Unit 9 - Unit 10 Briarhill Shopping Centre, Briarhill, Galway
Amalgamation of Unit 9 and Unit 10 at Briarhill Shopping Centre to expand the Dunnes Stores supermarket.
18250 · Galway City Council · Lodged 1 August 2018
- Reference
- 18250
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 1 August 2018
Summary
AI-generatedPlanning permission is sought to merge a vacant unit (Unit 9) with the existing Dunnes Stores (Unit 10). This will create a new ground floor supermarket layout that includes an ancillary off-licence, with the net sales area capped at 2,500 square metres.
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 the amalgamation of unit 9 (vacant unit) with unit 10 (dunnes stores supermarket) to provide a new supermarket layout at ground floor, incorporating ancillary off-licence (supermarket net sales area not to exceed 2,500 sq. M net)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Rinn Lia, Old Ballybrit Rd, Ballybrit | Feb 2025 | €308,000 | 125 m |
| 16 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway | Apr 2026 | €340,000 | 274 m |
| 29 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway | Dec 2025 | €230,000 | 274 m |
| Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway | Feb 2025 | €220,000 | 274 m |
| 10 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway | Mar 2026 | €350,000 | 274 m |
| 33 C�irt Na Rasa�, Ballybrit, Galway | Dec 2025 | €150,000 | 274 m |
| 1 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway | Oct 2025 | €230,000 | 274 m |
| 30 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway | Apr 2026 | €225,000 | 274 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 received1 August 2018
- Decision due25 September 2018
- Decision issued25 September 2018
- Grant issued1 November 2018
- Permission expiry31 October 2023
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