No. 9 Eyre Square, Galway
Change of use of a vacant internet café and upper floors to a restaurant with an ancillary takeaway and storage.
16356 · Galway City Council · Lodged 22 December 2016
- Reference
- 16356
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 22 December 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal seeks to convert a vacant ground-floor internet café and commercial upper floors into a restaurant with an ancillary takeaway on the ground and first floors. The second floor will be used for storage, alongside a new shopfront and reinstated sliding sash windows.
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Official record
Development description
Permission for the proposed change of use from vacant internet café on ground floor and commercial use of upper floors to restaurant with ancillary take away on ground and first floor and use of second floor for storage, provision of new shopfront, reinstatement of the sliding sash windows on the upper floors and ancillary works
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 St Patricks Ave, Eyre Sq, Galway | Sept 2025 | €300,000 | 82 m |
| 20 Prospect Hill, Galway City, County Galway | May 2025 | €200,000 | 115 m |
| Townhouse 16, Eyre Square Centre, Eyre Square | Apr 2026 | €375,000 | 172 m |
| 9 Eyre Sq Centre, Eyre Sq, Galway | Sept 2025 | €338,000 | 172 m |
| Apartment No. 12 At Cnoc Rath�in, Mincloon Rahoon, Galway Cityprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €259,912 | 220 m |
| Birchall, Oughterard, Galway | Feb 2025 | €270,000 | 220 m |
| 16 The Elms, Forster St, Galway | Sept 2025 | €415,000 | 238 m |
| Apartment 1, Western Court, St Bridgets Place | Jan 2026 | €320,000 | 247 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 received22 December 2016
- Further information requested23 February 2017
- Further information received23 May 2017
- Decision due19 June 2017
- Decision issued15 June 2017
- Grant issued15 December 2017
- Appeal submitted12 July 2017
- Appeal decided11 December 2017
- Permission expiry14 December 2022
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