Planning application
Lets Go Hydro 1 Mealough Road, Belfast, BT8 8GB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed development of additional sport, leisure and tourism facilities at the existing Let’s Go Hydro resort, comprising: a centre of excellence for padel tennis (with ancillary lounge and bar), new gym and wellbeing facility, replacement of existing marquee padel tennis building with purpose built steel frame padel tennis building, golf driving range and indoor golf simulator facilities, together with internal signage structure, relocation of existing glamping pods/safari lodges/house boat and associated access, parking, fencing, netting, floodlighting, landscaping and site works
As published by the council, reference LA05/2025/0907/PAN
Application record
- Reference
- LA05/2025/0907/PAN
- Type
- Proposal of Application Notice
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted As published: Acceptable
- Received
- 15 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 7 May 2026
- Ward
- Carryduff West
- Postcode
- BT8 8GB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Dec 2025
Received by Lisburn and Castlereagh
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7 May 2026
Decision issued: Acceptable
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29 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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O'Toole & Starkey Ltd Agent, registered in Belfast
Active · incorporated 2018 · Belfast
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Lisburn and Castlereagh granted permission on 7 May 2026, 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.
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