PORT ROAD, BALLYRAINE, LETTERKENNY
Modifications to a shop facade and car park, including a new extension for a bottle return machine.
2251893 · Donegal County Council · Lodged 24 November 2022
- Reference
- 2251893
- Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 24 November 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of ground floor layout and facade modifications to an existing store. It includes a single-storey front extension to house a deposit return scheme (DRS) reverse vending machine, removal of the existing entrance pod and trolley bay, and installation of a new free-standing trolley bay.
- Storey
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Official record
Development description
Modifications to the ground floor layout and shop facade to include the following: (1) single storey extension to front of existing store to provide a drs facility to allow customers to return plastic beverage bottles to a reverse vending machine in store, (2) removal of (a) existing entrance/exit pod and (b) existing trolley bay, (3) proposed (a) free standing trolley bay and (b) alteration works to store elevation and (4) alteration works to car park area and all ancillary works required to complete to the required building regulations standards
Built & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnellys Port Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal | Apr 2025 | €160,000 | 350 m |
| Rinboy Cashel P O, Letterkenny, Donegal | Mar 2025 | €290,000 | 380 m |
| 16 Orchard Grove, Letterkenny, Co Donegal | Apr 2025 | €145,000 | 448 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received24 November 2022
- Decision due27 January 2023
- Decision issued19 January 2023
- Grant issued22 February 2023
- Permission expiry21 February 2028
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2152237DonegalLodged 12 Nov 2021Change of use
- Granted110 m away
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1751446DonegalLodged 22 Sept 2017Change of use
- Granted110 m away
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1950446DonegalLodged 4 Apr 2019Change of use
- Awaiting decision110 m away
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