LDA And Partner Put Forward Plans For Mixed-Use Transformation

Galway Harbour Company and the Land Development Agency have launched a public consultation on the redevelopment of Galway Inner Harbour, including proposals for 350 homes at the new Amharc Atalia development.

The homes will be built on a 1.4-hectare site within the inner harbour, the transfer of which was agreed in principle last year and which include plans for cost rental and social housing, a creche and three retail or café units.

GHC owns and operates the Port of Galway, which it is looking to develop into a mixed-use city centre urban quarter as part of the Galway City Development Plan, which includes the construction of a new port complex in deeper water, allowing redevelopment of the inner harbour as a mixed-use residential, commercial and recreational area.

The LDA is working on a number of projects in Galway, including plans to transform land surrounding Galway’s Sandy Road into a new urban quarter with up to 750 mixed-tenure homes including social and affordable homes. The draft framework also includes plans for a central park and a series of smaller garden courts, pocket parks and a public square, plus office and commercial space. 

The LDA is also seeking planning permission for 219 apartments and community amenities on an almost 1.8-acre site at Dyke Road in the city centre. In January, the LDA also announced 345 new homes at Crown Square in Mervue in Galway being delivered in partnership with JJ Rhatigan & Co. 

The LDA has a direct delivery pipeline of more than 19,000 homes in Ireland and is also delivering affordable housing through its projects with private home builders called Project Tosaigh, which will develop a further 8,000 homes. 

Additionally, the LDA is undertaking work on longer-term master planning and planning applications in locations including Limerick Colbert Quarter and Pear Tree Crossing in Dublin.