Middlequarter Inishbofin ,

What’s proposed

to construct a museum building with display area, photographic exhibition room, restoration workshop, archive storage and gift shop with coffee dock. The proposed development will also include a wastewater treatment system and new road entrance. This application contains an NIS. Gross floor space of proposed works: 312 sqm

201856 is a planning application to Galway County Council for to construct a museum building with display area, photographic exhibition room, received on 7 Dec 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 4 Feb 2021.

Planning details

Reference: 201856
Local authority: Galway County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 7 Dec 2020
Observations close: 20 Jan 2021 (closed 2068 days ago)
Decision due: 9 Feb 2021 · decided 4 Feb 2021
Decision: Conditional on 4 Feb 2021
Proposed development: to construct a museum building with display area, photographic exhibition room, restoration workshop, archive storage and gift shop with coffee dock. The proposed development will also include a wastewater treatment system and new road entrance. This application contains an NIS. Gross floor space of proposed works: 312 sqm
As published by the register.
Site area: 4,139 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

Not appealed.

Commencement

Commencement notice CN0137083GC
2 Jan 2026Middlequarter, Inishbofin, Galwaymatched by ref_exact

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 354674). 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/201856/0.

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What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 8 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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