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Gilford Castle, 5 Banbridge Road, Gilford, Craigavon, BT63 6DJ and adjacent lands to the north, east, south and south-west

Granted Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon LA08/2025/1452/PAN Proposal of Application Notice

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Part change of use of dwelling (Gilford Castle) and retention of marquee and toilet blocks to form a conference centre for hosting conferences and other events in conjunction with the guesthouse use approved by LA08/2025/0710/F and LA08/2025/0709/LBC, with associated landscaping, parking, improvements to the existing access and site works.

As published by the council, reference LA08/2025/1452/PAN

Application record

Reference
LA08/2025/1452/PAN
Type
Proposal of Application Notice
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted As published: Acceptable
Received
25 Nov 2025
Validated
25 Nov 2025
Decided
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Gilford
Postcode
BT63 6DJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • LA08/2026/0318/LBC Awaiting decision

    Gilford Castle, 5 Banbridge Road, Gilford, Craigavon, BT63 6DJ and adjacent lands to the north, east, south and south-west

    Part change of use of dwelling (Gilford Castle) and retention of marquee and toilet blocks to form a conference centre for hosting conferences and other events in conjunction with the guesthouse use approved by LA08/2025/0710/F and LA08/2025/0709/LBC, with associated landscaping, parking, improvements to the existing access and site works. (Amended plans and supporting information received).

    Submitted 24 Mar 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • LA08/2026/0323/F Awaiting decision

    Gilford Castle, 5 Banbridge Road, Gilford, Craigavon, BT63 6DJ and adjacent lands to the north, east, south and south-west

    Part change of use of dwelling (Gilford Castle) and retention of marquee and toilet blocks to form a conference centre for hosting conferences and other events in conjunction with the guesthouse use approved by LA08/2025/0710/F and LA08/2025/0709/LBC, with associated landscaping, parking, improvements to the existing access and site works. (amended plans and supporting information received).

    Submitted 23 Mar 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Received by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

  2. 22 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Acceptable

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

O'Toole & Starkey Ltd Agent, registered in Belfast

Active · incorporated 2018 · Belfast

96 applications on PlanIndex · across 11 councils · 96% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon granted permission on 22 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

Nearby applications

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  • Gilford Castle, 5 Banbridge Road, Gilford, Craigavon, BT63 6DJ and adjacent lands to the north, east, south and south-west

    LA08/2026/0318/LBC Submitted 24 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~12 Jun

    Part change of use of dwelling (Gilford Castle) and retention of marquee and toilet blocks to form a conference centre for hosting conferences and other events in conjunction with the guesthouse use approved by LA08/2025/0710/F and LA08/2025/0709/LBC, with associated landscaping, parking, improvements to the existing access and site works. (Amended plans and supporting information received).

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 28 docs
    Domestic
  • Gilford Castle, 5 Banbridge Road, Gilford, Craigavon, BT63 6DJ and adjacent lands to the north, east, south and south-west

    LA08/2026/0323/F Submitted 23 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    97% historically approved · decision due ~12 Jun

    Part change of use of dwelling (Gilford Castle) and retention of marquee and toilet blocks to form a conference centre for hosting conferences and other events in conjunction with the guesthouse use approved by LA08/2025/0710/F and LA08/2025/0709/LBC, with associated landscaping, parking, improvements to the existing access and site works. (amended plans and supporting information received).

    Awaiting decision Full applications 51 docs
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  • 1 and 4 Banbridge Road, Gilford, Craigavon BT63 6DJ

    LA08/2024/0673/DC Submitted 10 Jun 2024 300 yards away

    Discharge of Condition No. 11 of LA08/2017/0912/F. Condition No. 11 states: "The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the remediation measures as described in Section 6.2 of the WYG Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment. Gilford Petrol Filing Station. Ref. A099612. V1.1. dated April 2020, have been implemented to the satisfaction of the Council The Council shall be given 2 weeks written notification prior to the commencement of remediation work." Condition No. 13 states: "After completing the remediation works under Conditions 11, 12 and 14; and prior to occupation of the development, a verification report shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the council. This report shall be completed by competent persons in accordance with the Land Contamination Risk Management (LC:RM) guidance. The verification report shall present all the remediation and monitoring works undertaken and demonstrate the effectiveness of the works in managing all the risks and achieving the remedial objectives." Discharge of Condition No. 14 of LA08/2017/0912/F. Condition No. 14 states: "Evidence shall be presented in the Verification Report that all fuel storage tanks (and associated infra-structure) have either been retained for use and been integrity tested under high pressure or have been fully decommissioned and removed in line with current Guidance for Pollution prevention (GPP 2) and the Pollution Prevention Guidance (PPG27) or have been fully decommissioned, backfilled with concrete and left in-situ, and the quality of surrounding soils and groundwater has been verified. Should contamination be identified during this process, Condition 10 shall apply."

    Granted Conditions 7 docs
  • 3, 5 & 7 Mill Street, Gilford, Craigavon, BT63 6HQ

    LA08/2025/1394/F Submitted 31 Oct 2025 0.3 miles away

    Demolition of existing two-storey buildings and erection of new two-storey building comprising two ground floor retail units, internal bin storage, one first floor apartment and all associated siteworks.

    Granted Full applications Demolition 20 docs
  • 7A Bannview, Gilford, BT63 6JX

    LA08/2026/0418/F Submitted 15 Apr 2026 0.3 miles away

    97% historically approved · decision due ~10 Jun

    Erection of 7 no. dwellings comprising of 6 no. semi detached and 1 no. detached along with associated site works.

    Awaiting decision Full applications 18 docs
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  • Lands incorporating Castle Hill, extending from Mill Street to Community Hall at 14 Castle Hill, existing path south of 3 Castle Hill from Castle Hill to Castle View, Lands to the front of 2-6 and 3-7 Dunbarton Street, Existing Path from Dunbarton Street to Riverside Walk, Lands from the front of Health Centre Castle Street, extending to Bridge Street/Wall Road Junction, and incorporating the car park at Bridge Street, lands to the front of 2-6 and 1-7 Mill Street, Gilford.

    LA08/2026/0026/DC Submitted 12 Jan 2026 0.3 miles away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~9 Mar

    Discharge of Condition No. 10 of LA08/2024/0141/F. Condition No. 10 states: "No development activity, including ground preparation or vegetation clearance,shall take place until a final Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The approved CEMP shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and all works on site shall conform to the approved CEMP, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Planning Authority. The CEMP shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Constructionmethodology and timings of works; b. Pollution Prevention Plan; including suitable buffers between the location of all construction works, storage of excavated spoil and construction materials, any refuelling, storage of oil/fuel, concrete mixing and washing areas and any watercourses or surface drains present on or adjacent to the site; c. Site Drainage Management Plan; including Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), foul water disposal and silt management measures; d. Spoil Management Plan; including identification of spoil storage areas, management and handling of spoil and details of the reinstatement of excavated soil and mitigation measures for badgers and other wildlife; e. Water Quality Monitoring Plan; f. Ecological Mitigation such as vegetation clearance outside of the bird breeding season and pre-construction surveys; g. Environmental Emergency Plan; h. Effective avoidance and mitigation methodologies planned for the protection of the water environment."

    Awaiting decision Conditions 8 docs