LA08/2025/0588/S54

Description

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)

Council Website

Address

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.

Postcode

BT32 3SG

Coordinates

54.340653371752921, -6.216460373542705

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