Planning record · Co. Galway
Newford Ballygarraun South & Prospect, Athenry, Co. Galway
Granted 24 Oct 2023
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Key facts
- Planning application 2361035 at Newford Ballygarraun South & Prospect, Athenry, Co. Galway: 4no. storey medical device manufacturing facility providing…
- It was received by Galway County Council on 31 Aug 2023.
- Status: Granted 24 Oct 2023.
Source: the Galway County Council planning register, as last seen on 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
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The council's register shows: Granted on 24 Oct 2023.
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Application details as we last saw them in the national register on 2 Jun 2026.
What and where
4no. storey medical device manufacturing facility providing…
for the proposed development will consist of: • construction of a 4no. storey medical device manufacturing facility providing warehousing, production areas, administration offices & restaurant (GIA: 40,226.6 m²); • construction of a central utilities compound to comprise a gas insulated switchgear substation building (GIA: 124.57 m²), pumphouse building (GIA: 84.79 m²) & MV building (GIA: 306.46 m²); • the development includes 4no. surface car park areas, which comprise a total of 500no. car parking spaces (including 100no. EV charging spaces & 18no. accessible spaces), 10no. motorcycle parking spaces & 178no. bicycle parking spaces; • provision of an outdoor landscaped ‘Wild Plaza’ & a 2.1km nature trail; • provision of roof mounted solar PV panels & plant equipment on the roof of the manufacturing facility; • provision of water, foul & surface water drainage infrastructure, including – o wastewater treatment plant, o processed wastewater holding, treatment, testing & filtration facility, & o pumping stations & attenuation areas, • provision of access roads, landscaping, alterations/removal of existing field boundaries, public lighting & all other site development works & services ancillary to the proposed development; • provision of pedestrian connectivity infrastructure on the R348, Prospect Road & L3103 including footpaths, pedestrian crossings & all associated works; • provision of temporary construction compound during the construction phase of the development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) & Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application
Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.
- Location
- Athenry, Co. Galway Map
- Council
- Galway County Council
- Planning reference
- 2361035
Numbers and dates
- Floor area
- 40,742 m²
- Project type
- Planning record
- Received
- 31 Aug 2023
- Granted
- 24 Oct 2023
- Site start
- 19 Mar 2024
Timeline
- Application received
- Granted
- Site start
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2361035 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Galway County Council planning register, as last seen on 2 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record.
Site starts
Site starts and completion
- 19 Mar 2024Work started · phase 1 · The proposed development will consist of the construction of a 4-no. storey medical...View the site start
- 9 Aug 2024Work started · phase 2 · Construction of a single-storey MV substation building and all ancillary site worksView the site start
- 8 Oct 2024Work started · phase 3 · This 7day Commencement Notice relates to a sprinklers building (c.166.35m2) ancillary to...View the site start
- 3 Dec 2024Work started · phase 4 · Erection of prefabricated structural steel framed, insulated panel kiosk and all other...View the site start
- 27 Feb 2025Work started · phase 5 · 38kV GIS ESB substation comprising a single-storey building and external plinthsView the site start
- Partial completion certificate recordedRecorded in Mar 2024 · 1 unit on this certificateThe month is when the certificate was published, not the date the work finished. It covers part of the development, not the whole permission. Units on this certificate are not added to other certificates or to the planning total. Last checked 26 Oct 2026.
- Partial completion certificate recordedRecorded in Mar 2024 · 1 unit on this certificateThe month is when the certificate was published, not the date the work finished. It covers part of the development, not the whole permission. Units on this certificate are not added to other certificates or to the planning total. Last checked 26 Oct 2026.
- Completion certificate recordedRecorded in Aug 2024 · 1 unit on this certificateThe month is when the certificate was published, not the date the work finished. The certificate does not say whether it covers all or part of the work. Units on this certificate are not added to other certificates or to the planning total. Last checked 26 Oct 2026.
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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