Travelodge Galway City Hotel, Tuam Road, Joyce Roundabout
Conversion of vacant retail, bank, and office spaces at Travelodge Galway into 17 new hotel bedrooms and a restaurant.
17128 · Galway City Council · Lodged 12 May 2017
- Reference
- 17128
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 12 May 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a change of use of vacant basement and ground floor units to hotel use. It will deliver 17 additional hotel bedrooms, enlarge 2 existing bedrooms, and create a new hotel restaurant and lobby. External alterations include a new entrance canopy and signage.
- Floor area
- 1,146 m²
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Official record
Development description
Permission for development on a site of c0.26 ha. The development will consist of: (i) the change of use of the permitted wholesale and ancillary retail uses (currently vacant) at basement and ground floor levels to hotel use; (ii) the change of use of the permitted bank and office uses (currently vacant) at basement and ground floor levels to hotel use; and, (iii) the internal reconfiguration of the existing hotel use at ground floor level. The development will include ancillary staff areas, kitchen, office, toilet and storage facilities at basement level; 17 no. Additional hotel bedrooms, the enlargement of 2 no. Existing bedrooms, a new hotel restaurant and revised lobby and entrance spaces at ground floor level (c. 1,146m2 gross floor area). The proposed development includes external alterations to the northern (front) elevation of the building at ground floor level including a new entrance with associated canopy and hotel signage, together with minor alterations to the southern (rear) and western (side) elevations at ground floor level. The development will also include all associated site development works above and below ground
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for light industry and commercial uses other than those reserved in the CC zone”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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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Recent sales nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 36 Gort Na Glaise, Sandy Rd, Galway | Feb 2025 | €325,000 | 154 m |
| 30 Gleann Noinin, College Road, Galwaynot full market price | Jun 2026 | €175,000 | 154 m |
| 63 Gort Na Glaise, Sandy Rd, Galway | Feb 2025 | €282,000 | 166 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 received12 May 2017
- Further information requested3 July 2017
- Further information received18 September 2017
- Decision due15 October 2017
- Decision issued12 October 2017
- Grant issued16 November 2017
- Permission expiry15 November 2022
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