GrantedCommercialDecided 28 May 2025

Rochford Motors Tooraree, Knock Road, Ballyhaunis Co. Mayo.

Construction of a new CVRT light commercial test centre and workshop in Ballyhaunis.

2560195 · Mayo County Council · Lodged 4 April 2025

Reference: 2560195
Authority: Mayo County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 4 April 2025

Summary

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The project involves constructing a new building containing a CVRT Light Commercial Test Centre and workshop space. This new structure will connect to the existing Rochford Motors building.

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission to construct new building containing a cvrt light commercial test centre and workshop space which will connect to existing building, all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise & EmploymentSI

“To provide land for light industrial and appropriate commercial development”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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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Built & sold

What happened next

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
5 Old Racecourse, Knock Rd, Ballyhaunis	Mar 2026	€230,000	159 m
Apt. 3 Hazel Lawns, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo	Jun 2025	€105,000	326 m
7 Manor Brook, Ballyhaunis, Mayo	Jul 2025	€240,000	358 m
14 Manor Brook, Knock Rd, Ballyhaunis	Jun 2025	€173,000	369 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 April 2025
Decision due29 May 2025
Decision issued28 May 2025
Grant issued30 June 2025
Permission expiry29 June 2030

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