Mixed use · Co. Roscommon

Main Street, Elphin, Co. Roscommon

Granted 9 Oct 2025 (final grant issued 13 Nov 2025)

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2560247 at Main Street, Elphin, Co. Roscommon: 2 homes.
  • The applicant is Darran Dockery. The agent is James Lohan Consulting Engineers Ltd.
  • It was received by Roscommon County Council on 26 May 2025.
  • Status: Granted 9 Oct 2025 (final grant issued 13 Nov 2025).
  • Work started on site on 7 Jan 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.

Source: the Roscommon County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

2 homes

Planning permission for the following: 1. Demolish storage shed and part of existing structure to rear, 2. Refurbish & extend the existing building to create a 3 bed dwelling house, a commercial unit circa 87m² on ground floor & a 2 bed apartment on first floor, 3. Construct 1 No. 2 bed town house in rear yard & carry out all ancillary site development works, boundary treatments & connections to public services (Application made for the following: 1. Demolish storage shed and part of existing structure to rear, 2. Refurbish & extend the existing building to create a 3 bed dwelling house, a commercial unit circa 87m² on ground floor & a 3 bed apartment on first floor, 3. Construct 1 No. 2 bed town house in rear yard & carry out all ancillary site development works, boundary treatments & connections to public services) at

Location
Elphin, Co. Roscommon Map
Planning reference
2560247
Applicant
Darran Dockery
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Numbers and dates

Homes
2
Floor area
450 m²per planning documents
Estimated construction value
€520k to €680kOur estimate from floor area and project type, at January 2026 prices, building works only. Not a stated figure. How we estimate
Project type
Mixed use
Received
26 May 2025
Decision to grant
9 Oct 2025
Final grant
13 Nov 2025
Site start
7 Jan 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Decision to grant
  3. Final grant issued
  4. Site start

Outlook

What happens next

Work started on site on 7 Jan 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description
  • CladdingNamed in the planning documents
  • Windows/doorsNamed in the planning documents
  • RoofingNamed in the planning documents

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2560247 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
  • From the planning documentsRead from Planning Report in the council's file.
    Unit mix
    1 3 bed house, 1 2 bed townhouse, 1 3 bed apartment, 1 commercial unit
    Floor area
    450 m² (per planning documents)
    Site area
    0.095 ha
    Phasing
    single phase
    Scope
    Partial demolition and extension of existing building to create a three-bedroom house, ground-floor commercial unit, first-floor apartment, and a new two-bedroom townhouse to the rear.
    Cladding
    “nap plaster render”
    Windows/doors
    “uPVC windows”
    Roofing
    “natural slate”

How we know this

From the Roscommon County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

Site starts

Commencement notices for this permission

  1. 7 Jan 2026Work started · phase 1 · To Construct a detached two story block built dwelling house
  2. 9 Mar 2026Work started · phase 2 · To construct 1no. Completion of extension to building to form House, Commercial unit and...

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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