Galway City Council · 2360101
O'Connell's Bar , 8 Eyre Square , Galway City
- 26 Oct 2023Received
- 20 Dec 2023Conditional
- 26 Jan 2024Final grant
- 25 Jan 2029Permission expires
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- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 20 Dec 2023
- Council
- Galway City Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Site
- 373 m²
What’s proposed
Permission for development which consists of Retention planning permission is sought by Patrick Lonergan at O’ Connells Bar, 8, Eyre Square, Galway City (a protected structure – Ref: 3809) for a beer garden and associated structures. A beer garden was previously approved on site on a temporary basis under Pl. Reg. Ref. No.’s 09/313 & 17/182. The development consists of retention of roofed bar server, seating, TV, smoking area, canopies, decking, mock streetscape, enclosed ancillary food servers & DJ booth, together with all associated site works to the side and rear yard area (south-east) of the main building and Public House
2360101 is a planning application to Galway City Council for permission for development which consists of Retention planning permission is sought by, received on 26 Oct 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Dec 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360101
- Local authority
- Galway City Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 26 Oct 2023
- Observations close
- 30 Nov 2023 (closed 1031 days ago)
- Decision due
- 20 Dec 2023 · decided 20 Dec 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 20 Dec 2023
- Proposed development
- Permission for development which consists of Retention planning permission is sought by Patrick Lonergan at O’ Connells Bar, 8, Eyre Square, Galway City (a protected structure – Ref: 3809) for a beer garden and associated structures. A beer garden was previously approved on site on a temporary basis under Pl. Reg. Ref. No.’s 09/313 & 17/182. The development consists of retention of roofed bar server, seating, TV, smoking area, canopies, decking, mock streetscape, enclosed ancillary food servers & DJ booth, together with all associated site works to the side and rear yard area (south-east) of the main building and Public HouseAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 373 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
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Appeal
Not appealed.
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 349721). 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/2360101/0.
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