Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedInfrastructureDecided 12 August 2024

Shrule, Co. Mayo

Construction of a new all-weather astro sports facility with floodlighting and a 47-space car park.

23483 · Mayo County Council · Lodged 28 August 2023

Reference
23483
Authority
Mayo County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
28 August 2023
Residential units
1
Floor area
2501 m²

Summary

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The development consists of a new 61m x 41m all-weather astro sports pitch with perimeter fencing, floodlighting, and ball netting. It also includes a 2-metre wide pedestrian walkway, a 47-space car park with a school drop-off area, and a storm water drainage system.

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Official record

Development description

Construct a new all weather astro sports facility (61m x 41m) with incorporated perimeter fencing, floodlighting and ball netting, provide a new 2 metre wide pedestrian walk way around the perimeter of the all weather astro sports facility, provide a new car park to facilitate 47 number car parking spaces, including 3 number spaces for parking designated for persons with adapted requirements and a set down area for drop off associated with the adjoining national school, for the installation of an incorporated drainage system including a hydrochamber and interceptor for storm water attenuation on site

The historical record

How infrastructure applications have been decided in Mayo County Council

95% granted

of 422 infrastructure applications granted, refused or part-granted by Mayo County Council, 2016–2026.

The same category nationally
91%11,893
All categories in Mayo County Council
94%9,748

These are historical figures for this category in this council area, counted from the statutory register over the last 10 years. They are not an assessment of this application and say nothing about how it will be decided.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning RV
To provide for, protect and strengthen the vitality and viability of Tier IV Rural Settlements, through consolidating development, and encouraging an appropriate mix of uses commensurate with the character, capacity and connectivity of the rural village,

National zoning type: Built up area

Objective set by the Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
1 Churchfields, Shrule, MayoSept 2025€385,000104 m
4 Churchfields, Shrule, Co MayoJun 2025€295,000120 m
7 Churchfields, Shrule, MayoJul 2025€392,500153 m
11 Churchfields, Shrule, MayoFeb 2026€366,000178 m
Shrule, MayoDec 2025€305,000321 m
Apartment, Lucky Kebab Takeaway, ShruleNov 2025€160,000400 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

  1. Application received28 August 2023
  2. Further information requested16 October 2023
  3. Further information received19 July 2024
  4. Decision due15 August 2024
  5. Decision issued12 August 2024
  6. Grant issued12 September 2024
  7. Permission expiry11 September 2029

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