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Co. Galway Pre-Planning Report #GYFWN273

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Last Updated: January 22, 2026 (03:09AM)
Print time: 20-05-2026 04:21:20
Report Title: Vicar St. Tuam
~ Site Area:
  • 0.1 acres
  • 0.04 hectares
  • 400 sq. metres
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    Centre Coordinates:
    • Lat-Lng: 53.51379,-8.85205
    • ITM: 543488,751872

    Report ID: GYFWN273

    Administrative Boundaries

    Townland: TOWNPARKS (2nd Division) (Páirceanna an Bhaile (an
    Electoral Division: TUAM URBAN (Tuaim (Uirbeach))
    Municipal District: MD // Tuam
    Named Settlement Boundary: Tuam
    Gaeltacht Boundary: None

    Planning

    Part 5 Applications within 200m:
  • 07v41 (165m)
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    Part 6 Applications within 200m:
  • None
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    Part 8 Applications within 200m:
  • LA0210 (0m)
  • LA1807 (8m)
  • LA420 (25m)
  • LA04/22 (88m)
  • LA5805 (101m)
  • LA0114 (192m)
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    Exempted Developments within 200m:
  • ED14/24 (60m)
  • ED22/74 (111m)
  • 17/44 (143m)
  • ED22/51 (153m)
  • ED 21/15 (187m)
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    Quarry Register results within 200m:
  • None
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    Strategic Infrastructure Developments within 200m:
  • None
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    County Development Plan 2022-2028

    Zoning Designation:
    • Name: No
    • Status:
    • Zoning:
    • None
    Briarhill IGC: No Overlap
    Strategic Economic Corridor: No Overlap
    Urban Fringe:
    Overlap: Tuam
    Flood Zone A: No Overlap
    Flood Zone B: No Overlap
    Metropolitan Strategic Plan: No Overlap
    Structurally Weak Areas: No Overlap
    GC Transport & Planning Study (GCTPS):
    Overlap: GCTPS Area
    Seascape: No Overlap
    Solar Potential:
    Overlap: Settlement
    Wind Potential:
    Overlap: Not normally permissible
    Within 500m of Scenic View Point? None
    Within 500m of Scenic Route? None
    Landscape Classification Area: North Galway Complex Landscape
    Landscape Sensitivity: Low

    Geological

    (Data Source & Disclaimer)
    Aquifer:
    • Rkc: Regionally Important Aquifer - Karstified (conduit)
    Vulnerability:
    • H: High
    Bedrock:
    • Unit Name: Burren Formation
    • Description: pale grey clean skeletal limestone
    • Strat. Code: BU
    • Lith. Code:
    • Map Sheet: 14

    Local Area Plan Zonings

    Zoning Designation:
    • Name: Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029
    • Status: ADOPTED
    • Zoning:
      - Overlap: Town Centre (Map)
      - Overlap: Transport Infrastructure (Map)

    GSI Groundwater Flooding Probability

    Low Flood Risk (1000 years):
    • None
    Medium Flood Risk (100 years):
    • None
    High Flood Risk (10 years):
    • None

    Infrastructure & Waterways

    Within 500m of a Motorway? No
    Within 500m of a National Road? No
    Within 500m of Regional Road?
    Within 250m of EPA Waterway?
    • 229m from Nanny [Tuam]
    Within 100m of Galway City Ring Road Corridor? No Overlap
    Within Cong Relief Road Study Area ? No Overlap
    Within 500m of Rail Line?
    • 228m from Rail Line

    National Parks & Wildlife Designations

    Within 15km of a Special Area of Conservation (SAC): Nearby SACs:
    Within 15km of a Special Protection Areas (SPA): None
    Within 200m of a Natural Heritage Area (NHA): None
    Within 200m of a Proposed Natural Heritage Areas (pNHA): None

