Doughiska Road , Doughiska , Galway

What’s proposed

Retention for development that consist of retention as relevant planning permission has lapsed (Pl. Ref. No. 10/105 & Pl. Ref. No. 11/171) for 5 no. single storey pre-fabricated classrooms, hard landscaped courtyard area, bicycle shelter (Area 576. 50m2) along with all associated site works and services at the former Merlin Woods Primary temporary Primary School, now home to the DRA Preschool and Afterschool

22138 is a planning application to Galway City Council for retention for development that consist of retention as relevant planning permission has, received on 25 May 2022; permission was refused on 14 Jul 2022.

Planning details

Reference: 22138
Local authority: Galway City Council
Status: Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 25 May 2022
Observations close: 29 Jun 2022 (closed 1543 days ago)
Decision due: 19 Jul 2022 · decided 14 Jul 2022
Decision: Refused on 14 Jul 2022
Proposed development: Retention for development that consist of retention as relevant planning permission has lapsed (Pl. Ref. No. 10/105 & Pl. Ref. No. 11/171) for 5 no. single storey pre-fabricated classrooms, hard landscaped courtyard area, bicycle shelter (Area 576. 50m2) along with all associated site works and services at the former Merlin Woods Primary temporary Primary School, now home to the DRA Preschool and Afterschool
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.45 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

The register records appeal 314339-22 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 347404). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCity/AppFileRefDetails/22138/0.

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Doughiska Road , Doughiska , Galway

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Commencement

Zoning at the site

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