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Galway City Council · 2385

No. 7 & No. 9 , Upper Newcastle Road , Galway

  1. 11 Apr 2023Received
  2. 29 May 2023Refused
  3. 10 Apr 2029Permission expires
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Refused · 29 May 2023
Council
Galway City Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
728 m²
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What’s proposed

Permission for development which consists of changes to previously granted merger, renovation and extension of pair of semi-detached houses, Galway City Council planning file reference number 20/51 to (a) change of use to student accommodation and extension of previously granted detached house (merged of semi-detached houses) to form a 13 bedroom student accommodation (all ground floor bedrooms wheelchair accessible) in a single 2 storey building (b) demolition of rear house extensions and existing shed (c) construction of a new rear part single and part two storey rear extension and small front single storey entrance extension (d) all associated elevation changes (e) construction of a bin store and covered bike stand (f) construction of rear single storey self-contained recreation room for the sole use of the main building occupants (g) all associated building works and all associated site works

2385 is a planning application to Galway City Council for permission for development which consists of changes to previously granted merger, received on 11 Apr 2023; permission was refused on 29 May 2023.

Planning details

Reference
2385
Local authority
Galway City Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
11 Apr 2023
Observations close
16 May 2023 (closed 1222 days ago)
Decision due
5 Jun 2023 · decided 29 May 2023
Decision
Refused on 29 May 2023
Proposed development
Permission for development which consists of changes to previously granted merger, renovation and extension of pair of semi-detached houses, Galway City Council planning file reference number 20/51 to (a) change of use to student accommodation and extension of previously granted detached house (merged of semi-detached houses) to form a 13 bedroom student accommodation (all ground floor bedrooms wheelchair accessible) in a single 2 storey building (b) demolition of rear house extensions and existing shed (c) construction of a new rear part single and part two storey rear extension and small front single storey entrance extension (d) all associated elevation changes (e) construction of a bin store and covered bike stand (f) construction of rear single storey self-contained recreation room for the sole use of the main building occupants (g) all associated building works and all associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area
728 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 317441-23 (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 349563). 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/2385/0.

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