Planning application · Co. Cavan
The Drumlins, Bailieborough Road, Virginia Co. Cavan
Granted 12 Dec 2025
Archived record
This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 11 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
What and where
~78 homes
to construct 78 no. dwellings and 1 no. single storey creche to complete existing residential development known as “The Drumlins". (“The Drumlins” development was previously approved planning application ref. no.'s 04/2182 & 05/907). The works comprise of the construction of the following: (A) remove 19 no. existing partially constructed dwellings (B) 2 no. 4 bed two storey detached dwellings, (C) 34 no. 4 bed two storey semi-detached dwellings, (D) 2 no. 3 bed two storey detached dwellings, (E) 32 no. 3 bed two storey semi-detached dwellings, (F) 8 no. 3 bed dormer bungalow semi-detached dwellings (G) form connections to all public services, complete all service roads, footpaths, together with all associated site works - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
- Location
- Bailieborough Road, Co. Cavan Map
- Council
- Cavan County Council
- Planning reference
- 2460650
- Applicant
- Murmod Estimators Ltd
- Agent
- Paul Taite
Key facts
- Homes
- ~78estimated from the application
- Floor area
- 9,913 m²
- Received
- 20 Dec 2024
- Granted
- 12 Dec 2025
- Site start
- 17 Apr 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Granted
- Site start
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2460650 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
- From the planning documentsRead from Design Statement in the council's file.
- Unit mix
- 2 Type A (detached, 2-storey, 4-bed), 34 Type B (semi-detached, 2-storey, 4-bed), 2 Type C (detached, 2-storey, 3-bed), 32 Type D (semi-detached, 3-bed), 8 Type E (semi-detached, 3-bed dormer bungalow)
- Site area
- 3.9 ha
- Applicant
- Murmod Estimators Ltd.
- Phasing
- Single phase
- Scope
- Proposed development of 78 mixed-size dwelling houses and a creche on a brownfield infill site in Virginia, Co. Cavan.
- Cladding
- “metal (standing seam) cladding proposed”
- Heat pump
- “Air to Water heat pumps for renewable energy”
- Landscaping
- “soft landscaping of indigenous species of trees and plants”
How we know this
From the Cavan County Council planning register, as last seen on 11 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 17 Apr 2026Work started · phase 1 · Donnreill Builders LTD - 78 Dwelling Development and a Creche...
- 16 Jun 2026Work started · phase 2 · Donnreill Builders LTD - 78 Dwelling Development and a Creche (6 Units - Nos. 126-131)...
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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