Planning Permission Ireland
Awaiting decisionChange of useDecision was due 21 December 2022

Old Shop Rathlee, Rathlee, Co Sligo

Conversion of a house to a B&B, workshop to a professional kitchen, and creation of a staff studio apartment.

2242 · Sligo County Council · Lodged 8 February 2022

Reference
2242
Authority
Sligo County Council
Register status
Withdrawn
Type
PERMISSION
Received
8 February 2022
Residential units
1
Floor area
1 m²

Summary

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The development includes changing the use of an existing house to a B&B and converting a street-front workshop into a professional kitchen with a mezzanine storage level. It also involves converting first-floor storage into a staff studio apartment, extending a coal shed for tea room toilets, and maintaining the retail shop.

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Official record

Development description

Development consisting of maintenance of the existing shop as a retail unit to let, to repair and extend the roof over the shop to join the main house, relocate the existing front garden wall inwards to allow the street footpath to continue across the front of the site, to mark the existing parking to the front to formalise two car spaces plus one accessible space. Application for tea-room street furniture to the front, conversion of the existing street front workshop to a professional kitchen, adding 0.89m to the roof level to allow for a mezzanine storage level, maintaining the rear ground floor storage and conversion of its first floor storage to studio apartment for staff, extending the coal shed to be toilet facilities for the tea rooms. Change-of-use of the existing house to a b&b plus staff facilities to include staff room, showers, kitchenette, and all ancillary site works including new percolation areas, rainwater harvesting and drainage.

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Hillview, Rathlee, EaskeyApr 2025€275,00082 m

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Key dates

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  1. Application received8 February 2022
  2. Further information requested1 April 2022
  3. Decision due21 December 2022
  4. Application withdrawn20 December 2022

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