GrantedCommercialDecided 24 February 2022

Site 4 Briarhill Business Park, Bothar na dTreabh, in the townlands of Ballybrit and Doughiska

Construction of an eight-storey, 186-bedroom hotel with spa and leisure facilities at Briarhill Business Park.

20218 · Galway City Council · Lodged 20 August 2020

Reference: 20218
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 20 August 2020

Summary

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The proposed development consists of an eight-storey over basement hotel with a gross floor area of approximately 12,478 square metres. It will feature 186 bedrooms, a restaurant, bar, meeting rooms, gym, and spa facilities including a swimming pool.

Commercialhotelcommercialleisure

Storeys: 8
Floor area: 12,478 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission is sought for the development which will consist of construction of an eight storey over basement, 186 no. Bedroom hotel with below ground pool plant equipment, tank room, standby generator and pumping station (gross floor area: c. 12,478sqm). The development includes for hotel uses on the ground floor including a reception area, lounge area, a restaurant, a bar, a lobby, toilet facilities, and back of house rooms. The ground floor also includes an lv switchroom, an mv switchroom, an esb substation, a transformer/lv switchroom, a public entrance to the spa and spa facilities including a swimming pool, a whirlpool, a sauna/steam room, male and female changing rooms, and storage rooms. The first floor incorporates spa facilities including a treatment room, a studio, a gym, a lobby area, a storage area, 8 no. Meeting rooms with associated reception area, an office, toilet facilities and a pantry. The upper floors incorporate 186 no. Hotel bedrooms. The development also includes for a green roof, emergency fire escapes, an upgrade to the existing entrance/exit from the business park campus, new guest vehicle entrance from the business park campus to the north of the site, 2 no. New vehicle entrances from the west of the site, 153 no. Car parking spaces, 3 no. Set down spaces at the main entrance, service entrance layby to the west of the site, 28 no. Cycle spaces, electrical vehicle charging spaces, pumping station kiosk, signage, associated landscaping and boundary treatments, and all other site development works and services ancillary to the proposed development

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise Light Industry and CommercialSI

“To provide for light industry and commercial uses other than those reserved in the CC zone”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
17 Rinn Lia, Old Ballybrit Rd, Ballybrit	Feb 2025	€308,000	229 m
16 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway	Apr 2026	€340,000	271 m
33 C�irt Na Rasa�, Ballybrit, Galway	Dec 2025	€150,000	271 m
1 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway	Oct 2025	€230,000	271 m
Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway	Feb 2025	€220,000	271 m
29 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway	Dec 2025	€230,000	271 m
10 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway	Mar 2026	€350,000	271 m
30 Cuirt Na Rasai, Ballybrit, Galway	Apr 2026	€225,000	271 m

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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 received20 August 2020
Further information requested13 October 2020
Further information received30 November 2021
Decision due24 February 2022
Decision issued24 February 2022
Appeal submitted23 March 2022
Appeal decided3 January 2024

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