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Galway City Council · 18405

Seapoint Promenade , Salthill , Galway

  1. 13 Dec 2018Received
  2. 14 Feb 2019Refused
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Status
Appeal decided — refused
Decision
Refused · 14 Feb 2019
Council
Galway City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
2,374 m²
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What’s proposed

Permission to extend the existing aquarium to incorporate a purpose built Penguinarium comprising the following works: Construction of penguin pool and beach areas. Construction of enclosure wall with viewing apertures and external seating. Change of use of portion of existing interpretive centre building to provide quarantine, food preparation and plant room areas. Construction of landscaped amenity area. Construction of new entrance plaza and canopy. The proposed development includes for all landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works, connection to existing services and all other works necessary to facilitate the proposed development

18405 is a planning application to Galway City Council for permission to extend the existing aquarium to incorporate a purpose built Penguinarium, received on 13 Dec 2018; permission was refused on 14 Feb 2019.

Planning details

Reference
18405
Local authority
Galway City Council
Status
Appeal decided — refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
13 Dec 2018
Observations close
28 Jan 2019 (closed 2799 days ago)
Decision due
15 Feb 2019 · decided 14 Feb 2019
Decision
Refused on 14 Feb 2019
Proposed development
Permission to extend the existing aquarium to incorporate a purpose built Penguinarium comprising the following works: Construction of penguin pool and beach areas. Construction of enclosure wall with viewing apertures and external seating. Change of use of portion of existing interpretive centre building to provide quarantine, food preparation and plant room areas. Construction of landscaped amenity area. Construction of new entrance plaza and canopy. The proposed development includes for all landscaping, boundary treatments and site development works, connection to existing services and all other works necessary to facilitate the proposed development
As published by the register.
Site area
2,374 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

The register records appeal ABP-303937-19 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 347277). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCity/AppFileRefDetails/18405/0.

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