new hotel extension. Replacement of glazing on front elevation with new painted timber sliding sash window. All associated site development works, services provisions and landscaping.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 22335

• 19 Nov 2020Refused

  Permission for development which will consist of 1 Retention of alterations & new finishes to the existing canopy. 2 New signage to canopy over main entrance. 3 Retention of minor alterations to entrance doors.

  Retention · Galway City Council, 20298

• 26 Feb 2020Conditional

  Large scale development, details of which are laid out in Planning Application Details online and site notice

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2047

• 12 Nov 2019Refused

  Planning permission is being sought as follows: 1) New signage to canopy over main entrance. 2) Retention of new finishes to existing canopy. 3) Retention of non- slip tiles and alteration of door position

  Retention · Galway City Council, 19320

• 5 May 2017Conditional

  Permission for development at site (approximately 0.3 Ha) generally bounded by Queen Street to the west, United Methodist Presbyterian Church (Protected Structure - RPS Ref: 8201) to the north, old stable buildings (Protected Structure - RPS Ref: 8202) to the east and former Topaz Oil Facility to the south. The proposed development consists of a predominantly student accommodation scheme (c. 10,747 sqm GIA) provided in 2 no. blocks sitting over a common ground floor level (consisting of a total of 345 no. bedrooms) as follows: - Ground floor Level (c. 1,177 sqm) contains ancillary student accommodation space including flexible amenity areas such as reception area, common space/screening area, study area, fitness studio, internal secure bicycle parking (175 no. spaces), refuge storage and recycling area, laundry room, plant (including ESB sub-station) etc.; this is also a commercial space/business start-up space addressing Queen Street (c. 161 sqm). Block 1 (North) (c. 4,479 sqm) is a 7 storey building (above ground floor), located in the north-east part of the site containing 158 no. bedrooms comprising: Level 1: 23 no. bedrooms, Level 2 to 6: 115 no. bedrooms in total and Level 7: 20 no. bedrooms accessed from 1 no. central core; all bedroom clusters with access to shared kitchen/living room; plant located within void of roof space (above Level 7); profiled roof and rooflights over voids. Block 2 (South) (c. 5,091 sqm) is a 8 storey building (above ground floor), located in the south-west part of the site containing 187 no. bedrooms comprising: Level 1: 12 no. bedrooms and Level 2 to 8: 175 no. bedrooms in total accessed from 1 no. central core; all bedroom clusters with access to shared kitchen/living room; profiled roof and rooflights over voids. There are two landscaped gardens; the first located at Level 01 between Block 1 and 2 with access from the common area at Ground Floor Level and a second on the roof of Block 2; Pedestrian, Bicycle and vehicle access is from Queen Street with a one way route operating around the perimeter of the building access from the northern corner of the site exiting under Block 2 via a double height void over Ground Floor and Level 01 back on to Queen Street. The proposed development includes the demolition of existing structures on the site (c. 506 sqm); all ancillary site development and landscape works, including proposed improvements to the existing public realm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 17121

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 10 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_475 (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.