Planning application 2632
Hardiman Hotel Bedroom Extension
Hardiman Hotel (formerly Meyrick Hotel), Eyre Square, Galway
Application timeline
Key milestones
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Application received
Decision due
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Why this application matters
Hotel accommodation
The scheme converts the fifth-floor leisure centre into 13 bedrooms and adds a sixth floor with a further 6 bedrooms, creating 19 hotel bedrooms in total.
Building changes
Works include revised ground- and fourth-floor fire-escape corridors, reconfigured ground-floor bathrooms, and a south-west elevation change replacing a window with a doorway.
Established permission
The same package of works was previously granted by An Bord Pleanála and was later the subject of an unconditional extension-of-duration decision at the hotel.
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Application details
- Planning reference
- 2632
- Council
- Galway City Council
- Proposal description
- Permission for development which consists of: (1) amendments to the ground floor layout including reconfiguration of the bathrooms and creation of a fire escape corridor, (2) alterations to the existing fenestration and conversion of a window into a doorway at ground floor level on the south-western elevations, (3) alterations to the layout at fourth floor level including the insertion of alternative fire escape corridor, (4) change of use at 5th floor from an existing leisure centre to 13 no. bedrooms, (5) the construction of an additional 6th floor containing 6 no. bedrooms, fire escape corridor, and plant areas and; (6) all other associated site development and servicing works- granted by An Bord Pleanala -Galway City Council ref 19/221/ An Bord Pleanala Ref 305716
- Location / address
- Hardiman Hotel (formerly Meyrick Hotel), Eyre Square, Galway
- Application type
- EXTENTION OF DURATION
- Received / registered
- 6 Oct 2026
Location context
Nearby sold prices
Recent Property Price Register sales in Eyre Square. Distances are not shown because the sale records do not contain reliable coordinates.
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