GrantedChange of useDecided 21 May 2024

Retail Unit no. 61, Galway Shopping Centre, Headford Road Galway

Change of use of a retail unit to a restaurant at Galway Shopping Centre.

2460084 · Galway City Council · Lodged 28 March 2024

Reference: 2460084
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 28 March 2024

Summary

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The application seeks permission to convert Unit 61 from retail to restaurant use. Works include a new mall shopfront, illuminated signage, and the installation of a roof-mounted extract vent.

Change of userestaurantshopping centreshopfront

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which consists of works for a change of use from retail to restaurant for unit no. 61 accessed from within the shopping centre mall with new mall shopfront signage fascia to include new aluminium fascia, internally illuminated logo, strapline text, illuminated projecting sign, window manifestations and all associated works and service provision including an extract vent mounted on the shopping centre flat roof above the unit.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise Light Industry and CommercialSI

“To provide for light industry and commercial uses other than those reserved in the CC zone”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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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Built & sold

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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
28 Cill Ard, Bohermore, Galway	Apr 2025	€285,000	89 m
39 Cookes Terrace, Bohermore, Galway	Dec 2025	€341,000	146 m
66 Cill Ard, Bohermore, Galway	Apr 2025	€285,000	177 m
17 Liam Mellowes Terrace, Bother Mor, Galway	Apr 2026	€300,000	188 m
14 Liam Mellows Terrace, Bohermore, Galway	Dec 2025	€320,000	201 m
15 An Larnach, Bohermore, Galway	Jan 2025	€245,000	212 m
21 Larnach, Bohermore, Galway	Feb 2025	€235,000	212 m
29 Larnach, Bohermore, Galway	Mar 2025	€290,000	212 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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