40 The Curragh, Castlebar
Alterations to a single-storey detached house to modify and expand the basement window openings.
2540 · Mayo County Council · Lodged 4 February 2025
- Reference
- 2540
- Authority
- Mayo County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 4 February 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves alterations to a single-storey five-bedroom detached dwelling with an existing basement. It includes increasing the size of the south gable basement window and opening a new basement walkway on the west elevation with two new windows.
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Official record
Development description
Alterations to a single storey five bedroom detached dwelling with an existing basement, increasing the size of the south gable basement window, including at the west elevation opening a basement walkway with a depth of 1.80m and width of 1.20m and 10.00m in length, including two new windows positioned along this same exposed basement perimeter wall
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and improve the amenity and character of existing residential areas.”
Objective set by the Castlebar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sli Humbert, Curragh, Castlebarprice excludes VAT | Aug 2025 | €325,990 | 83 m |
| Spencer Park, Castlebar, Mayo | Aug 2025 | €330,000 | 107 m |
| 30 Curragh, Castlebar, Co Mayo | Jan 2025 | €260,000 | 131 m |
| 145 Chestnut Grove, Castlebarnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Apr 2025 | €248,899 | 166 m |
| 146 Chestnut Grove, Castlebarnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Apr 2025 | €248,899 | 169 m |
| 147 Chestnut Grove, Castlebarnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Apr 2025 | €248,899 | 175 m |
| 148 Chestnut Grove, Castlebarnot full market price · price excludes VAT | Apr 2025 | €248,899 | 178 m |
| 245 Aglish Est, Westport Rd, Castlebar | Mar 2025 | €260,000 | 203 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 received4 February 2025
- Further information requested28 March 2025
- Further information received17 September 2025
- Decision due14 October 2025
- Decision issued13 October 2025
- Grant issued13 November 2025
- Permission expiry12 November 2030
In the area
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