Land parcel 5404103

Area

42,356 m² (4.24 ha, 10.47 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 15,448 m².

Zoning

S3 Community Culture and Institutional (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
M1 Urban Village Centre (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 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

• 7 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; we, to upgrade the entrance / access serving Galway Clinic, an adjacent section of Local Road 5038 and all associated works The proposed development comprises the following: • Alteration and upgrade of the entrance / access to Galway Clinic to include a section of road realignment with the incorporation of a mini-roundabout, comprising a total development area of 1869 sq. m; • Alterations and upgrade of the existing pedestrian pathway network to accommodate improved pedestrian access; • Provision of pedestrian crossing points, tactile paving, dropped kerbs, bollards, landscaping, road markings and road signage ancillary to the upgrades to the entrance and section of Local Road 5038; • All associated site development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2560033

• 9 Feb 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of the following: • 2 no. storey extension to the rear of the Galway Clinic providing healthcare facilities. (GFA: 1,637.6 sq.m) comprising additional enhanced medical assessment, diagnostic facilities, staff changing and medical storage facilities. • Provision of enclosed plant room at roof level of proposed extension (GFA 413.46 sq.m) • Alterations to external areas comprising the provision of new ambulance bay, realignment of the internal campus access road and the removal of 48 no. car parking spaces. • Provision of single storey LV switchroom at lower ground floor level on the eastern elevation of the Galway Clinic (GFA: 31.8 sq.m). • Provision of landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting and all other site development works and services ancillary to the proposed development

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2460039

• 17 Aug 2017Conditional

  Permission for a one-storey high extension to existing hospital on lands (site area 4.9 hectares) comprising new electrical equipment rooms at first floor level totalling 76 sq. metres in additional floor area, by means of enclosing an existing open area of roof above ground floor accommodation, with top of new external wall parapet to match existing adjoining parapet level of +49.34

  Permission, 1 home · Galway City Council, 17234

• 31 Mar 2017Unconditional

  E.O.D. on Pl. Reg. Ref. No. 12/135. Permission is sought for a new five-storey accommodation wing attached to the existing hospital building on lands (site area 4.9 hectares). The new wing shall provide in-patient accommodation for 79 persons comprising 3 no. wards on first, second and third floor levels, each with 21 no. single bedrooms and a new I.C.U. at ground floor level to include 16 no. single bedrooms. The new wing shall also include 3 no. endoscopy rooms with an endoscopy cleaning room at ground floor level and engineering workshops, stores, plant rooms & waste rooms at lower ground floor level, a new lift and stairs together with a reconfigured external service area. Parapet height of the new accommodation wing shall match the parapet height of the existing accommodation wing at +55.70. Existing stairs (no. 7) to be extended up to give access onto roof level and to have a parapet height of +58.90

  Extension of duration · Galway City Council, 1781

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_528 (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.