GrantedCommercialDecided 5 December 2023

Killycard, Castleblayney, Co.Monaghan

Extension and upgrade of a filling station to include a new café, fuel pumps, and EV charging points in Castleblayney.

2360117 · Monaghan County Council · Lodged 16 June 2023

Reference: 2360117
Authority: Monaghan County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 16 June 2023

Summary

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The proposed development involves extending the filling station forecourt to add parking and 4 EV charging points, alongside extending the existing building to incorporate a new café/deli. It also includes installing 3 new fuel pumps, 2 underground storage tanks, a new canopy, and a fuel storage building.

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Official record

Development description

Permission to a) extend the filling station forecourt to facilitate vehicle manoeuvring area, additional parking (including 2 disabled parking spaces) and 4 e-charging points, b) extension and alterations to the existing filling station to incorporate a new café/deli area, c) change of use of a portion of the existing office area to staff toilet and fridge area associated with the new café, d) new signage to retail shop/café, e) construction of fuel storage building and toilet block, ) removal of existing pumps/islands and existing outside toilet, g) installation of 3 no. New fuel dispensing pumps and 2 no. New underground fuel storage tank, h) new in-out, entrance/exit arrangements onto public road r181, i) new forecourt canopy and signage on same, j) relocation of totem poles, advertising sign and 4 new flag poles to front boundary, k) 4 no. Picnic tables, l) proposed boundary walls to south-west, north-west and north-east boundaries, m) proposed bulk storage gas compound, n) proposed landscaping plan, storm/foul drainage systems, together with all ancillary & associated site works. The application includes flood risk assessment and road safety audit. Significant further information relates to, retain & complete permission for the infilling works carried out on land beyond site boundary, revised cursory flood risk assessment & suds design, clarification of the use of the non retail check in of shop goods in the storage building

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Industry/Enterprise/EmploymentSI

“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.

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Previously zoned

Proposed Residential B · 2019–2025 plan

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
2 Crescent Hill, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Sept 2025	€160,000	204 m
16 Castle Park, Killycard, Castleblayney	Mar 2026	€356,000	233 m
10 Crescent Hill, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Jun 2025	€310,000	241 m
55 Crescent Hill, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Dec 2025	€306,000	259 m
11 Bree, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Mar 2026	€74,000	311 m
2 The Crescent, Castleblayney, Monaghan	Oct 2025	€177,000	317 m
5 Ashling Grove, Castleblayney, Monaghan	May 2026	€290,000	348 m
26 Crescent Hill, Shercock Rd, Castleblayney	Sept 2025	€143,000	350 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 received16 June 2023
Further information requested10 August 2023
Further information received21 September 2023
Decision due6 December 2023
Decision issued5 December 2023
Grant issued17 January 2024
Permission expiry16 January 2029

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