GrantedIndustrialDecided 5 July 2018

The Old Bundoran Road, Ballytivnan, Sligo

Internal and external alterations to establish a bio-chemical manufacturing facility in Sligo.

18185 · Sligo County Council · Lodged 17 May 2018

Reference: 18185
Authority: Sligo County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 May 2018
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 4655 m²

Summary

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The development consists of internal alterations to accommodate a 3,476 sq. m. bio-chemical manufacturing facility within the existing Abbvie building. It includes new roof plant, extensions, a revised yard layout, boiler flues, and wastewater holding tanks.

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Official record

Development description

For the development consisting of a) internal alterations to accommodate an integrated bio-chemical manufacturing facility sized 3,476 sq m, within the existing abbvie ballytivnan building. B) new roof-mounted plant and penthouse louvres 1.8m high and removal of existing roof-mounted equipment. C) the construction of additional plant room internal mezzanines, sized 645 sq. M within the existing building and an external single storey extension sized 20 sq. M and 9.6 metres high, located to the north of the existing facility. D) a revised yard layout, located to the north of the existing facility, including a new single storey electrical room extension sized 155 sqm. And 7.1 metres high. E) the enclosure of an existing walled yard area with a new roof and cladding, sized 150 sqm, to house chillers. F) the addition of 4 no. New boiler flues, 17.5 metres high above ground level and 500mm diameter. G) 2 no. New above-ground bunded waste water holding tanks, housed in a building sized 110 sq. M and 9 m high, and associated tanker un-loading area. H) 2 no. Bunded underground tanks housed in a building sized 75 sq. M and 4 metres high. I) 3 no. Cooling towers 9 metres high. A nitrogen tank sized 8 m high and 2 m. Diameter, and an emergency generator and its associated diesel tank and its 10 m. High stack. J) site works include revised road and car parking layouts, additional temporary contactor related car parking for 109 cars located to the east of the existing electrical substation. Underground and over-ground utilities, landscaping and a landscaped berm. A single storey sprinkler pumphouse sized 24 sqm. And 6 m. High. New sprinkler tank and site fencing. This application consists of an activity for which a licence under part iv of the environmental protection agency act 1992 (as amended) is required and full details of the proposed development and its anticipated environmental impacts will be notified to the environmental protection agency. An environmental impact assessment report accompanies this application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

BIE – business, industry, enterpriseSI

“Objective: Promote the development of business/technology parks and industrial estates, including office-based businesses, research and development, high-technology manufacturing, workshops, small-scale warehousing, logistics/transport-related uses, wast”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

Objective set by the Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030 (2024–2030). 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
8 Old Bundoran Road, Sligo	Jun 2025	€80,000	202 m
92 Rathbraughan Park, Ballytivnan, Sligo	Jun 2026	€188,000	239 m
85 Rathbroughan Park, Sligo	Feb 2025	€181,000	269 m
88 Rathbraughan Park, Ballinode, Sligo	Jun 2025	€154,000	270 m
63a Rathbraughan Park, Sligo, Sligo	Mar 2026	€210,000	301 m
64 Rathbraughan Pk, Sligo, Sligo	Jun 2026	€175,000	302 m
8 The Village, Clarion Rd, Ballytivnan	Jun 2026	€165,000	316 m
Apt 12 Clarion Village, Ballytivnan, Sligo	Aug 2025	€116,000	316 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 received17 May 2018
Decision due11 July 2018
Decision issued5 July 2018
Grant issued7 August 2018
Permission expiry6 August 2023

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