    Buildings & Conservation

    Record of Protected Structures within 200m:
    Distance RPS No. Structure Address NIAH No. Rating / Importance
    858 SHOP VICAR STREET TUAM GALWAY 0
    859 BANK/FINANCIAL INSTI VICAR STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331031
    860 HOUSE DUBLIN ROAD TUAM GALWAY
    862 PUBLIC HOUSE DUBLIN ROAD TUAM GALWAY 30331057
    863 POST OFFICE CIRCULAR ROAD TUAM GALWAY 30331034
    824 CHURCH HIGH STREET TUAM GALWAY 0
    861 HOUSE DUBLIN ROAD TUAM GALWAY 30331032
    3808 SHOP VICAR STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331030 THE FAÇADE OF THIS COMMERCIAL PREMISES IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE ITALIANATE STYLE OF DECORATION THAT WAS POPULAR IN TUAM IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE RETENTION OF TIMBER SASH WINDOWS AND PANELLED DOORS ENHANCES THE BUILDING AND THE FINE TIMBER SHOPFRONT IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
    823 GATES/RAILINGS SAWPIT LANE TUAM GALWAY 0 FORMS PART OF CATHEDRAL PRECINCT.
    825 HOUSE HIGH STREET TUAM GALWAY 0
    826 SHOP HIGH STREET TUAM GALWAY 0
    27 TOWN/COUNTY HALL MARKET SQUARE TUAM CO. GALWAY 30331029 REGIONAL VALUE BECAUSE OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY AND STRATEGIC POSITION ON THE TOWN SQUARE.
    28 BANK/FINANCIAL INSTI DUBLIN ROAD TUAM CO. GALWAY 30331033 REGIONAL VALUE BECAUSE OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOWN STREETSCAPE.
    827 HOUSE HIGH STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331029
    855 HOUSE THE SQUARE TUAM GALWAY 0
    865 ARCH CHAPEL LANE TUAM GALWAY 0
    828 BANK/FINANCIAL INSTI SHOP STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331013 DECLARATION 828D 10/9/2018 REGIONAL
    1008 PUBLIC HOUSE VICAR STREET TUAM CO GALWAY 30331053 OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTIC INTEREST.
    854 HOUSE BISHOP STREET TUAM GALWAY 0
    857 HOUSE DUBLIN ROAD TUAM GALWAY 30331036
    839 SHOP SHOP STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331012
    3803 HOUSE BISHOP STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331015 THIS FINE MID-EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY HOUSE HAS A FINE CUT LIMESTONE DOORCASE. THE INSURANCE BADGE IS VERY RARE AND ONE OF A VERY FEW SURVIVING IN IRELAND.
    34 CONVENT/NUNNERY BISHOP STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331052 DECLARATION 18/06/04. REGIONAL VALUE BECAUSE OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY, AGE, HISTORY AND THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE BUILDING MAKES TO THE URBAN TOWNSCAPE.
    29 CATHEDRAL GALWAY ROAD TUAM CO. GALWAY 30331025 NATIONAL VALUE BECAUSE IT IS PARTLY A HIBERNO-ROMANESQUE STRUCTURE. IT ALSO HAS HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC MERIT. IN ADDITION IT IS A PROMINENT LANDSCAPE FEATURE WHICH DOMINATES THE TOWN AND NEARBY COUNTRYSIDE..
    3810 CONVENT/NUNNERY DUBLIN ROAD TUAM GALWAY 30331037 THIS CONVENT BUILDING HAS A SPACIOUS CLASSICAL LAYOUT WHICH IS TYPICAL OF THE PERIOD, COMBINED WITH GRACE AND DELICATE DETAILING. ITS DOORCASE IS VERY CLOSE IN STYLE TO THAT ON THE SIDE ELEVATION OF SAINT JARLATH'S COLLEGE.
    3815 BANK/FINANCIAL INSTI DUBLIN ROAD TUAM GALWAY 30331043 THIS ITALIANATE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY THE SAME ARCHITECT AS THE ARCHBISHOP'S RESIDENCE AND BUILT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE PERIOD.
    852 ARCH BISHOP STREET TUAM GALWAY 30331018
    Within 100m of an Architectural Conservation Area:
    • Tuam ACA
    National Monuments within 250m: (data source & disclaimer)
    Distance Description Class Code Entity # SMR Zone # SMRS #
    Cross CROS GA14581 R185233 GA029-180005-
    Church CHUR GA07979 R185233 GA029-180001-
    Graveyard GRAV GA07980 R185233 GA029-180002-
    Ecclesiastical enclosure ECCE GA07981 R185233 GA029-180003-
    Religious house - Augustinian canons RHAC GA07988 R185017 GA029-184001-
    Cross - High cross HICR GA07989 R185017 GA029-184002-
    Church CHUR GA07983 R185233 GA029-181----
    Historic town HITO GA01312 R185232 GA029-199----
    Kiln - pottery POTT GA14430 R185017 GA029-214----
    Castle - unclassified UNCA GA07968 R185232 GA029-173----
    Graveyard GRAV GA07994 R185232 GA029-189----
    Building BUIL GA13360 R185233 GA029-179009-
    Burial BURI GA13361 R185233 GA029-179010-
    Cathedral CATH GA07977 R185233 GA029-179002-
    House - 18th/19th century HOEC GA08907 R185017 GA029-185----
    Cathedral CATH GA07976 R185233 GA029-179001-
    Cross - High cross HICR GA07987 R185233 GA029-179004-
    Cross - High cross HICR GA08906 R185233 GA029-179005-
    Cross - High cross (present location) PLHC GA13357 R185233 GA029-179006-
    Cross - High cross (present location) PLHC GA13358 R185233 GA029-179007-
    Cathedral CATH GA13359 R185233 GA029-179008-
    Ecclesiastical enclosure ECCE GA14429 R185233 GA029-179011-
    Monumental structure MONU GA07967 R185017 GA029-172----
    Water mill - vertical-wheeled WAVE GA07984 R185230 GA029-182----
    Designed landscape feature LAFE GA08908 R185017 GA029-186----
    Burial mound BUMO GA07970 R185017 GA029-203----
    Within 250m of a National Monument Zone of Notification (Section 12)? (data source & disclaimer)
    Nearby:
    • 15m - Zone ID #R185233
    • 97m - Zone ID #R185232
    • 179m - Zone ID #R185230
    National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) within 200m: (data source & disclaimer)
    Distance Name NIAH Ref # Original Use
    CONNAUGHT ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE
    HOUSE
    HOUSE
    AIB BANK BANK/FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
    HASTINGS HOUSE
    TUAM POST OFFICE POST OFFICE
    TÍR NA NÓG HOUSE
    BYRNE SHOP/RETAIL OUTLET
    HOUSE
    TUAM TOWN HALL TOWN/COUNTY HALL
    BANK OF IRELAND BANK/FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
    EASON HOUSE
    ULSTER BANK BANK/FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
    QUINN'S RUSTIC VAULTS PUBLIC HOUSE
    MRS QUIN'S CHARITY SHOP / DAVIN TRAVEL SHOP/RETAIL OUTLET
    ÉIRE COMMUNICATIONS HOUSE
    HOUSE
    TUAM FURNITURE STORES SHOP/RETAIL OUTLET
    HOUSE
    GERAGHTY'S / THE HAVEN HOUSE
    PRESENTATION CONVENT CONVENT/NUNNERY
    SAINT MARY'S CHURCH OF IRELAND CATHEDRAL CATHEDRAL
    PRESENTATION CONVENT GATES/RAILINGS/WALLS

