Land parcel 2372887

Area

64,110 m² (6.41 ha, 15.84 acres)

Buildings

14 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 24,911 m².

Zoning

G1 Recreation and Amenity (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
R3 Residential (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
S3 Community Culture and Institutional (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 30 Apr 2026Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: the construction of a 20m x10m Temporary R&D Test Building including all associated site works. Building height will be 7.791m to the ridge

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2660141

• 10 Nov 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of: we, HeatGrid Ireland Limited, intend to apply for a 10-year planning application for development of a district heating energy centre at this site, located at Galway Crystal, Murrough Drive, Dublin Road, and a district heating network pipeline in the townlands of Doughiska, Merlin Park, Murrough, Ballybaan More, Renmore, Ballybaan Beg in Galway City, Co. Galway. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1. The demolition of an existing building at the Galway Crystal premises (GFA of demolition 1,290sqm). 2. The construction of buildings to accommodate a District Heating Energy Centre (GFA 1439.1sqm), with a total generated capacity of up to 45MW, comprising of thermal water tanks, a 22-metre flue, roof mounted dry air coolers, gas boiler units, heat pumps, staff welfare facilities, an electrical backup generator, a gas meter room, and associated drainage, water and utility service infrastructure. 3. The construction of a district heating network pipeline (c. 7,877m in length) from the proposed District Heating Energy Centre building within the following roads - Bothar na dTreabh, Dublin Road (R446, R921 and R338), Wellpark Road, Lurgan Park, Gleann Rua, Monivea Road, Ballyloughane Road, Loughnane Road, Glenina Heights, Tara Grove, Renmore Road, Renmore Avenue, Rowan Avenue, Michael Collins Road, Connolly Avenue, Lios An Uisce, Murrough Drive, Rosshill Road, O’Sullivan Park, Walter Macken Place, Quinn Terrace, Loughnane Terrace and Cardinal Cushing Road and the provision of pipes to connect the district heating network pipeline to sites/premises. 4. The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560339

• 11 Oct 2022Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of the installation of a roof mounted solar PV panel system consisting of 3057 no. 450 watt solar PV panels, string inverters and associated grid interface equipment. Integrated panels to be mounted on south facing sloped roofs and stand alone panels to be mounted on other roofs with mounting kits, to cover a roof area of approx. 20101m2

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 22268

• 12 Feb 2021Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of amendments to previously granted permission reference 20/177, consisting of alterations to the elevations and the raising of internal roof levels

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2130

• 6 Jul 2020Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of the expansion of the previously granted extension (Plan Ref 19/358) to the receiving/shipping floor area from 858m2 to 1,058m2 (total GFA) including the provision of an additional 2 No. loading docks, internal offices and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Galway City Council, 20177

• 11 May 2020N/a

  Permission for amendments to previously granted Planning Permission Reference 19/358. The amendments will consist of: The expansion of the granted extension to the Receiving / Shipping floor area from 858m2 to 978m2 (total GFA) including the provision of an additional 2 no. loading docks, internal offices and all associated site works

  Permission · Galway City Council, 20119

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  Full Planning permission for the construction of an extension to the existing receiving/ shipping area and a single storey extension to the existing building at their facility. The Development will consist of the construction of a 753m2 (GFA) extension to the existing receiving/shipping area including the provision of 1 no. additional loading dock, a 105m2 (GFA) single storey extension to the existing building and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 19358

• 14 Feb 2019Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of a new research and development building (c. 1117sq.m) at their industrial site. The development will consist of: a two- storey office building with research laboratories, test yard to rear, car parking, and associated site works and services

  Permission · Galway City Council, 1937

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  Permission for the construction of an extension to the existing receiving area at the facility. The development will consist of: The construction of a 392m2(GFA) extension to the existing receiving area including the provision of 2 no. additional loading docks and all associated site works. An existing roller shutter door will be relocated from the west to the North West façade of the existing adjacent industrial building as part of the works

  Permission · Galway City Council, 18422

• 6 Mar 2018Conditional

  Permission for the construction of an extension to the main Factory Building at their site and for the construction of a two-storey office building. The development will consist of the demolition of an existing store, disused wastewater treatment plant and ancillary buildings/tanks, the construction of an extension structure to the main factory with a floor area of approximately 1743 square metres, the construction of a two storey office building with a floor area of approximately 134 square meters and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 1862

• 10 Aug 2017Conditional

  Permission and retention permission for (1) Retention for the provision of a foundation slab & (2) Permission to complete the extension to the Security Gate Lodge

  Permission · Galway City Council, 17230

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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_474 (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.