Unit 9 Racecourse Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway
Retention and completion of alterations to a business park building to accommodate research and development hubs.
2560302 · Galway City Council · Lodged 26 September 2025
- Reference
- 2560302
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 26 September 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks retention and completion of alterations to an existing building at Racecourse Business Park. This includes retaining two mezzanine floors totaling 588 square meters, elevation alterations, installing an external staircase, and minor parking layout changes.
- Floor area
- 588 m²
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Official record
Development description
Permission for development which consists of: to retain and complete the alterations to previously approved building under planning reference no. S 02/162 and 05/548 to accommodate the use as research, development and experimental hubs including a) retention of two mezzanine floors totalling 588m2 in additional floor area, b) retention and completion of elevation alterations, c) provision of external staircase to first and second floors to replace existing non-compliant stairs, d) permission for minor alterations to parking layout to include an accessible parking space, and all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for Enterprise, Industral and Related uses”
National zoning type: General industry
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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Timeline
- Application received26 September 2025
- Decision due20 November 2025
- Decision issued20 November 2025
- Grant issued7 January 2026
- Permission expiry6 January 2031
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