Derryvally , Ballybay , Co. Monaghan

What’s proposed

Permission for a temporary change of use, for 5No. years of the Ballybay Wetlands Centre (Planning Ref:03/531) from an environmental education and visitor centre to a HSE Community Outreach Centre

21182 is a planning application to Monaghan County Council for permission for a temporary change of use, for 5No. years of the Ballybay Wetlands Centre, received on 9 Apr 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 1 Jun 2021.

Planning details

Reference: 21182
Local authority: Monaghan County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 9 Apr 2021
Observations close: 14 May 2021 (closed 1957 days ago)
Decision due: 3 Jun 2021 · decided 1 Jun 2021
Decision: Conditional on 1 Jun 2021
Proposed development: Permission for a temporary change of use, for 5No. years of the Ballybay Wetlands Centre (Planning Ref:03/531) from an environmental education and visitor centre to a HSE Community Outreach Centre
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.91 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

Commencement notice CN0105812MN
22 Sept 2023Derryvally, Ballybay, Monaghan, A75 E268matched by ref_exact

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 439817). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21182/0.

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