GrantedCommercialDecided 16 January 2020

Gateway Retail Park (knocknacarra District Centre), Western Distributor Road, Knocknacarra

Construction of a new cafe and restaurant building at Gateway Retail Park.

19164 · Galway City Council · Lodged 11 June 2019

Reference: 19164
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 11 June 2019

Summary

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The project involves constructing a part-two-storey, part-single-storey building containing three cafe/restaurant units. This development will replace a previously permitted drive-thru restaurant.

Commercialrestaurantcaferetail park

Storeys: 2
Floor area: 547 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which will consist of the construction of a stand-alone part-2-storey, part-single-storey building of c. 547 sq. M to include 3 no. Café/restaurant (food and beverage units - no. 8 - c. 185 sq. M, no. 9 - c. 117 sq. M and no. 10 - c 245 sq. M) to replace the permitted "drive-thru" restaurant under planning reg. Ref. 10/285 (of c. 455 sq. M) and extended under planning reg. Ref. 16/83. The development will also include the associated signage (c. 34.3sq. M) on elevations, landscaping and outdoor seating and waste storage area, provision for future terraced area over unit no. 9 (accessed from unit 8), plant area at roof level of unit no. 9, and all associated site development works; all on a site of c. 0.12 hectares.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise Light Industry and CommercialSI

“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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
7 Gort Na Bro, Knocknacarra, Galway	Nov 2025	€467,000	194 m
19b Bothar Stiofain, Old Rahoon Road, (knocknacarra)	Mar 2025	€613,500	223 m
29 Gort Na Bro, Westin Distribitor Road, Galway	Sept 2025	€426,000	257 m
42 Gort Greinne, Millers Lane, Galway	Jun 2025	€436,000	289 m
43 Gort Greine, Rahoon Rd, Galway	Apr 2026	€402,500	293 m
22 Gort Greine, Rahoon, Galway	Sept 2025	€553,000	332 m
18 Linn Bhui, Old Rahoon Rd, Galway	Dec 2025	€395,000	357 m
26 Cloch Ard, Bothair Stiofan, Knocknacarra	Feb 2025	€480,000	359 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 received11 June 2019
Further information requested29 July 2019
Further information received13 December 2019
Decision due18 January 2020
Decision issued16 January 2020
Grant issued24 February 2020
Permission expiry23 February 2025

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