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85 dwellings, Tuam Road, Castlegar, Galway - Planning Application 2660301

Galway City Council · 2660301 · Galway

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Planning application received · 2026-08-19

2660301

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Government document review

Application-stage reports received on 19 August 2026. The reviewed material establishes proposed systems and specifications; no permission, procurement or construction is inferred.

3 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-05 · Official file index

Heat pumps are proposed, with technology still open

Proposed in application · Application report: individual dwellings, apartment ventilation and landlord areas have distinct system scopes

What the evidence says
The energy report proposes an individual heat pump for each unit using either air-source or exhaust-air technology. The same system supplies domestic hot water with electric immersion backup. Apartment ventilation is continuous mechanical extract; electric wall radiators serve landlord areas. These choices are marked for further review during detailed design.

Application report: individual dwellings, apartment ventilation and landlord areas have distinct system scopes

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: identifies the heating and ventilation packages while retaining the unresolved choice of heat-pump technology.

What is not established
The reviewed page does not choose one heat-pump technology for every unit, establish an installed system, or identify a procurement award.

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Tuam Road: Energy and Sustainability Report · p.14
Individual Heat Pump to serve each unit via Air Source or Exhaust Air technology. · Issued 2026-06-26 · P01; issue date confirmed by document control; received 2026-08-19 · Checked 2026-09-05

Individual Heat Pump to serve each unit via Air Source or Exhaust Air technology.

The lighting model includes three existing fittings

Proposed in application · Application lighting calculation for School Road and the development layout, including existing positions

What the evidence says
The calculation lists 43 modelled luminaire positions across six types. Its layout labels three positions as existing, including one relocation. It names Philips Luma Gen2 and CU Phosco E950 families alongside a BGP292 type. The total is a design-model count, not 43 new lights or an equipment order.

Application lighting calculation for School Road and the development layout, including existing positions

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: separates the modelled lighting scope from new installation work and retains the named design families.

What is not established
Procurement, final substitutions, installed quantities and adoption by the authority are not established.

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School Road, Castlegar: public lighting calculation · p.2
No. in Project · Issued 2026-06-23 · SES 07326; six modelled luminaire types; received 2026-08-19 · Checked 2026-09-05

No. in Project

School Road, Castlegar: public lighting calculation · p.3
Existing Reloc1 · Issued 2026-06-23 · SES 07326; six modelled luminaire types; received 2026-08-19 · Checked 2026-09-05

Existing Reloc1

Separate stormwater networks serve the site and spine road

Proposed in application · P04 application drainage design; future adjacent land is outside the current development finding

What the evidence says
Development runoff is designed to reach the existing 1125 mm Tuam Road surface-water network by gravity after on-site attenuation and Hydrobrake control. A separate network beneath the primary spine road discharges to School Road and allows future connections from adjacent lands.

P04 application drainage design; future adjacent land is outside the current development finding

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: distinguishes the development drainage package from the spine-road connection and future capacity.

What is not established
The reviewed report does not establish construction, a final connection agreement, or approval of additional development on neighbouring land.

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Tuam Road: Civil Engineering Infrastructure Report · p.11
a separate surface water drainage network is proposed beneath the primary spine · Issued 2026-08-06 · P04; revised development description; received 2026-08-19 · Checked 2026-09-05

a separate surface water drainage network is proposed beneath the primary spine

Cellular and stone attenuation have different void requirements

Proposed in application · P04 proposed attenuation design; selective infiltration and location-specific construction

What the evidence says
The civil report specifies a minimum 95% porosity for cellular attenuation and 43% for proposed stone beds, with the membrane selected for the location. Storage is sized for the largest requirement over a 48-hour storm using a 100-year return period plus 20% for climate change. Infiltration is used only where ground conditions support it.

P04 proposed attenuation design; selective infiltration and location-specific construction

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: provides the drainage construction requirements without treating every storage area as an infiltration system.

What is not established
Final product selection, quantities, as-built storage and installation are not established; an example separator brochure is not a selected supplier.

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Tuam Road: Civil Engineering Infrastructure Report · p.14
The proposed cellular units will be constructed providing a minimum 95% porosity. · Issued 2026-08-06 · P04; revised development description; received 2026-08-19 · Checked 2026-09-05

The proposed cellular units will be constructed providing a minimum 95% porosity.

The water proposal separates trunk and housing branches

Proposed in application · P04 proposed watermain infrastructure; housing branches and future extensions are separate scopes

What the evidence says
The proposal connects to an existing 180 mm HDPE main at Tuam Road, brings a 150 mm arterial main through the development and serves housing clusters with 100 mm branches. The spine-road connection to School Road also allows future extensions to adjoining land.

P04 proposed watermain infrastructure; housing branches and future extensions are separate scopes

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: distinguishes the main, branch and future-extension work described in the application.

What is not established
The report makes commissioning and pressure testing subject to planning and a connection agreement; installed pipework is not established.

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Tuam Road: Civil Engineering Infrastructure Report · p.16
A 150mm diameter arterial watermain will be brought into the development · Issued 2026-08-06 · P04; revised development description; received 2026-08-19 · Checked 2026-09-05

A 150mm diameter arterial watermain will be brought into the development

A separate firewater tank is proposed because hydrant flow is not guaranteed

Proposed in application · P04 proposed site firefighting storage; not the potable-water demand or an installed tank

What the evidence says
The report proposes at least 72,000 litres of static underground storage, equivalent to 20 litres per second for one hour. It explains that Uisce Eireann will not guarantee the available hydrant fire flow. A watermain top-up is proposed, with any fire-authority requirements to be incorporated during detailed design.

P04 proposed site firefighting storage; not the potable-water demand or an installed tank

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: makes the additional firewater package and its design basis visible alongside the ordinary watermain proposal.

What is not established
A final fire-authority approval, selected tank, commissioned capacity and installation are not established.

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Tuam Road: Civil Engineering Infrastructure Report · p.16
72,000 litres (72m³ of storage) · Issued 2026-08-06 · P04; revised development description; received 2026-08-19 · Checked 2026-09-05

72,000 litres (72m³ of storage)
Remaining document questions
  • Which later official decision, approved detail or revision changes these source-specific findings?
  • Has a phase-specific official record established the selected equipment or installed specification?

Selected pages of 3 government-published PDFs were visually inspected. The exact council index lists 92 document rows. Only the cited pages of three selected government-published PDFs were inspected; the remaining catalogue has not been reviewed. Proposals do not establish procurement or installed work.

Source history

Timeline

  1. Planning application received

    2660301

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