Site No 1 to 3 Merchants Road, Galway
Extension of a first-floor restaurant into the ground floor of a protected building, with new pedestrian entrances.
16150 · Galway City Council · Lodged 31 May 2016
- Reference
- 16150
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 31 May 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThe development involves internal alterations and new pedestrian entrances from Merchants Road and Forthill Street. It will extend the existing first-floor restaurant use into the ground floor, changing the use from retail, storage, and cookery class.
- Floor area
- 1,215 m²
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Official record
Development description
Permission which will consist of a new pedestrian entrance from merchants road, new pedestrian entrances from forthill street, repositioning of existing escape door to stairs at rear of building, internal alternations including new partitions to accommodate new toilets and storage areas all at ground floor level and ductwork from ground floor to roof level. Extension of the existing restaurant use at first floor to ground floor which will result in a change from retail, storage and cookery class use to retail, storage, restaurant use. All at ground floor level, gross area of building is 1215.0 sq. M. This building is a protected structure
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To Provide for city centre uses”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 29, Barr Taoide, Docks | Jul 2025 | €343,000 | 32 m |
| 27 Barr Taoide, Galway, Galway | May 2026 | €330,000 | 32 m |
| 6 Barr Taoide, Queens Gate, Galway | Feb 2026 | €328,000 | 32 m |
| 2 Nicholas St, Merchants Rd, Galway | Jul 2025 | €345,000 | 56 m |
| 7 St Nicholas St, New Docks, Galway | Feb 2025 | €310,000 | 74 m |
| 19f Merchants Road, Galway | Dec 2025 | €385,000 | 95 m |
| 3 Lismoyle House, St Augustine St, Galway | Mar 2026 | €350,000 | 99 m |
| Apt 2, Hynes Yard, Merchants Rd | Jun 2025 | €400,000 | 124 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received31 May 2016
- Further information requested22 July 2016
- Further information received3 October 2016
- Decision due30 October 2016
- Decision issued28 October 2016
- Grant issued9 December 2016
- Permission expiry8 December 2021
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