Galway City Council · 19200
Hynes Building , St. Augustine Street , Galway
- 12 Jul 2019Received
- 4 Sept 2019Refused
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- Status
- Appeal decided — refused
- Decision
- Refused · 4 Sept 2019
- Council
- Galway City Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3,098 m²
What’s proposed
Permission for the development which will consist of a three to seven storey building (total gross floor area 8472 sqm). The development will consist of; (1) The demolition of the existing building in the northeast corner of the site known as St Clare Walk Building and construction of a new 7 storey building with a new junior library and office reception at ground floor and office use to all upper floors. (2) The construction of an additional 3 no. floors over part of the Hynes building for office use. (3) A single storey extension to the existing library at ground floor of the Hynes building on Augustine Street. (4) Alterations to the elevations on Augustine Street and Merchants Road. (5) All other associated site development and servicing works. The site is principally bound by St. Augustine Street to the northwest St Clare's Walk to the northwest; Merchants Road to the southeast; and St Augustine House to the southwest
19200 is a planning application to Galway City Council for permission for the development which will consist of a three to seven storey building, received on 12 Jul 2019; permission was refused on 4 Sept 2019.
Planning details
- Reference
- 19200
- Local authority
- Galway City Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 12 Jul 2019
- Observations close
- 16 Aug 2019 (closed 2598 days ago)
- Decision due
- 5 Sept 2019 · decided 4 Sept 2019
- Decision
- Refused on 4 Sept 2019
- Proposed development
- Permission for the development which will consist of a three to seven storey building (total gross floor area 8472 sqm). The development will consist of; (1) The demolition of the existing building in the northeast corner of the site known as St Clare Walk Building and construction of a new 7 storey building with a new junior library and office reception at ground floor and office use to all upper floors. (2) The construction of an additional 3 no. floors over part of the Hynes building for office use. (3) A single storey extension to the existing library at ground floor of the Hynes building on Augustine Street. (4) Alterations to the elevations on Augustine Street and Merchants Road. (5) All other associated site development and servicing works. The site is principally bound by St. Augustine Street to the northwest St Clare's Walk to the northwest; Merchants Road to the southeast; and St Augustine House to the southwestAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3,098 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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Homes nearby
- For saleApartment 3, Lurgan Lane, Galway City Centre, Co. Galway, H91 W250
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- SoldApartment 10, Hynes Yard, Merchants Road, Co. Galway
Appeal
The register records appeal 305537-19 (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 349204). 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/19200/0.
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