GrantedApartmentsDecided 7 May 2019

on lands located between, the Doughiska Road and the Eastern Approach Dual Carriageway Bothar na dTreabh (N6) Galway

A major mixed-use development in Galway including 130 apartments, an office block, a 122-bedroom hotel, a gym, and a crèche.

1825 · Galway City Council · Lodged 26 January 2018

Reference: 1825
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 26 January 2018
Residential units: 133
Floor area: 44689 m²

Summary

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This application proposes a large-scale mixed-use development ranging from three to seven storeys. It features 130 apartments, an office block with a café/restaurant, a 122-bedroom hotel with 12 apartment suites, a fitness centre with a swimming pool, a crèche, and a six-storey car park with rooftop sports courts.

Apartmentshotelofficecrecheleisure

Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

Permission for a mixed use development ranging in heights from three-storey over ground-floor level to seven-storey over podium level comprising of 130 apartments (3 no. 4-bed, 19 no. 3-bed, 94 no. 2-bed and 14 no. 1-bed), with podium communal space to include two tennis courts at roof level; resident laundry facilities, resident lounge, foyer and meeting rooms, façade gardens, roof gardens; an office block (11,369.21 sq. M. Gfa) accommodating a café/restaurant at ground and first floor level, façade gardens, integrated solar panels in south façade; 122 no. Bedroom hotel with 12 no. Hotel apartment suites, to include kitchen catering facilities, goods delivery area; 1 no. Fitness centre, to include swimming pool and gym (1089.16 sq. M. Gfa); 1 no. Crèche unit (561.31 sq. M gfa), 1 no. (split-level) six storey car park (351 no. Spaces) with a basketball court, handball court and exercise area at roof level; 232 no. Surface parking spaces allocated to the various elements of the proposed development; multiple bicycle parking stations; public art, vehicular, pedestrian and cycle entrances serving the proposed development, including all necessary junction works; substations, all soft and hard landscaping, including linear park bounded by the national monument ref. No ga082-044, playground and shared surface areas; all ancillary site development and servicing works including lighting;

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise Light Industry and CommercialSI

“To provide for light industry and commercial uses other than those reserved in the CC zone”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

Objective set by the Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
5 Doughiska Neighbourhood Centre, Doughiska, Galway	Jan 2025	€220,000	139 m
4 Fearann Ri, Doughiska, Galway	Dec 2025	€300,500	174 m
3 Fearann Ri, Doughiska, Galway	May 2025	€155,000	181 m
178 Fearann Ri, Doughiska, Galway	Oct 2025	€375,000	187 m
119 Sraith Fhada, Doughiska Rd, Doughiska	Feb 2025	€378,000	202 m
190 Fearann Ri, Doughiska, Galway	Aug 2025	€312,000	219 m
35 Fearann Ri, Doughiska, Galway City	Apr 2026	€285,000	238 m
65 Tur Uisce, Doughiska, Merlin Park	Oct 2025	€391,000	250 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received26 January 2018
Further information requested21 March 2018
Further information received28 September 2018
Decision due7 May 2019
Decision issued7 May 2019
Grant issued4 September 2019
Appeal submitted30 May 2019
Permission expiry3 September 2024

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