Planning application · Co. Galway

20 Prospect Hill, Galway, Co. Galway

Refused 29 Sep 2026

Key facts

Planning application 2660283 at 20 Prospect Hill, Co. Galway: Development which consists of.
The applicant is Darragh Mullin. The agent is Michael Fitzpatrick.
It was received by Galway City Council on 6 Aug 2026.
Status: Refused 29 Sep 2026.
The application was refused on 29 Sep 2026. Work is not expected unless the decision is overturned on appeal or a new application is granted.

Source: the Galway City Council planning register, checked 23 Oct 2026. Open the council's file

What and where

Development which consists of

Permission for development which consists of: retention of the front elevation of the property which has been altered as part of a change of use from commercial use to a dwelling

Location: 20 Prospect Hill, Co. Galway Map
Council: Galway City Council
Planning reference: 2660283
Application type: Retention permissionPermission to keep work already carried out.
Applicant: Darragh Mullin
Agent: Michael Fitzpatrick

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Numbers and dates

Received: 6 Aug 2026
Refused: 29 Sep 2026

Timeline

6 Aug 2026Application received
29 Sep 2026Refused

Site history

This site's history

Application 2660146, about 30 m away: granted 28 Aug 2026.
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… About 30 m away
Site start under planning reference 22/230, about 20 m away: work started 23 Mar 2023.
Development which consists of the retention and permission of works described as follows. 1) Retention for the demolition of an attached… About 20 m away
Site start under planning reference 17/33, about 20 m away: work started 4 Sep 2017.
single storey extension to back of existing dwelling house About 20 m away

Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.

Outlook

What happens next

The application was refused on 29 Sep 2026. Work is not expected unless the decision is overturned on appeal or a new application is granted.

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

Council planning fileThe application file 2660283 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

The current application seeks retention of an altered front elevation at 20 Prospect Hill following a commercial-to-dwelling conversion. The submitted drawing separates the retained frontage from internal accommodation excluded from this application. No retention decision or independently verified exemption reference was established.

4 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-07 · Official file index

The application seeks retention of the changed street frontage

Altered frontage submitted for retention; outcome not established

What the evidence says
Sheet 502 revision 0 compares the previous shopfront with the existing elevation. It marks the new windows and entrance door for retention and outlines the front elevation in blue. The shopfront has already been removed according to the drawing; the August acknowledgement records a retention application, not permission for a new replacement building.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Facade and window specialists should distinguish existing work awaiting retention from a newly commissioned facade package.

What is not established
A retention grant, agreed materials or colours, required remedial work and construction compliance were not established.

Inspect the evidence

Council acknowledgement of frontage-retention application · p.1
application for RETENTION ... front elevation ... received 06/08/2026 · Issued 2026-08-12 · Council acknowledgement dated 12 August; received application 6 August; reference 26/60283 · Checked 2026-09-07

application for RETENTION ... front elevation ... received 06/08/2026

Floor plans and previous versus existing front elevation · p.1
Previous Front Elevation; Existing Front Elevation; New Window to be retained; New door to be retained · Issued 2026-07-27 · 25218-MMA-X-Z-ZZZ-DR-MFA-AR-502; revision 0; planning issue 27 July; received 6 August · Checked 2026-09-07

Previous Front Elevation; Existing Front Elevation; New Window to be retained; New door to be retained

The six bedroom labels do not make this a six-unit application

Frontage-only retention boundary; underlying use history unverified

What the evidence says
Sheet 502 shows internal floor layouts with six labelled bedrooms, but its grey legend explicitly marks those areas as not applicable to this application. The blue retention boundary is the frontage. Sheet 501 calls the existing dwelling exempt, but supplies no exemption reference; that annotation is not independent proof of an exemption decision.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Planning and refurbishment teams need the exact underlying use entitlement before treating the internal layout as newly approved residential supply.

What is not established
Six independent dwellings, approval of the internal layout, an exemption decision reference and lawful-use certification were not established.

Inspect the evidence

Floor plans and previous versus existing front elevation · p.1
NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS APPLICATION; AREAS TO BE RETAINED OUTLINED IN BLUE; BEDROOM 1-6 · Issued 2026-07-27 · 25218-MMA-X-Z-ZZZ-DR-MFA-AR-502; revision 0; planning issue 27 July; received 6 August · Checked 2026-09-07

NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS APPLICATION; AREAS TO BE RETAINED OUTLINED IN BLUE; BEDROOM 1-6

Site location and retention boundary · p.1
Existing dwelling granted under planning exemption · Issued 2026-07-27 · 25218-MMA-X-Z-ZZZ-DR-MFA-AR-501; revision 0; planning issue 27 July; received 6 August · Checked 2026-09-07

Existing dwelling granted under planning exemption

Covering letter defining frontage-retention scope · p.1
RETENTION PERMISSION SOUGHT FOR THE FRONT ELEVATION · Issued 2026-07-24 · Letter dated 24 July; received 6 August; drawing-number text differs from actual sheet title · Checked 2026-09-07

RETENTION PERMISSION SOUGHT FOR THE FRONT ELEVATION

Remaining document questions

What is the exact exemption or permission governing the dwelling use, and what outcome governs retention of the frontage?

The declared pages of these government-published PDFs were visually inspected. Other catalogue files, later compliance, procurement and installed specifications were not established. Historical weekly membership is retained separately from these document dates.

How we know this

From the Galway City Council planning register, checked 23 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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