No. 25 Lower Newcastle Road, Galway
Change of use of a ground floor retail unit to a seated café in Galway.
16291 · Galway City Council · Lodged 28 October 2016
- Reference
- 16291
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 28 October 2016
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 100 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of changing the use of the ground floor from retail to a seated café. It includes the provision of a ventilation stack to the rear of the building and associated site works.
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Official record
Development description
Permission for development which consists of the change of use of the ground floor from retail to seated café, with the provision of a ventilation stack to the rear (west) of the building, together with all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods”
National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha House, 17 Lower Newcastle, Galway | Aug 2025 | €570,000 | 79 m |
| 14 Lower Newcastle, Newcastle, Galway | Jan 2025 | €383,000 | 99 m |
| 11 Snipe Lawn, Newcastle, Galway | Sept 2025 | €550,000 | 154 m |
| Mac Dara, 1 Upper Newcastle, Galway | Jul 2025 | €660,000 | 172 m |
| 1 Inchagoill Rd, Newcastle, Galway | Aug 2025 | €470,000 | 181 m |
| Cova, Snipe Ave, Newcastle | Nov 2025 | €400,000 | 185 m |
| 1 Snipe Lawn, Newcastle, Galway | May 2025 | €760,000 | 185 m |
| 1 Lower Newcastle, Galway, Co Galway | Sept 2025 | €970,000 | 245 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 received28 October 2016
- Decision due22 December 2016
- Decision issued22 December 2016
- Grant issued7 February 2017
- Permission expiry6 February 2022
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