    Planning History

    Recent Planning Applications within 200m:
    Distance File Development Address Submitted Decision
    22998 TUAM , 25/08/2022 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    21415 Vicar Street Tuam , 22/03/2021 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    211402 Townparks (3rd Division) , 30/07/2021 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    211443 Townparks (3rd Division) , 06/08/2021 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2460844 Townparks (3rd Division) , Vicar Street Tuam , Co. Galway 08/07/2024 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2561297 Townparks (3rd division) , Vicar Street Tuam , Co. Galway 11/09/2025 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2460934 Townparks (3rd Division) , Tuam , Tuam 25/07/2024 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    211328 Townparks (3rd Division) , 22/07/2021 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2460194 Townparks 3rd Division , Market Square Dublin Road , Tuam 23/02/2024 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2361308 Townsparks 3rd division Tuam , Co. Galway , H54VP23 01/11/2023 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2560169 Townparks 2nd. Division , Tuam , Co. Galway 18/02/2025 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2560093 Townsparks 3d division , Circular road Tuam , Co. Galway 31/01/2025 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2460828 Townparks (2nd Division) , Xi'An Street Food , Tuam 04/07/2024 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    25156 Townparks (3rd division) , Tuam , Tuam 02/07/2025 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2460530 Townparks (2nd Division) Chapel Lane , Tuam , Co.Galway 09/05/2024 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    22721 Townparks (2nd Division) , 02/06/2022 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    212064 Townparks (4th Division) , 05/11/2021 N/A View on ePlan
    2360025 Townparks (1st Division) , Tuam , Co. Galway 20/01/2023 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    23129 Cascia , High Street , Tuam 30/03/2023 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2460451 Townparks (1st Division) , Shop Street Tuam , Co.Galway 25/04/2024 CONDITIONAL View on ePlan
    2260101 Townparks (4th Division) , 11/02/2022 REFUSED View on ePlan
    2561775 Townparks (2nd Division) , Lár na Cathrach Abbey Trinity , Tuam 03/12/2025 N/A View on ePlan

