G.M.I.T., Dublin Road, Renmore
Construction of a new three-storey STEM building at GMIT incorporating science, computing, and engineering schools.
19299 · Galway City Council · Lodged 30 October 2019
- Reference
- 19299
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 30 October 2019
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 100 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a new 5,550 sqm STEM building at the GMIT campus on Dublin Road. The building will be three storeys with a recessed fourth floor and plant zone, connected to the existing building by ground floor links and two first-floor bridges. It will contain lecture theatres, laboratories, and academic spaces, alongside landscaping and solar panels.
- Storeys
- 4
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 a new stem building incorporating the schools of science and computing and the school of engineering, of 5550 sq. Metres. The building is 5550 sq. Metres, located to the east of the campus addressing the ballybane road. The building is three storeys with a recessed fourth floor and plant zone. The building is attached to the existing building at ground floor and by 2 no. Link bridges at first floor level. Internally the building contains lecture theatres, seminar rooms, laboratories, academic and social spaces. The works will include alterations of the existing gmit service road, diversion of services, the construction of a standalone transformer area, gas bottle zone and gas skid enclosure. In addition the project will provide hard paved landscape, new landscaped zone to the east of the site and a new pedestrian entrance to the building from the existing visitors car park, including signage, photovoltaic panels and all ancillary 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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What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 97 Glasan Student Village, Ballybane Rd, Mervue | May 2025 | €252,000 | 104 m |
| Unit 155 Glasan Student Village, Ballybane Road, Mervue | Feb 2026 | €245,000 | 128 m |
| Unit 154 Glasan Student Village, Ballybane Road, Mervue | Jul 2025 | €240,000 | 129 m |
| Gmit Chaplain Rivevora Lo, Ballybane Rd, Galway | Jul 2025 | €615,000 | 131 m |
| Unit 7 Glasan Student Village, Ballybane Rd, Mervue | Jan 2026 | €225,000 | 138 m |
| Unit 1 Glasan Student Village, Ballybane Rd, Mervue | Jul 2025 | €210,000 | 138 m |
| Unit 5 Glasan Student Village, Ballybane Rd, Mervue | Feb 2026 | €200,000 | 138 m |
| Unit 4 Glasan Student Village, Ballybane Rd, Mervue | Sept 2025 | €200,000 | 138 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received30 October 2019
- Decision due2 January 2020
- Decision issued20 December 2019
- Grant issued4 February 2020
- Permission expiry3 February 2025
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