Game of Thrones Studio Tour 245 Castlewellan Road (with access off Ballievey Road), Banbridge, BT32 3SG

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

• LA08/2026/0966/DC Awaiting decision

  Game of Thrones Studio Tour 245 Castlewellan Road (with access off Ballievey Road), Banbridge, BT32 3SG

  Proposed discharge of conditions 2 & 12 of planning approval LA08/2025/0589/F. Condition 2 states: Prior to the use of the car park hereby permitted commencing, a landscape management and maintenance plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Council. The plan shall set out the period of the plan, long term objectives, management responsibilities, performance measures and maintenance schedules of all areas of landscaping. The landscape management plan shall be carried out as approved unless prior written consent is given to its modification. Reason: To ensure successful establishment and ongoing management and maintenance (in perpetuity) of the landscaped areas in the interests of visual amenity Condition 12 states: The development shall not become operational until a Venue Management plan, which sets out details of how the development will be managed daily, including measures to address complaints from neighbouring residents, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by the Council and the approved details shall be implemented thereafter. No later than 12 months from the commencement of the operation hereby permitted, and thereafter within 6 weeks of any written request from the Council, the applicant shall submit a report, which assesses the effectiveness of the Venue Management Plan and sets out any measures that are proposed to be incorporated into Venue Management Plan. The report shall also set out timescales for the implementation of any measures identified therein. The report shall be agreed in writing with the Council prior to the implementation of any proposed measures. Reason: To ensure that adequate provision has been made for parking and in the interest of residential amenity

  Submitted 4 Sep 2026 Conditions

1. 18 Sep 2026

   Received by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

2. 25 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 13 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon took a median of 118 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• LA08/2025/0589/F Granted

  Existing access road and an adjacent field, 100m north-east of the existing Game of Thrones Studio Tour Development 245 Castlewellan Road Banbridge BT32 3SG with access onto the Ballievey Road, opposite and 60m south east of No 5 Ballievey Road.

  Construction of a 150-space car park for the sole and exclusive use of patrons of the Studio Tour, new access point to existing internal access road, hard and soft landscaping and other associated site works. (further environmental information received)

  Decided 18 May 2026 Full applications

This application is with Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Game of Thrones Studio Tour 245 Castlewellan Road (with access off Ballievey Road), Banbridge, BT32 3SG

  LA08/2026/0966/DC Submitted 4 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  100% historically approved · decision due ~30 Oct

  Proposed discharge of conditions 2 & 12 of planning approval LA08/2025/0589/F. Condition 2 states: Prior to the use of the car park hereby permitted commencing, a landscape management and maintenance plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Council. The plan shall set out the period of the plan, long term objectives, management responsibilities, performance measures and maintenance schedules of all areas of landscaping. The landscape management plan shall be carried out as approved unless prior written consent is given to its modification. Reason: To ensure successful establishment and ongoing management and maintenance (in perpetuity) of the landscaped areas in the interests of visual amenity Condition 12 states: The development shall not become operational until a Venue Management plan, which sets out details of how the development will be managed daily, including measures to address complaints from neighbouring residents, has been submitted to, and approved in writing by the Council and the approved details shall be implemented thereafter. No later than 12 months from the commencement of the operation hereby permitted, and thereafter within 6 weeks of any written request from the Council, the applicant shall submit a report, which assesses the effectiveness of the Venue Management Plan and sets out any measures that are proposed to be incorporated into Venue Management Plan. The report shall also set out timescales for the implementation of any measures identified therein. The report shall be agreed in writing with the Council prior to the implementation of any proposed measures. Reason: To ensure that adequate provision has been made for parking and in the interest of residential amenity

  Awaiting decision Conditions 1 doc

• Linen Mill Studios, 245 Castlewellan Road, Banbridge, BT32 3SG

  LA08/2026/1033/DC Submitted 18 Sep 2026 100 yards away

  100% historically approved · decision due ~13 Nov

  Proposed Discharge of Conditions 5, 13, 21, 23, 26 & 30 of Planning Approval LA08/2025/0588/S54.

  Awaiting decision Conditions 10 docs

• Existing Game of Thrones Studio Tour Development 245 Castlewellan Road Banbridge BT32 3SG with access onto the Ballievey Road, opposite and 60m south east of No 5 Ballievey Road.

