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Lands south of William Street, located between Newry River and the Newry Canal, at Albert Basin, Newry

Awaiting decision Newry, Mourne and Down LA07/2025/0365/F Full

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Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference LA07/2025/0365/F

Application record

Reference
LA07/2025/0365/F
Type
Full
Status
Under Consideration
Received
11 Apr 2025
Validated
17 Apr 2025
Ward
Ballybot

Site history

Applications at this address on the Newry, Mourne and Down register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024.

  • LA07/2024/0784/PAN Decided

    Lands South of William Street, located between Newry River and the Newry Canal, at Albert Basin, Newry.

    ‘Provision of a City Park (Public Open Space) with associated infrastructure’.

    Decided 25 Nov 2024

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Apr 2025

    Received by Newry, Mourne and Down

  2. 17 Apr 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 12 June 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Newry, Mourne and Down took a median of 188 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Newry, Mourne and Down for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Newry, Mourne and Down decided full applications in a median of 214 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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