GMIT - IHUB Building, Old Dublin Road, Galway
A three-storey extension to the GMIT IHub building to provide office and work spaces.
17366 · Galway City Council · Lodged 20 December 2017
- Reference
- 17366
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 20 December 2017
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 100 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves a three-storey industrial support building extension of 1,318 sqm to the existing GMIT IHub building. It will provide offices, meeting rooms, a coffee dock, solar panels, and additional car parking.
- Storeys
- 3
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
Permission for development which will consist of an extension and minor alterations to the existing galway - mayo institute of technology ihub building. Alterations to the existing ihub building will consist of elevational amendments to the south elevation, internal modifications of the existing boardroom, reception area and staff room. The proposed extension will comprise a three storey industrial support building with a total internal floor area of 1318 sq. M providing various sized office and work spaces, meeting rooms, multipurpose space, internal break out spaces, coffee dock, ancillary facilities, solar panels at roof level, amendments to existing car parking and landscaping, provision of new car parking, drainage, attenuation, landscaping, external lighting and all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for institutional and community facility use”
National zoning type: Community facilities
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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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 received20 December 2017
- Further information requested21 February 2018
- Further information received21 March 2018
- Decision due17 April 2018
- Decision issued17 April 2018
- Grant issued24 May 2018
- Permission expiry23 May 2023
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