GrantedChange of useDecided 28 August 2025

Retail Units 60 and 61 Galway Shopping Centre, Hedford Road, Galway

Amalgamation and change of use of two retail units into a single café at Galway Shopping Centre.

2560202 · Galway City Council · Lodged 7 July 2025

Reference: 2560202
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 7 July 2025

Summary

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The project involves merging two existing ground floor retail units (Nos. 60 and 61) to create a single café unit. It includes alterations to the shopfront to add glazed double doors, an additional external access door, and new mall signage.

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Storey: 1

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which consists of: planning permission for development at retail units 60 and 61, galway shopping centre, headford road, galway. The amalgamation and change of use of 2 no. Existing ground floor retail units no’s 60 & 61 from retail to café to form a single café unit accessed off the internal mall. Alterations to the existing mall shopfront of unit no. 61 to provide an additional set of glazed double doors and to provide an additional public glazed access door to the existing external north elevation of unit no
Provision of mall signage to the existing mall fascia and all associated site works

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

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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	92 m
39 Cookes Terrace, Bohermore, Galway	Dec 2025	€341,000	148 m
66 Cill Ard, Bohermore, Galway	Apr 2025	€285,000	178 m
17 Liam Mellowes Terrace, Bother Mor, Galway	Apr 2026	€300,000	190 m
14 Liam Mellows Terrace, Bohermore, Galway	Dec 2025	€320,000	204 m
15 An Larnach, Bohermore, Galway	Jan 2025	€245,000	215 m
21 Larnach, Bohermore, Galway	Feb 2025	€235,000	215 m
29 Larnach, Bohermore, Galway	Mar 2025	€290,000	215 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 received7 July 2025
Decision due31 August 2025
Decision issued28 August 2025
Grant issued9 October 2025
Permission expiry8 October 2030

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