Planning application
Lands South of William Street, located between Newry River and the Newry Canal, at Albert Basin, Newry.
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
‘Provision of a City Park (Public Open Space) with associated infrastructure’.
As published by the council, reference LA07/2024/0784/PAN
Application record
- Reference
- LA07/2024/0784/PAN
- Type
- Proposal of Application Notice
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Acceptable
- Received
- 2 Jul 2024
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2024
- Decided
- 25 Nov 2024
- Ward
- Drumalane
Site history
Applications at this address on the Newry, Mourne and Down register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024.
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LA07/2025/0365/F Awaiting decision
Lands south of William Street, located between Newry River and the Newry Canal, at Albert Basin, Newry
City Park (Public Open Space) comprising: waterside walkway; pedestrian and cycle paths throughout site; biodiversity trail; urban sports facility (incorporating pump track and skate park); toilet building (incorporating changing places facility and ancillary office and 9 kWp PV panels to roof); play park facility (to cater for multiple age groups and levels of ability); central plaza area; boat launching slipway; floating pontoon and access ramp; watersports building (incorporating boat storage, meeting room, changing and shower facilities and 14 kWp PV panels to roof); 3No. canopy sun/rain shelters; water sports storage area; maintenance building; arboretum walk (comprising native tree and shrub species); natural play area; southern plaza area; associated car parking, overspill/temporary car parking and drop off areas; 2No. dual EV charging points; cycle stands; connection to greenway; park lighting; CCTV (pole and building mounted); quay/canal wall restorations (including in-situ preservation of existing mooring rings, stone bollards and metal posts); ancillary park infrastructure (bollards, gates, fences, railings, benches/seating, bins, interpretation boards, historical markers/feature trail locations); 315kVA electrical substation; and all associated site works, infrastructure, and landscaping.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jul 2024
Received by Newry, Mourne and Down
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9 Jul 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Nov 2024
Decision issued: Acceptable
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file
3 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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About this record
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