CASTLE STREET, BALLYSHANNON, DONEGAL PO
Retention of a rear retail extension, a detached office/store building, and roof windows.
2560441 · Donegal County Council · Lodged 26 March 2025
- Reference
- 2560441
- Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 26 March 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks retention permission for an extension to the rear of an existing retail unit. It also seeks to retain a detached building containing an office and stores, plus three roof windows on the front elevation.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(1) extension to rear of existing retail unit, (2) detached building which includes office and stores ancillary to main retail unit and (3) 3 no. Roof windows to front elevation and all associated siteworks
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, 15 Main St, Ballyshannon | Apr 2026 | €60,000 | 77 m |
| The Mall, Ballyshannon, Co Donegalnot full market price | Apr 2026 | €80,000 | 98 m |
| Market Street, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal | Jan 2025 | €50,000 | 171 m |
| 4 Erne St, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal | Dec 2025 | €52,000 | 177 m |
| 51 Erne St, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal | May 2026 | €131,000 | 185 m |
| 39 Tirconnaill Street, Ballyshannon, Co.Donegal | Apr 2026 | €40,000 | 197 m |
| Chapel St, Ballyshannon, Donegal | Oct 2025 | €125,000 | 211 m |
| St Catherine's, Convent Of Mercy, Ballyshannon | Apr 2025 | €19,963,676 | 224 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received26 March 2025
- Decision due20 May 2025
- Decision issued9 May 2025
- Grant issued11 June 2025
- Permission expiry10 June 2030
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