GrantedAlterationsDecided 2 October 2024

Nun's Island Street, Nun's Island, Galway

Internal layout and upgrade works to a three-storey educational facility in Galway City.

2460092 · Galway City Council · Lodged 3 April 2024

Reference: 2460092
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 3 April 2024
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 100 m²

Summary

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The application proposes internal layout and upgrade works to an existing three-storey educational facility, which is a former mill building. The site is a protected structure.

Alterationseducationprotected structurerenovation

Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which will consist of internal layout and upgrade works to existing three-storey education facility (former mill/industrial building). The proposed development site is a protected structure - rps no. 7409 - as listed in the record of protected structures of the galway city development plan 2023-2029.

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
18 Altenagh House, Nuns Island, Galway	Feb 2026	€395,000	30 m
1 Altenach, House Nuns Island, Galway	Jul 2025	€350,000	30 m
23 Fishermans Wharf, Bowling Green, Galway	Jul 2025	€560,000	92 m
13 The Waterhouse, Fishermans Wharf, Bowling Green	Apr 2025	€415,000	92 m
10 Fishermans Wharf, Bowling Green, Galway	Aug 2025	€310,000	108 m
3 Fishermans Wharf, Bowling Green, Galway	Dec 2025	€350,000	115 m
26 Bowling Green, Galway, Galway	May 2025	€330,000	120 m
Apt 3 1 New Rd, New Rd, Galway	Nov 2025	€325,000	185 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 received3 April 2024
Further information requested28 May 2024
Further information received11 September 2024
Decision due8 October 2024
Decision issued2 October 2024
Grant issued8 November 2024
Permission expiry7 November 2029

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