1 2 & 3 New Docks Road, Galway
Extension of duration for a restaurant storage room, walkway, and a second-floor roof garden.
16186 · Galway City Council · Lodged 4 July 2016
- Reference
- 16186
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- EXTENSION OF DURATION
- Received
- 4 July 2016
Summary
AI-generatedAn extension of duration is sought for previously approved works at McGinns on the Docks. The project includes a first-floor restaurant storage room with an external walkway, and a second-floor roof garden to serve an existing apartment.
- Storeys
- 2
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
E. O. D. On pl. Reg. Ref. No. 11/170 - permission to construct a storage room at first floor level for an existing restaurant including an open, roofed, external walk-way. Permission also for the construction of a roof garden/amenity space at second floor level, above the proposed storage room extension to service an existing residential apartment at second floor level, and for the removal of an existing window and the installation of a new external door to the rear elevation of the existing building to access the roof garden/amenity space, including all associated services. This premises is occupied by mcginns on the docks
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
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dock Street, Galway | May 2025 | €315,000 | 14 m |
| 3 Glor Na Mara, Dock St, Galway | Dec 2025 | €328,500 | 49 m |
| 5 Glor Na Mara, Dock Road, Galway | Feb 2025 | €231,000 | 49 m |
| 35d Merchants Dock, Merchants Rd, Galwaynot full market price | Nov 2025 | €190,000 | 51 m |
| 35a Merchants Dock, Merchants Rd, Galway | Jan 2025 | €300,000 | 51 m |
| 35l Merchants Apt, Merchants Rd, Galway | Mar 2025 | €299,000 | 51 m |
| 7 Tonn Na Mara, Dock Rd, New Docks | Dec 2025 | €455,000 | 61 m |
| 12 Tonn Na Mara, Dock Rd, Galway | Mar 2026 | €430,000 | 61 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 received4 July 2016
- Decision due28 August 2016
- Decision issued22 August 2016
- Permission expiry27 September 2021
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