O'Rahilly Street & James Connolly Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Extension of a restaurant, conversion of an adjacent house to restaurant use, and a first-floor storage extension.
2460654 · Mayo County Council · Lodged 23 October 2024
- Reference
- 2460654
- Authority
- Mayo County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 23 October 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe project includes a ground-floor restaurant extension and the change of use of an existing house to ancillary restaurant use. It also proposes a first-floor extension to provide an ancillary store and electrical room for adjacent apartments.
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
Full planning permission for the following: - - proposed extension to ground floor restaurant (as previously granted under planning reference p23/60083 & p24/60196) - change of use of existing dwelling house on james connolly street to ancillary restaurant use together with internal alteration works - proposed extension at first floor level consisting of ancillary store/ electrical room for use with adjacent apartments at first and second floor level (as previously granted under planning reference p23/60083) - all the above together with together with connection to all services and all ancillary site development works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect the role of the town centre and provide for town centre uses”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Ballina Local Area Plan (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 4, Clarkes Lane, O'rahilly Street | Oct 2025 | €60,000 | 9 m |
| Flat 1, Clarkes Lane, O'rahilly Street | Oct 2025 | €60,000 | 9 m |
| Flat 3, Clarkes Lane, O'rahilly Street | Oct 2025 | €60,000 | 9 m |
| Flat 2, Clarkes Lane, O'rahilly Street | Oct 2025 | €60,000 | 9 m |
| 2 Wesley Court, Ballina, Co Mayo | May 2025 | €240,000 | 75 m |
| 3 Hillside Court, Connolly St, Ballina | Mar 2025 | €96,250 | 91 m |
| 6 Hillside Court, Connolly St, Ballina | Mar 2025 | €96,250 | 91 m |
| Apartment 8 Hillside Court, Connolly Street, Ballina | Mar 2025 | €96,250 | 91 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 received23 October 2024
- Decision due17 December 2024
- Decision issued12 December 2024
- Grant issued21 January 2025
- Permission expiry20 January 2030
In the area
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