No 29 Upper Abbeygate Street, Galway
Retention of shopfront revisions and restaurant/take-away use in Galway.
18143 · Galway City Council · Lodged 3 May 2018
- Reference
- 18143
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 3 May 2018
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 100 m²
Summary
AI-generatedRetention permission is sought to retain revisions made to a shopfront on Upper Abbeygate Street. It also seeks to retain the use of the ground floor as a restaurant with an associated take-away.
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Official record
Development description
Permission for retention to retain the revisions to the shop front and to retain the use of the ground floor as a restaurant with associated take-away
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Upper Abbeygate St, Galway | Dec 2025 | €200,000 | 56 m |
| 26 Bowling Green, Galway, Galway | May 2025 | €330,000 | 124 m |
| Apt No3a, Eglington Court, Galway | Dec 2025 | €391,000 | 132 m |
| 11 Eglinton Court, Eyre St, Galway | Dec 2025 | €462,000 | 134 m |
| 14 Eglinton Court, Eyre St, Galway | Dec 2025 | €350,000 | 134 m |
| 10 Fishermans Wharf, Bowling Green, Galway | Aug 2025 | €310,000 | 146 m |
| Birchall, Oughterard, Galway | Feb 2025 | €270,000 | 147 m |
| Apartment No. 12 At Cnoc Rath�in, Mincloon Rahoon, Galway Cityprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €259,912 | 147 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 received3 May 2018
- Further information requested25 June 2018
- Further information received20 December 2018
- Decision due25 January 2019
- Decision issued25 January 2019
- Grant issued1 March 2019
- Permission expiry29 February 2024
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