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Change of use to restaurant

Mary Mullens Bar and Prospect House , Nos 8 12 & 14 Prospect Hill , Galway

Permission granted with conditions

Council decision recorded: August 28, 2026

Applicant
Not supplied in our sources
Proposed works
Change of use
Proposed use
Restaurant
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The story so far

Application timeline

Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.

  1. Application received
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: 8571a5a7b53ae3ed88ea93e2fd881547cfdb3d1d72e0c25faa06a5ddc7a6a8a1 · field: ReceivedDate

  2. Further information requested
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: 8571a5a7b53ae3ed88ea93e2fd881547cfdb3d1d72e0c25faa06a5ddc7a6a8a1 · field: FIRequestDate

  3. Further information received
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: 8571a5a7b53ae3ed88ea93e2fd881547cfdb3d1d72e0c25faa06a5ddc7a6a8a1 · field: FIRecDate

  4. Council decisionGranted with conditions
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: 8571a5a7b53ae3ed88ea93e2fd881547cfdb3d1d72e0c25faa06a5ddc7a6a8a1 · field: DecisionDate

What changed

Updated in the retained record: Source status, Council outcome, Council decision, Decision due date.

Compare the previous and updated values

Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE; Council outcome: N/A → CONDITIONAL; Council decision: not supplied → 2026-08-28; Decision due date: 2026-06-25 → 2026-08-31

Legacy batch date (exact collection time unavailable): 6 September 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.

Why it matters locally

The proposal concerns Mary Mullens Bar and Prospect House , Nos 8 12 & 14 Prospect Hill , Galway. Proposal excerpt: “Permission for development which consists of: 1. Retention permission to the rear of No’s 12-14 Prospect Hill (Mary Mullen’s Bar) and No. 8 Prospect Hill (Prospect House) of; • Provision of beer garden area within courty…”

Location & nearby applications

Mary Mullens Bar and Prospect House , Nos 8 12 & 14 Prospect Hill , Galway

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Nearby applications

Closest retained records in this county within 5 km, measured between map points. Proximity does not establish a shared site.

Documents & sources

Galway City Council · Reference 2660146

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Source records and verification details

Change record: NPAD · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Proposal: NPAD · source SHA-256: 8571a5a7b53ae3ed88ea93e2fd881547cfdb3d1d72e0c25faa06a5ddc7a6a8a1

Latest source observation retained: 2026-09-21T10:01:53.073149+00:00. Source dataset date: 2026-09-15.

Full description from the council file
Permission for development which consists of: 1. Retention permission to the rear of No’s 12-14 Prospect Hill (Mary Mullen’s Bar) and No. 8 Prospect Hill (Prospect House) of; • Provision of beer garden area within courtyard, covered with a glass canopy/roof, • Change of use and alterations to formerly vacant two-storey office/retail building to rear, to an ancillary bar. On the ground floor, this includes provision of bar areas, customer toilets, staff areas and keg store. The first floor consists of provision of ancillary bar storage. • Fire escape, steps and air conditioning units to rear. 2. Permission at No. 8 Prospect Hill (Prospect House) for; • Change of use at ground floor level from vacant betting office to restaurant and Café, together with internal ground floor connection to the adjoining Courtyard/ Beer Garden Area at Mary Mullens. • Change of use of first and second floors from vacant office space, to 32-bed tourist accommodation to complement the adjoining hospitality business at Mary Mullens. • Extension of glass canopy/roof to northern corner of existing beer garden. • Alterations to front elevation façade onto street (Prospect Hill), including revised fenestration, roof design, signage and shopfront details. • Alterations and revised fenestration to south-western side elevation, north-eastern side elevation and south-eastern rear elevation. • Removal of existing internal stairs and construction of single-storey extension to facilitate an additional fire escape route with steps to rear. • Revised treatments to rear boundary wall. • Construction of an internal access stairs to roof along with installation of PV panels and plant at roof level, together with all associated site works and services
Application details
Reference
2660146
Site address
Mary Mullens Bar and Prospect House , Nos 8 12 & 14 Prospect Hill , Galway
Homes in source field
0 (proposal, not completions)
Reported floor area (m²)
0
Application type
RETENTION
Latest reported outcome
Permission granted with conditions
Date received
May 01, 2026
Decision due
August 31, 2026
Council decision date
August 28, 2026
Authority
Galway City Council
All recorded updates to this application

Dates below show when a change was first retained, not when a planning event happened.

  1. 2026-09-06
    • Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE
    • Council outcome: N/A → CONDITIONAL
    • Council decision: → 2026-08-28
    • decision due date: 2026-06-25 → 2026-08-31

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