Clifden ,

What’s proposed

for ground floor extension and change of use from shop/office to café use and first and second floor extension to living accommodation with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of work to be retained - Change of use café 21.6sqm, Ext. ground Fl. 26.5sqm, Ext. First Floor 12.9sqm, Ext 2nd floor 5.5sqm

171654 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for ground floor extension and change of use from shop/office to café use and first and, received on 17 Nov 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Jan 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 171654
Local authority: Galway County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 17 Nov 2017
Observations close: 22 Dec 2017 (closed 3195 days ago)
Decision due: 20 Jan 2018 · decided 19 Jan 2018
Decision: Conditional on 19 Jan 2018
Proposed development: for ground floor extension and change of use from shop/office to café use and first and second floor extension to living accommodation with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of work to be retained - Change of use café 21.6sqm, Ext. ground Fl. 26.5sqm, Ext. First Floor 12.9sqm, Ext 2nd floor 5.5sqm
As published by the register.
Site area: 338 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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Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 349887). 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/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171654/0.

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