Fionnuisce, Doughuisce, Merlin Park
Construction of 21 houses and public realm improvements at an existing estate in Doughuisce.
20268 · Galway City Council · Lodged 19 October 2020
- Reference
- 20268
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 19 October 2020
- Residential units
- 21
- Floor area
- 1788.15 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal includes a public realm masterplan and rehabilitation scheme for the existing estate environment. It also features an integrated residential development of 21 two-storey terraced and semi-detached houses.
- Storeys
- 2
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- Permission for developments which will consist of
- Proposed public realm masterplan and rehabilitation scheme for the existing estate external environment; including the restoration, improvement and augmentation of existing and new hard and soft landscape provisions. Significant supplementary planting enhanced facilitation of biodiversity, along with additional landscape connections to merlin woods and improved pedestrian permeability
- An integrated residential development, set within the enhanced landscape proposals consisting of 21 number two storey houses. The development will comprise of 2 no. Blocks of terrace houses incorporating 6 no. 2 bed units, 1 no. Block of terrace houses incorporating 5 no. 2 bed units,1 no. Block of terrace houses incorporating 8 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. Block of semi-detached houses incorporating 2 no. 2 bed units. Access will be provided from existing road network set within the proposed landscape rehabilitation masterplan
- All associated external hard and soft landscape works, connections to existing services and associated general site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods”
National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 Fionn Uisce, Merlin Woods, Doughiska | May 2026 | €320,000 | 14 m |
| 30 Fionnuisce, Doughiska, Galway | Jun 2025 | €260,000 | 26 m |
| 6 Fionn Uisce, Merlin Woods, Doughiska | May 2026 | €220,000 | 43 m |
| No. 62 Fionnuisce, Co Galway | Jul 2025 | €230,000 | 78 m |
| 64 Fionnuisce, Doughiska, Galway | May 2026 | €380,000 | 87 m |
| 99 Fionn Uisce, Doughiska, Galway | Oct 2025 | €72,000 | 92 m |
| 65 Fionnuisce, Doughiska, Galway | Jul 2025 | €360,000 | 93 m |
| 22 Caislean Thorlaigh, Doughiska, Galway | Dec 2025 | €925,000 | 98 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received19 October 2020
- Decision due13 December 2020
- Decision issued10 December 2020
- Appeal submitted15 January 2021
- Appeal decided14 June 2021
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