  LA08/2025/0588/S54 Submitted 13 May 2025 100 yards away

  Tourist visitor attraction for a ‘Game of Thrones” themed studio tour. A Section 54 application to remove Condition 6 and amend conditions 22, 23, 33 and 36 of previous planning approval LA08/2019/1663/F Condition No 6- remove the 10.25 year time limit; Amendment to condition 22 Original Condition 22: Prior to commencement of the operations hereby permitted the Park & Ride facility permitted under application LA08/2019/1660/F shall be operational and the operations hereby permitted shall only be used when the Park and Ride facility is operational. Proposed Condition 22: The Park & Ride facility permitted under application LA08/2019/1660/F shall be retained and made available for parking during the operational hours of the development hereby permitted. Amendment to condition 23 Original Condition 23: Visitor numbers to the tourist venue hereby permitted shall be limited to: I. 20 buses per hour during the operations, comprising ten buses to arriving at the site and ten buses leaving the site: and II. A maximum of 3,000 people per day and 300 people per hour. Proposed Condition 23: “Visitor numbers to the tourist venue hereby permitted shall be limited to: I. 20 buses per hour during the operations, comprising ten buses arriving at the site and ten buses leaving the site; II. A maximum of 3,000 people per day and 300 people per hour until 18.30 hrs; and III. On 50 occasions within the calendar year a maximum of 400 people will be permitted entry to the venue between 18.30 hrs and 01.00 hrs and there shall be no more than 400 people on the site at any one time after 22.00 hrs. Amendment to condition 33 Original Condition 33: The development hereby permitted shall only operate between 08:00hrs and 22:00hrs. The first studio tour shall begin at 09:30hrs with entry for the last tour no later than 18:30hrs. All visitors and staff must have left the site by 22:00hrs. Proposed Condition 33: The tourist visitor attraction hereby submitted shall operate between 07:00hrs and 22:00 hrs except on up to 50 occasions in the calendar year when it can operate until 00.30 hrs. The first studio tour shall begin at 08:00 hrs with entry for the last tour no later than 18.30 hrs except on up to 50 occasions in the calendar year when entry to the last tour should be no later than 21.30 hrs. All visitors and staff must have left the site by 22:00 hrs during normal operating hours, except on up to 50 occasions within the calendar year when all visitors and staff must have left the site by 01:00 hrs Amendment of Condition 36 Original Condition 36: All external lighting shall be switched off at 10.00pm, save for lighting required for security details of which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Council and thereafter implemented. Proposed Condition 36: All external lighting shall be switched off at 10.00pm, except on up to 50 occasions within the calendar year when it shall be switched off by 01.00 hrs save for lighting required for security details of which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Council and thereafter implemented. (Updated Proposal and Further Environmental Information Received)

  Granted 43 docs

• Existing access road and an adjacent field, 100m north-east of the existing Game of Thrones Studio Tour Development 245 Castlewellan Road Banbridge BT32 3SG with access onto the Ballievey Road, opposite and 60m south east of No 5 Ballievey Road.

  LA08/2025/0589/F Submitted 12 May 2025 100 yards away

  Construction of a 150-space car park for the sole and exclusive use of patrons of the Studio Tour, new access point to existing internal access road, hard and soft landscaping and other associated site works. (further environmental information received)

  Granted Full applications 52 docs

• 5 Ridgeway Park North, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3DG

  LA08/2026/0521/F Submitted 30 Apr 2026 400 yards away

  Demolition of existing garage, construction of extension with associated site works

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 17 docs

• Site between no. 11 & no. 13 Drumneath Road, Banbridge, BT32 3SS

  LA08/2026/0764/O Submitted 8 Jul 2026 400 yards away

  83% historically approved · decision due ~22 Sep

  Site for 2 no. infill dwellings and garages

  Awaiting decision Outline Extension 12 docs

• LA08/2026/0756/DC Granted

  Adjacent to and South of 21 Blue Hill Road, Katesbridge, Banbridge.

  Consent to Discharge condition No 7 - Prior to the commencement of works on site details of proposed sewerage disposal shall be submitted to and approved by the Council and thereafter implemented in accordance with the approved plans.

  Received 8 Jul, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Conditions
• LA08/2026/1070/DC Awaiting decision

  122a New Forge Road and lands immediately adjacent to and south-west of 122a New Forge Road, Magheralin, Craigavon, BT67 0QW

  Discharge of condition 2 of planning application ref: LA08/2025/1455/F which reads as follows: No site works of any nature or development shall take place until a programme of archaeological work (POW) has been prepared by a qualified archaeologist, submitted by the applicant and approved in writing by Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council in consultation with Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities. The POW shall provide for: The identification and evaluation of archaeological remains within the site; Mitigation of the impacts of development through licensed excavation recording or by preservation of remains in-situ; Post-excavation analysis sufficient to prepare an archaeological report, to publication standard if necessary; and Preparation of the digital, documentary and material archive for deposition. Reason: to ensure that archaeological remains within the application site are properly identified, and protected or appropriately recorded.

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Conditions
• LA08/2026/1069/DC Awaiting decision

  Immediately adjacent to and west of 60 Markethill Road, Tandragee, BT62 2ET

  Discharge of condition 12 of planning application ref: LA08/2023/2916/O and condition 6 of planning application ref: LA08/2026/0400/RM which read as follows: No works shall be carried out on any building to be demolished until a NIEA Wildlife Licence has been obtained and evidence of this has been provided to the Planning Authority in writing. Reason: To protect bats.

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Conditions
• LA08/2026/0876/DC Granted

  11 Drumiller Hill, Dromore, BT25 1EP

  Discharge of condition 3 of planning approval LA08/2025/0985/F which approved a replacement dwelling. Bat survey completed on 27th July 2026 prior to demolition works on the 28th July. Ecologist monitored demolition works and report of demolition works completed 30th July.

  Received 12 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Conditions
• LA08/2026/1056/DC Awaiting decision

  Lands 55 metres north-west of 31 Corrigan Hill Road, Dungannon, BT71 6SL

  Discharge of conditions 9 and 10 of planning application ref: LA08/2025/0074/F which read as follows: Condition 9 No development hereby approved shall take place until a Consent to Discharge foul sewage has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council, under the terms of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and thereafter implemented in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To ensure the project will not have an adverse effect on the integrity of any European site. Condition 10 No development hereby approved shall take place until the method of sewage disposal has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council and thereafter implemented in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To ensure a practical solution to sewage disposal is possible at this site, to ensure protection to the aquatic environment and to help the applicant avoid incurring unnecessary expense before it can be ascertained that a feasible method of sewage disposal is available.

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Conditions