Former Reasons Bar Granard Street , Ballyjamesduff , C. Cavan
for the Change of Use of the ground floor Public Bar area to a Restaurant for consumption of food and drink on the premises and Take-away for consumption of food off the premises, to include a new kitchen area. Internal alterations at ground floor level. External signage and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development. The first floor remains as existing residential use
The application
- Reference
- 2660552 · full record
- Authority
- Cavan County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 303 m²
- Received
- 27 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
- Decision due
- 21 Nov 2026
- Decision
- N/a
The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660552/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660552at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Cavan County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 2 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Cavan County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Major town centre | Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities. | cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 | 11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028 |
| M2 Major town centre | Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities. | cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 | 11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Cavan County Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavan County Council development plan zoning | — | 4 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 4church/chapel · Mc Bride's · Ballyjamesduff Garda Station
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660471 | Refused | 20 Oct 2026 | 1 | 120 m | for a new 2.4m high vehicular and pedestrian gate at the entrance to the housing estate off Dublin Street |
| 2660392 | Conditional | 4 Sept 2026 | 0 | 47 m | for retention of a first floor extension (measuring 10.8sq.m) to the rear of the existing two storey pharmacy building |
| 2660069 | Conditional | 2 Apr 2026 | 0 | 139 m | for change Of Use From Store To Deli/Coffee Shop, New Shop Signage And Associated Works |
| 2560095 | Conditional | 22 Jul 2025 | 2 | 93 m | for the construction of 2no dwelling houses. House 1. Planning Permission for RETENTION for the refurbishment/part reconstruction of the original structure (previous dwelling) to provide a 2 storey pitched roof 2 bedroom residential dwelling and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development. House 2. Planning Permission for RETENTION of the works carried out to-date for the refurbishment/part reconstruction of the original structure (previous dwelling). Works include: (a) construction of ground floor slab (b) construction of extenal walls upto first floor level. Planning PERMISSION to complete the dwelling house to provide a storey and a half pitched roof 3 bedroom residential dwelling, with a single storey ground floor pitched roof side extension to the original structure subject to refurbishment/part reconstruction, and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED |
| 2560096 | Conditional | 15 Jul 2025 | 0 | 136 m | for (1) Construction of a 2 storey pitched roof building to provide 6no 2 person bed and breakfast accommodation rooms, within the rear yard of the public house building (2) Construction of a single storey flat roof link from the new bed and breakfast accommodation building to the rear of the public house building (3) New external door opening onto Stradone Street for access to the existing first floor accommodation (4) Internal alterations to the existing public house building to facilitate this development (5) and connections to all services and all ancillary site development works to facilitate this development. Planning Permission for RETENTION sought for (6) the change of use of the first floor residential accommodation over the ground floor public house building to 4no bed and breakfast accommodation rooms |
| 2460570 | Conditional | 1 Jul 2025 | 1 | 383 m | (1) to construct single storey dwelling incorporating domestic garage (2) to carry out alterations to create entrance and access drive between House No 6 & House No. 7 (3) to connect to mains services (4) and all associated site works |
| 2460561 | Conditional | 31 Jan 2025 | 0 | 300 m | of the change of use of existing basement storage space to One bed self-contained apartment unit, with single storey rear extension, associated parking space, Bin/Bicycle store and retention for single storey side store extension to existing dwelling on street level and all associated ancillary site works |
| 2460043 | Conditional | 9 Jul 2024 | 0 | 342 m | for the formation of a new GAA pitch on lands currently used for agricultural purposes. The development will include for regrading of the lands, perimeter fencing, lighting, forming a biodiversity walking trail, drainage works, provision of carparking, erection of goal posts, erection of ball stop netting, creation of new site boundaries and all associated ancillary works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319867 | — | Withdrawn | 30 Oct 2024 | 93 m |
| 318262 | — | Refused | 17 Jul 2024 | 55 m |
| 312752 | — | Refused | 19 Jun 2023 | 419 m |
| 315591 | — | Refused | 24 Apr 2023 | 63 m |
| 315093 | — | pending | 14 Nov 2022 | 233 m |
| 310371 | — | Granted with conditions | 2 Dec 2021 | 63 m |
If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.
What has happened on this file
- 27 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
- 27 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cavan County Council before relying on it.