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What’s proposed

(A) of change of use from retail shop at ground floor and offices at first floor to private residential use. (B) Retention sought for increased floor area at ground floor level at Abbey Street. (Gross floor space of change of use works: 171 sqm.)

17304 is a planning application to Galway County Council for (A) of change of use from retail shop at ground floor and offices at first floor to, received on 6 Mar 2017; the file is recorded as withdrawn.

Planning details

Reference: 17304
Local authority: Galway County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “WITHDRAWN”
Received: 6 Mar 2017
Observations close: 10 Apr 2017 (closed 3448 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: (A) of change of use from retail shop at ground floor and offices at first floor to private residential use. (B) Retention sought for increased floor area at ground floor level at Abbey Street. (Gross floor space of change of use works: 171 sqm.)
As published by the register.
Site area: 514 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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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 351085). 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/17304/0.

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