Athenry, Co. Galway
Approved in Dec 2025. No sign of building yet.
- 6 Dec 2024Received
- 31 Oct 2025Conditional
- 9 Dec 2025Final approval
- 8 Dec 2030Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 31 Oct 2025
- Council
- Galway County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Units
- 1
- Site
- 3.40 ha
What’s proposed
In plain English
Mixed use development with 60 residential units and a food store
The applicant wants to build 60 homes, a discount food store, and a café. This includes refurbishing Athenry House and demolishing an existing bungalow.
- Includes 55 houses and 5 apartments
- Refurbishes Athenry House, which is a protected structure
- Demolishes an existing bungalow on the site
- Includes a café with a 2-bed apartment above it
Written by AI from the council’s description
An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.
The council’s description
for mixed use development consists of a total of 60no. residential units (55no. dwellings and 5no. apartments) along with provision of a discount food store and a café. To include: excavation/general site preparation works including infilling and raising, demolition of an existing bungalow within the application site, refurbishment of Athenry House (protected structure) for use as 4no. apartments. (Block C) ground floor café, with a 2bed apartment at first floor level and all associated site development works and services. Previous Pl. Ref. – 21/2281, 20/1384, 07/3703. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this application
Planning details
- Reference
- 2461674
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 6 Dec 2024
- Decision due
- 2 Nov 2025 · decided 31 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 31 Oct 2025
- Site area
- 3.40 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 10 · 500 m · 12 months
- OpenKnockaunglass , Campus B Athenry Primary School , Athenry
- GrantedAthenry , Northgate Street , Co.Galway
- GrantedCullairbaun Caherroyn , The Arch Bar , Athenry
- Awaiting decisionProspect , Stylewise Ltd T/A The Coffee Sistrict , Athenry Co Galway
- GrantedAthenry , land to rear of 20A Old Church Street , Co Galway
- RefusedCullairbaun Caherroyn , The Arch Bar Athenry , Co Galway
- Awaiting decisionGorteenacra , Athenry , Co. Galway
- WithdrawnCullairbaun , The Arch Bar Athenry , Co Galway
- GrantedAthenry , Kenny Park , Co. Galway
- GrantedAthenry , North Gate Street , Co. Galway
- Appeal decidedAthenry , Clarke Street/Cross Street , Athenry Co. Galway
- CommencedAthenry , North Gate Street , Co. Galway
- CommencedCullairbaun , Scoil Chroí Naofa Tuam Road , Athenry
- CommencedBaunmore Gortnahown & Farranablake East , , Athenry
- CommencedAthenry , 'La Rustica' North Gate Street , Co. Galway
- GrantedAthenry , Northgate Street , Co. Galway
- CommencedNorth Gate Street , Athenry , Co. Galway
- WithdrawnAthenry , Old Church Street , Co. Galway.
- GrantedProspect , Block 'G' Athenry Shopping Centre , Athenry Co. Galway
- GrantedProspect , Athenry
- GrantedProspect , Athenry , Co. Galway
- GrantedClarke St./Cross St. Athenry , Co. Galway
- Appeal decidedKnockaunglass , Athenry , Co. Galway
- Appeal decidedFarranablake East with ancillary works in the townlands of Baunmore and Gortnahown , Athenry , Co. Galway
- GrantedAthenry , Athenry , Co. Galway
- GrantedAthenry , Athenry , Co. Galway
- Appeal decidedAthenry , Cross Street
- GrantedProspect , Athenry , Co. Galway
- GrantedGortnahown , Athenry , Co. Galway
- GrantedKnockaunglass , Knockaunglass , Athenry Co. Galway
- CommencedAthenry ,
- Appeal decidedProspect ,
- RefusedAthenry & Caherroyn , Athenry , Co. Galway
- CommencedAthenry ,
- CommencedATHENRY ,
- Appeal decidedAthenry ,
- WithdrawnAthenry ,
- Appeal decidedATHENRY ,
- WithdrawnAthenry ,
- WithdrawnATHENRY ,
- Appeal decidedAthenry ,
Homes nearby
- For saleApartment 3, The Clarin, Prospect, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 E221
- For saleApartment 18, The Clarin, Prospect, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 P968
- For sale38 Abbey Glen, Knockaunglass, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 AP82
- For saleCourt Lane, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 KX94
- For sale39 Pairc Na Habhann, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 HY40
- For sale24 Páirc Na Habhainn, Gortnahown, Athenry, Co. Galway, H65 T935
Zoning
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Tied to the efficient operation and development of the airport under its own plan — which also means aircraft noise contours apply.
Land tied to a national or strategic asset (airport, port, rail corridor). Uses are controlled by that asset's own plan.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Reserved for civic, religious, community, education, health-care and social infrastructure.
Protections nearby 250 m
- NIAH-recorded building · 18
- Recorded monument · 62
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
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| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 14 Oct 2026, 01:45 | open |
Summary
2461674 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for mixed use development consists of a total of 60no. residential units (55no., received on 6 Dec 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 31 Oct 2025.