GrantedCommercialDecided 9 September 2025

Knocknacarra Shopping Centre, Shangort Road, Galway

Construction of a coffee shop and two retail units at Knocknacarra Shopping Centre.

2560111 · Galway City Council · Lodged 16 April 2025

Reference: 2560111
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 16 April 2025

Summary

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Permission is sought to develop a coffee shop/business unit and two retail/business units. The development will be located in a previously unused area of the Knocknacarra Shopping Centre.

Commercialretailcoffee shopcommercial

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which consists of: coffee shop/business unit and two number retail shops/business units at previously unused area

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

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 3 Sli Na Mara, Kingston Rd, Galway	Feb 2026	€250,000	89 m
5 Carragh Hill, Knocknacarra, Galway	Dec 2025	€730,000	122 m
1 Clybaun Heights, Knocknacarra, Galway	Jan 2025	€675,000	130 m
24 Carragh Hill, Knocknacarra, Galway	Oct 2025	€688,000	156 m
2 Shangort Park, Knocknacarra Park, Galway	Mar 2025	€450,000	195 m
31 Carragh Hill, Salthill, Galway	Apr 2025	€700,000	198 m
Seacote, Shangort, Knocknacarra	Jun 2026	€451,000	202 m
Aran House, Shangort, Knocknacarra	Mar 2025	€640,000	221 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 received16 April 2025
Further information requested29 May 2025
Further information received13 August 2025
Decision due9 September 2025
Decision issued9 September 2025
Grant issued17 October 2025
Permission expiry16 October 2030

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