Magheross, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan
Construction of a new office building, store, and bus parking facility in Carrickmacross.
17331 · Monaghan County Council · Lodged 10 July 2017
- Reference
- 17331
- Authority
- Monaghan County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 10 July 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks permission for a single-storey flat-roof office building, a single-storey store, and a power washer cabin. It also includes a concrete bus wash bay, bus and staff parking, and a toilet drop facility.
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Official record
Development description
Permission to (1) construct a single storey flat roof office building to the south-west of the site, (2) construct a single storey store to the south-west of the site, (3) construct a small power washer cabin to the north of the site, (4) install a concrete base for a bus wash bay, (5) provide parking facilities for the storage of bus transport and staff vehicles, along with toilet drop facility, (6) the provision of 5 meter high lamp standards, the use of the existing site entrances, connections to the mains sewerage and water mains and all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for new industrial, enterprise and employment generating development and to facilitate the expansion of existing industrial and employment generating enterprises.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 (2025–2031). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duffin House, Tullynaskeagh, Carrickmacross | Mar 2026 | €330,000 | 181 m |
| 62 Highfield, Carrickmacross, Monaghan | Feb 2025 | €205,000 | 477 m |
| 65 Highfield, Carrickmacross, Monaghan | Jun 2026 | €223,000 | 478 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 received10 July 2017
- Further information requested29 August 2017
- Further information received27 November 2017
- Decision due2 January 2018
- Decision issued20 December 2017
- Grant issued30 January 2018
- Permission expiry29 January 2023
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APPEALED — ACP
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