Land parcel 1981182

Area

125,718 m² (12.57 ha, 31.07 acres)

Buildings

36 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 41,831 m².

Zoning

R3 Residential (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
C2.1 Enterprise Light Industry and Commercial (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
C2.2 Enterprise Industry and Related Uses (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; changes to the side elevation as granted under planning reference 24/60130: (1) Change the fenestration and lower the side windows, (2) Remove a ground floor window and a first floor window, (3) Change two ground floor windows to fire escape doors, (4) Remove the proposed roller shutter door on the side of the existing unit and, (5) Carry out all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560026

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; works to uprate the existing Cashla – Salthill 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within Galway City the proposed development is located in the following townlands: BALLY BAAN BEG, PARKMORE and CASTLEGAR. The proposed development will consist of works to a section of the Cashla – Salthill 110kV OHL between angle mast 52 (AM52) in Claregalway and end mast 105 (EM105) near Galway 110kV Substation, Galway City. Approximately 1.7km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Galway City Council with approximately 7.7km in the functional area of Galway County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Galway County Council. The proposed development within Galway City will comprise: - the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; - Retain towers at 6no. locations including foundation strengthening with bar member replacement at 3 locations; - Replace polesets at 1no. location; - the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; - Replacement of line droppers at Galway 110kV substation; - all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and - other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e. guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g. busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560012

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; Permission is sought for standalone ESB substation and attached switch room @ Units 2 & 2a, Ballybrit Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2460343

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of the construct an extension to existing commercial Unit 203 Ballybrit business park

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2460130

• 17 May 2023Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of revisions to the previously granted extension and alterations of 2 no. existing office and manufacturing units (Pl. Ref. 22/88) to include 1) revised floor plans resulting in a gross floor area increase of 2.4 sq.m, 2) a revised roof design - parapet now proposed, 3) revised elevational finishes and 4) all associated site and external works at

  Permission · Galway City Council, 23120

• 24 Feb 2023Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of the construction of a new transformer compound, modifications to existing utility buildings, and associated site works, to the rear of Building 1

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 2351

• 28 Nov 2022Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of the construction of a new ESB Substation and transformer compound, modifications to the existing utility buildings, and associated site works to the rear of Building 1

  Permission · Galway City Council, 22306

• 27 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of the construction of a roof-mounted platform, air-handling unit and associated ductwork on the roof of building 1

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 22258

• 14 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of extensions and alterations to 2 No. existing office and manufacturing units to include 1) a three storey side extension amalgamating both units. 2) a two storey front extension to Unit 2. 3) new signage to the rear of Unit 2a and 4) all associated site and external works

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2288

• 2 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of construction of a dingle building containing 9 individual units in a single block (Total Area- 1001 sq.m) for use as warehousing/storage, distribution, retail of a type and scale appropriate to the area, offices/specialist offices, light industry and all other uses compatible with CI Zoned lands along with all ancillary site works and site services

  Permission · Galway City Council, 21286

• 6 Nov 2019Conditional

  Planning permission for the development which will consist of works to building 2, MOD 1 comprising the construction of a single-storey extension ( 91m2) to canteen area in the north elevation, fire escape staircase and installation of a rooflight, minor modifications to a previously granted compactor yard and minor site alterations

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 19308

• 6 Nov 2019Conditional

  Planning permission for the development which will consist of works to Building 2 MOD 3 comprising: the construction of new floor area (540m2) at first floor level to be used as lab/ office space with 2 no. access stairs and a lift, all within the existing building, alterations to part of the south façade and the installation of rooflights in the existing roof.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 19309

• 26 Oct 2018Conditional

  Permission for a 10 year planning permission for development. The proposed development comprises 3 no, office blocks and a café (c. 17,433sq. m GFA including basement and plant rooms) as follows: Block 1 (c. 10,225 sq. m) is an 8-storey office building providing offices, stair and lift cores and plant rooms. Block 2 (c. 4,081 sq. m) is a 6-storey office building over basement comprising stair and lift cores and plant rooms. Block 3 (c. 2,995 sq. m) is a 5-storey office building over basement comprising stair and lift cores and plant rooms. The Café (c. 77sq. m) is a single storey building which incorporates a seating area, storage area and toilets. The development includes a surface car parking accommodating 421 no car spaces and 120 no. cycle spaces. Vehicular access is provided from Bóthar Na Mine and the city East Ballybrit Business Park Road incorporating anew internal access road. The proposed development includes for the provision of 2 no. ESB substations and also includes for the full and partial demolition of existing buildings and structures on the site (c.2,614 sq.m), as well as all associated site development works, boundary treatments, landscaping and connection to existing services

  Permission · Galway City Council, 18338

• 22 Jun 2018Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of the construction of a three storey office extension to the front of the existing building 1, alterations to the existing internal layouts, alterations to existing vehicular entrance/exists, 79 no. car parking spaces, alterations to existing campus roadways and footpath, hard & soft landscaping, bicycle shelter, signage, lighting, and all associated site works. The building has a total floor area of 4,950m2 approx

  Permission · Galway City Council, 18202

• 12 Jan 2018Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of: the construction of a new twelve bay 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) building located entirely within the southern portion of the existing Galway 110kV Substation. The proposed GIS building will measure approximately 700 sq.m. with a height of approximately 15 meters; associated development includes: the replacement of three existing 110kV Overhead Line Towers within the substation with three Line Cable Interface Masts (LCIM) proximate to the existing towers to facilitate access of existing transmission circuits to the proposed GIS building by means of underground cables; provision of a temporary internal access route, and vehicular access gate at the south-eastern boundary of the existing substation site to facilitate construction activities. This internal access route and gate will be removed and the substation boundary reinstated upon completion of the development; improvements to the existing vehicular access arrangements on the south-western boundary of the existing substation, in particular reducing the total number of existing vehicular entrances from two to one at this location; associated boundary treatment to the existing south-eastern, southern and south-western substation boundaries, in particular the construction of a new 3m high wall along these boundaries; all associated and ancillary development and site works including provision and/or replacement of electrical equipment, drainage works, laying of new or replacement cables and the diversion of existing cables

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 1810

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_496 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.