Tribeton1-3 Merchants Road, 1-3 Merchants Road, Galway
Change of use of a vacant ground floor and first-floor restaurant to office space in a protected structure.
20145 · Galway City Council · Lodged 29 May 2020
- Reference
- 20145
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 May 2020
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 100 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks to convert a 612sqm vacant ground floor area and a 573sqm first-floor restaurant into 1,185sqm of office space. The works on this protected structure will include a new entrance on Merchants Road, replacing a door, and internal alterations to remove non-original elements.
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 is sought for the development of a protected structure (rps no 5801 niah reference 30314075) and which will consist of change of use of ground floor level vacant area (612sqm) and first floor level restaurant (573sqm), to provide 1185sqm of office use over ground and first floor levels; the erection of a new entrance to merchants road, as per previous grant permission (ref 16/150); the replacing of an existing door to the south east end of the merchants road elevation with a door of similar appearance; internal alterations comprised of the careful removal of non-original partition walls, bar, kitchen fit-out, and miscellaneous non-original elements and redundant services. All works to be in accordance with conservation principles
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 29, Barr Taoide, Docks | Jul 2025 | €343,000 | 32 m |
| 27 Barr Taoide, Galway, Galway | May 2026 | €330,000 | 32 m |
| 6 Barr Taoide, Queens Gate, Galway | Feb 2026 | €328,000 | 32 m |
| 2 Nicholas St, Merchants Rd, Galway | Jul 2025 | €345,000 | 57 m |
| 7 St Nicholas St, New Docks, Galway | Feb 2025 | €310,000 | 74 m |
| 19f Merchants Road, Galway | Dec 2025 | €385,000 | 95 m |
| 3 Lismoyle House, St Augustine St, Galway | Mar 2026 | €350,000 | 99 m |
| Apt 2, Hynes Yard, Merchants Rd | Jun 2025 | €400,000 | 124 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 received29 May 2020
- Decision due23 July 2020
- Decision issued23 July 2020
- Grant issued1 September 2020
- Permission expiry31 August 2025
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