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Karma Nightclub, Ballalley Lane, Galway City

Installation of new fire escape stairs, doors, and maintenance access at Karma Nightclub.

16350 · Galway City Council · Lodged 16 December 2016

Reference: 16350
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Withdrawn
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 16 December 2016

Summary

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The application seeks permission to construct a new fire escape stairs and install three new fire escape doors. It also includes repositioning an existing fire escape door and adding a new maintenance access door to the flat roof.

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Official record

Development description

Permission to construct a new fire escape stairs, 3 no. New fire escape doors, repositioning of 1 no. Existing fire escape door and 1 no. New maintenance access door and associated works. The new fire escape stairs and new fire escape door at first floor level are proposed along the southeast (side) elevation. The 2 no. New fire escape doors and the proposed repositioning of 1 no. Existing fire escape door are all proposed along the northeast (front) elevation. The 1 no. New maintenance access door is proposed at first floor level along the northeast (front) elevation and will facilitate access to an existing flat roof area

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

City CentreUC

“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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Townhouse 16, Eyre Square Centre, Eyre Square	Apr 2026	€375,000	31 m
9 Eyre Sq Centre, Eyre Sq, Galway	Sept 2025	€338,000	31 m
Apartment No. 12 At Cnoc Rath�in, Mincloon Rahoon, Galway Cityprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€259,912	64 m
Birchall, Oughterard, Galway	Feb 2025	€270,000	64 m
Apt No3a, Eglington Court, Galway	Dec 2025	€391,000	149 m
28 Upper Abbeygate St, Galway	Dec 2025	€200,000	161 m
14 Eglinton Court, Eyre St, Galway	Dec 2025	€350,000	168 m
11 Eglinton Court, Eyre St, Galway	Dec 2025	€462,000	168 m

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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 received16 December 2016
Further information requested16 February 2017
Application withdrawn18 May 2017

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