Galway Bay FM Newsroom – City planners have backed a proposal to amalgamate the Forster Court Hotel with the adjoining former tourist office.
The proposal is led by Connacht Hospitality Forster Street Ltd.
It would see internal alterations to amalgamate the hotel with the adjoining building formally known as ‘Aras Fáilte Tourist Information Office’ at basement, ground and first floor levels.
This would also involve a change of use of the adjoining building from tourist information centre including ancillary offices and retail space to a hotel or conference centre.
The development sets out to make way for 11 hotel suites at first floor level, as well as alterations at ground floor level to facilitate the enlargement of the existing Forster Court Hotel restaurant bar area and new conference centre reception.
City planners have granted permission subject to 13 conditions.
One states the basement level is to be used as a conference centre and not as a nightclub, dancehall or concert hall.
