GrantedApartmentsDecided 26 June 2020

North East of roundabout, At the Junction of the Clybaun Road and Western Distributor Road, Knocknacarra

Demolition of a house to build a mixed-use development with a restaurant, 2 shops, and 6 apartments in Knocknacarra.

19177 · Galway City Council · Lodged 19 June 2019

Reference: 19177
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 19 June 2019

Summary

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The proposed development involves the demolition of a two-storey detached house to construct a mixed-use building ranging from 3 to 4 storeys over a basement. The building will accommodate a restaurant and bar, 2 neighbourhood retail units, and 6 apartments with private and communal amenity areas.

Apartmentsmixed usedemolitionretailrestaurant

Residential units: 6

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Official record

Development description

Permission is sought for the redevelopment of an existing infill and brownfield site to provide for a mixed use development comprising of a restaurant bar, 2 no. Neighbourhood retail units and 6 no. Apartments. The development will consist of: demolition of 1 no. Existing 2 storey detached dwelling, construction of a mixed use building over basement, with the overall height of the proposed building ranging from 3 storeys to the east to 4 storeys to the west. The basement will consist of a cellar, toilets, refuse areas, storage and ancillary services. The ground floor will provide for a restaurant and bar use, ancillary services and access areas, as well as 2 no. Neighbourhood retail units. The first floor will also accommodate the restaurant use and ancillary service areas. The second floor will provide for residential use, i. E. 1 no. Two bedroom apartment, 2 no. Three bedroom apartments, with private and communal amenity areas. The third floor will provide for residential use, i. E. 1 no. Three bedroom apartment, 1 no. Two bedroom apartment, with private and communal amenity areas. The forth floor (to the west of the building), will accommodate residential use, i. E. 1 no. Three bedroom apartment and private amenity areas. Provision for public realm hard and soft landscaping including shared public open space/ pedestrian plaza at ground floor level, provision for 72 no. Surface carparking spaces, bicycle parking spaces, together with revised boundary treatments and signage, revised access arrangements to include for a new vehicular entrance from the western distributor road and a vehicular exit onto the clybaun road, together with additional pedestrian connectivity to the public roads bounding the site, connection to existing public mains water infrastructure, including connection to existing surface water and foul drainage networks, to serve the development, together with all associated site development works and services.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

ResidentialRS

“To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

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

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 19 Binsin, Western Distributor Road, Knocknacarra	Jan 2026	€355,000	77 m
11 Cnocan Na Craoibhe, Clybaun Road, Galwaynot full market price · price excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€21,586	99 m
14 Cnocan Na Craoibhe, Clybaun Road, Galwayprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€396,475	99 m
7 Cnocan Na Craoibhe, Clybaun Road, Galwayprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€362,533	99 m
27 Cnocan Na Craoibhe, Clybaun Road, Galwayprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€368,468	99 m
8 Cnocan Na Craoibhe, Cylbaun Road, Galwayprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€396,475	99 m
26 Cnocan Na Craoibhe, Clybaun Road, Galwayprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€396,476	99 m
13 Cnocan Na Craoibhe, Clybaun Road, Galwaynot full market price · price excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€21,586	99 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 received19 June 2019
Further information requested12 August 2019
Further information received13 May 2020
Decision due29 June 2020
Decision issued26 June 2020
Appeal submitted15 July 2020
Appeal decided17 November 2020
Permission expiry16 November 2025

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