37 Main Street, Ballybay, Co Monaghan
Conversion of a vacant supermarket into two apartments, including partial demolition.
2560332 · Monaghan County Council · Lodged 19 August 2025
- Reference
- 2560332
- Authority
- Monaghan County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 19 August 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of changing the use of a vacant supermarket and overhead accommodation into a one-bedroom ground-floor apartment and a three-bedroom upper-floor apartment. It includes changes to the front elevation, partial demolition of a rear extension, and new terraced areas with an external stairway.
- Residential units
- 2
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Planning permission for a development which will consist of the change of use of a vacant supermarket and overhead accommodation to a one bedroomed apartment on the ground floor and a three bedroomed apartment on the first and second floor along with associated services, which includes 1.0 changes to the front elevation (new windows and doors at ground level and replacement windows on the upper floors), a new entrance to facilitate the development and 2.0 alterations to the rear elevation (demolition of part of the existing rear extension, provision of raised terraced areas and provision of external stairway).
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 Main St, Ballybay, Monaghan | May 2025 | €45,000 | 3 m |
| Apt 1, 36 Main St, Ballybay | Apr 2026 | €275,000 | 11 m |
| Apartment, Ballybay Primary Care Centre, Main Street | May 2026 | €140,000 | 172 m |
| 5 Sruthan Cadagh, Ballybay, Co Monaghan | Apr 2026 | €160,000 | 191 m |
| 5 Church Place, Ballybay, Monaghan | Sept 2025 | €86,391 | 249 m |
| 7 Church Place, Church St, Ballybay | Dec 2025 | €160,000 | 250 m |
| 8 Churchstreet, Ballybay, Monaghannot full market price | Nov 2025 | €111,000 | 259 m |
| 81 Mainstreet, Ballybay, Co Monaghan | Apr 2026 | €100,000 | 266 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 received19 August 2025
- Further information requested1 October 2025
- Further information received19 December 2025
- Decision due24 January 2026
- Decision issued20 January 2026
- Grant issued24 February 2026
- Permission expiry23 February 2031
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