GrantedChange of useDecided 21 May 2024

Units 6 & 10/11 Tornóg, Headford Road, Galway

Change of use and reconfiguration of commercial units to create a primary and urgent healthcare facility on Headford Road.

2460083 · Galway City Council · Lodged 28 March 2024

Reference: 2460083
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 28 March 2024

Summary

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The project involves converting Unit 10/11 from a VHI HomeCare Centre to a healthcare facility with clinical treatment rooms and an x-ray facility. Unit 6 will be converted from retail to ancillary staff use. External works include a new accessible entrance door, canopy, pedestrian ramp, and revised parking layout.

Change of usehealthcareclinicretail to medical

Floor area: 363 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which consists of
Part retention of change of use (approx. 21sqm gfa) and part change of use (approx. 263.6sqm gfa) of unit 10/11 (total gfa approx. 284.6sqm) from permitted vhi homecare centre (for provision of 'hospital in the home' medical and associated services) to use as healthcare facility (to provide enhanced primary and urgent healthcare services including the provision of clinical treatment rooms, x-ray facility, reception and ancillary support spaces)
Change of use of unit 6 (approx. 78sqm gfa) from permitted retail to use ancillary to the healthcare use of units 10/11 (for provision of non-patient facing activities and staff welfare facilities)
Internal reconfiguration of units 6 & 10/11 to facilitate healthcare use, provision of new universally accessible entrance door and external canopy and shelter at existing entrance to unit 10/11 and provision of a new fire escape door to the rear of unit 10/11
Replacement of 4 no. Existing car parking spaces with 2 no. Accessible car parking spaces, provision of a universally accessible pedestrian access ramp from existing car park to existing commercial units, provision of a bicycle parking shelter and provision of an ambulance set down area and associated extension of existing footpath
Provision of signage including 1 no. Internally lit triangular wayfinding sign to the south of unit 10/11 and 2 no. Nameplate signs at entrance to unit 10/11; and
All associated and ancillary landscape, site and development works, including additional plant, bin storage and back-up generator and associated loss of 1 no. Parking space at undercroft car park level, necessary to facilitate the change of use

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
30 Sceilg Ard, Headford Rd, Galway	Jan 2026	€450,000	75 m
50 Sceilig Ard, Headford Rd, Galway	Jul 2025	€435,000	122 m
81 Sceilg Ard, Headford Rd, Oranmore	Nov 2025	€390,000	154 m
56 Sceilg Ard, Headford Rd, Galway	Jul 2025	€400,000	162 m
12 Ballinfoyle Park, Headford Road, Galway	Dec 2025	€298,500	252 m
45 Ballinfoile Park, Headford Rd, Galway	Oct 2025	€295,000	277 m
18 Caireal Mor, Headford Road, Galway	Jun 2026	€391,000	311 m
13 Caireal Mor, Headford Rd, Galway	Jun 2026	€235,000	311 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 received28 March 2024
Decision due22 May 2024
Decision issued21 May 2024
Grant issued2 July 2024
Permission expiry1 July 2029

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