Baile Thair Inis Oirr ,

What’s proposed

for (1) change of use of hostel to a guest house including internal alterations (2) Side extension to café, (3) New Pedestrian entrance (4) New on-site sewage treatment system, polishing filter (5) and all associated site works, original planning ref no. 58670 (A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) was submitted with the application)

2643 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for (1) change of use of hostel to a guest house including internal alterations (2) Side, received on 3 Mar 2026; permission was granted on 23 Apr 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2643
Local authority: Galway County Council
Status: Granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 3 Mar 2026
Observations close: 7 Apr 2026 (closed 165 days ago)
Decision due: 27 Apr 2026 · decided 23 Apr 2026
Decision: Unconditional on 23 Apr 2026
Proposed development: for (1) change of use of hostel to a guest house including internal alterations (2) Side extension to café, (3) New Pedestrian entrance (4) New on-site sewage treatment system, polishing filter (5) and all associated site works, original planning ref no. 58670 (A Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) was submitted with the application)
As published by the register.
Site area: 1,662 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

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 368467). 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/2643/0.

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What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 7 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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