    Recent Enforcements within 200m:
    Enforcements: Case References:
  • 0m - EN16/269
  • 0m - EN03/764
  • 13m - EN16/060
  • 27m - EN10/222
  • 27m - EN05/006
  • 28m - EN08/530
  • 30m - EN25/225
  • 74m - EN08/546
  • 110m - EN09/478
  • 151m - EN20/137
  • 151m - EN03/102
  • 177m - EN13/106
  • 182m - EN08/591
  • 196m - EN19/156
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    Recent Commencements within 200m:
    Commencements: BCMS Reference:
  • 96m - CN0136461GC, 09/12/2025
    (View on BCMS)
  • 9m - CN0125513GC, 06/02/2025
    (View on BCMS)
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    Disclaimer / Séanadh

    The information provided here is given without prejudice to the formal consideration of any subsequent planning application. Section 247 (3) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) states that “the carrying out of consultations shall not prejudice the performance by a planning authority of any other of its functions under this Act, or any regulations made under this Act and cannot be relied upon in the formal planning process or in legal proceedings.”

    This report was generated using a combination of data from Galway County Council along with external 3rd party sources such as National Parks and Wildlife Service, Ordnance Survey Ireland, and others. The Galway pre-planning report service uses the best available data that is available to the Council when the report is generated. In some situations, the data used to prepare your report may be incomplete or out of date and this is outsite the control of Galway County Council. For this reason, you are advised to use your report for indicative purposes only, and not to rely on the results for the purpose of proceeding with an application for planning permission, or otherwise. Galway County Council is not responsible for any data issues contained in your report. You are advised to read the complete Terms and Conditions of the Galway Pre-Planning Report service for full background information. This service and the information contained in this report is not intended for use by professional planners or consultants to assist with any services they offer.

    Tugtar an t-eolas a chuirtear ar fáil anseo gan dochar a dhéanamh do bhreithniú foirmiúil aon iarratas pleanála ina dhiaidh sin. Deirtear in Alt 247 (3) den Acht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt 2000 (arna leasú) "Ní dochar comhchomhairliúcháin a dhéanamh do chomhlíonadh aon fheidhmeanna eile dá chuid ag údarás pleanála faoin Acht seo nó faoi aon rialacháin arna ndéanamh faoin Acht seo agus ní féidir brath air sa phróiseas foirmiúil pleanála nó in imeachtaí dlíthiúla."

    Cruthaíodh an tuarascáil seo trí úsáid a bhaint as meascán sonraí ó Chomhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe mar aon le foinsí seachtracha 3ú páirtí amhail an tSeirbhís Páirceanna Náisiúnta agus Fiadhúlra, Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann, agus cinn eile. Baineann seirbhís tuairisce réamhphleanála na Gaillimhe úsáid as na sonraí is fearr atá ar fáil don Chomhairle nuair a ghintear an tuairisc. I gcásanna áirithe, d'fhéadfadh na sonraí a úsáidtear chun do thuairisc a ullmhú a bheith neamhiomlán nó as dáta agus ní féidir le Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe é sin a rialú. Mar sin, moltar duit do thuairisc a úsáid chun críocha táscacha amháin, agus gan a bheith ag brath ar na torthaí chun dul ar aghaidh le hiarratas ar chead pleanála, nó ar shlí eile. Níl Comhairle Chontae na Gaillimhe freagrach as aon fadhbanna sonraí atá i do thuairisc. Moltar duit Téarmaí agus Coinníollacha iomlána sheirbhís Thuairisc Réamhphleanála na Gaillimhe a léamh chun eolas cúlra ina iomláine a fháil. Níl sé i gceist go n-úsáidfidh pleanálaithe ná comhairleoirí gairmiúla an tseirbhís seo nó an t-eolas atá sa tuairisc seo chun cabhrú le haon seirbhísí a chuireann siad ar fáil.