19-21 Eglinton Street, Galway
Conversion of the former Carbon Nightclub into a licensed premises and restaurant.
22206 · Galway City Council · Lodged 22 July 2022
- Reference
- 22206
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 22 July 2022
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to convert the former Carbon Nightclub into a licensed premises and restaurant. The development includes demolition and refurbishment works, internal modifications, and a first-floor extension to provide a roof terrace, customer toilets, and staff facilities.
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 change of use of the former carbon nightclub to provide for a licenced premise and restaurant. The development will consist of demolition and refurbishment works at ground floor level including the front elevation at eglinton street. And extension to first floor level to include a roof terrace, customer toilets and staff facilities. The works include internal modifications to provide for public house and restaurant uses; the modifications to existing beer garden area at ground floor level; the provision of a roof terrace/outdoor beer garden at first floor level; all associated landscaping, boundary treatments and all other ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development on site
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 No3a, Eglington Court, Galway | Dec 2025 | €391,000 | 62 m |
| 14 Eglinton Court, Eyre St, Galway | Dec 2025 | €350,000 | 63 m |
| 11 Eglinton Court, Eyre St, Galway | Dec 2025 | €462,000 | 63 m |
| 28 Upper Abbeygate St, Galway | Dec 2025 | €200,000 | 78 m |
| Birchall, Oughterard, Galway | Feb 2025 | €270,000 | 108 m |
| Apartment No. 12 At Cnoc Rath�in, Mincloon Rahoon, Galway Cityprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €259,912 | 108 m |
| 12 St Anthonys Place, Woodquay, Galway | Sept 2025 | €325,000 | 109 m |
| 3 St Anthonys Place, Woodquay, Galway | Aug 2025 | €375,000 | 120 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 received22 July 2022
- Further information requested14 September 2022
- Further information received2 March 2023
- Decision due29 March 2023
- Decision issued29 March 2023
- Grant issued5 May 2023
- Permission expiry4 May 2028
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
Permission for development which will consist of new shop front on to Eglinton Street retention of rear…
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17229Galway CityLodged 10 Aug 2017Commercial
- Granted30 m away
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1986Galway CityLodged 22 Mar 2019Retention
- Granted30 m away
Permission for development which will consist of retention permission of existing rooflight on front elevation
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20229Galway CityLodged 9 Sept 2020Retention
- Granted40 m away
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17269Galway CityLodged 20 Sept 2017Retention
- Granted40 m away
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- Granted50 m away
Permission for retention which will consist of retaining the use of a ground floor unit
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21170Galway CityLodged 20 May 2021Retention
- Granted50 m away
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- Granted50 m away
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2067Galway CityLodged 18 Mar 2020Retention
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