GrantedApartmentsDecided 3 October 2018

Muckno Street, Drumillard Little, Castleblayney

Demolition of a bar and apartments to build a three-storey building with three apartments and two townhouses in Castleblayney.

1887 · Monaghan County Council · Lodged 7 March 2018

Reference: 1887
Authority: Monaghan County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 7 March 2018

Summary

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The project involves demolishing an existing bar, lounge, store, and upper-floor apartments. It will be replaced with a new three-storey building containing three apartments, alongside two two-storey mews townhouses.

Apartmentsdemolitionapartmentstownhousesredevelopment

Residential units: 5
Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

Permission to (1) demolish existing bar, lounge and store to rear, demolish existing first and second floor apartments (2) construct a new replacement 3 storey building comprised of 3 no. Apartment units (2 no. 3 bed & 1 no. 2 bed) (3) construct 2 no. Two storey 2 bed mews townhouses (4) pedestrian access steps to existing mcgrath road public car park (5) connect to public storm, foul and water mains and all associated and ancillary site works. Significant further information has been received which includes
Revised site boundary to allow for the connection of proposed storm water network to the existing public storm water network
Attenuation design
Revised apartment building plans

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town CentreUC

“To provide, protect and enhance town centre facilities and promote town centre strengthening.”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

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.

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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
Muckno Street, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan	May 2025	€60,000	39 m
Muckno Street, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan	May 2025	€95,000	47 m
Market Sq, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan	Oct 2025	€120,000	193 m
Castlesquare, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Jan 2025	€175,000	228 m
32 Oliver Plunkett Park, Drumillard, Castleblayney	May 2025	€142,000	244 m
10 Lake View, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Sept 2025	€212,000	263 m
Hillside, Henry St, Castleblaney	Mar 2025	€185,500	284 m
9 Lakeside Village, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Feb 2026	€80,000	292 m

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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 received7 March 2018
Further information requested1 May 2018
Further information received7 September 2018
Decision due4 October 2018
Decision issued3 October 2018
Grant issued6 November 2018
Permission expiry5 November 2023

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