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Offaly County Council · 17296

SCURRAGH , TOWNPARKS , BIRR

  1. 10 Aug 2017Received
  2. 19 Jun 2018Refused
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Status
Appeal decided — refused
Decision
Refused · 19 Jun 2018
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
4.03 ha
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What’s proposed

1;CONSTRUCTION OF PURPOSE BUILT TWO STOREY & PART THREE STOREY (STAIRCASE TO ROOF AREA FOR MAINTENANCE) HSE PRIMARY CARE UNIT & ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCORPORATING ON THE GROUND FLOOR A COMMON ENTRANCE LOBBY, HSE DAY CENTRE, AN OWN DOOR PHARMACY UNIT, 3 NO. OWN DOOR DOCTOR'S SURGERIES & ANCILLARY ACCOMODATION. THE FIRST FLOOR ACCOMODATION WILL COMPRISE OF A HSE DAY HOSPITAL WITH TREATMENT & CONSULTING ROOMS FOR A RANGE OF HEALTH SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ADMINISTRATION OFFICES AND ANCILLARY ACCOMODATION. 2; PROVISION OF 94 CAR PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE PRIMARY CARE UNIT SITE, TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY BIN STORE, ESB SUBSTATION & CLIENT SWITCHROOM, ANCILLARY SERVICES & SITEWORKS AND PROVISION OF A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE FROM REAR OF PRIMARY CARE UNIT TO THE ADJACENT COUNTY ARMS HOTEL,3; UPGRADE WORKS TO EXISTING BIRR RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB TRAINING PITCH ADJOINING THE PROPOSED PRIMARY CARE UNIT TO CONSIST OF RAISING & LEVELLING TRAINING GROUND, PROVISION OF FLOOD LIGHTING FOR NIGHT TIME TRAINING & NEW FENCING TO ENCLOSE TRAINING GROUND, 4; PROVISION OF NEW FLOOD LIGHTING TO 2 NO. EXISTING BIRR RFC RUGBY PITCHES LOCATED TO SOUTH EAST OF EXISTING BIRR RFC CLUBHOUSE, 5; PROVISION OF NEW ALL-WEATHER PITCH LOCATED TO SOUTH WEST OF EXISTING BIRR RFC CLUBHOUSE TO INCLUDE NEW FLOOD LIGHTING AND FENCING, 6; CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY CHANGING ROOMS BLOCK FOR BIRR RFC TO SOUTH EAST OF EXISTING CLUBHOUSE, PROVISION OF A NEW CAR PARK TO INCORPORATE 47 NO. PARKING SPACES & ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS 7; EXTERNAL UPGRADE WORKS TO EXISTING ACCESS ROUTE TO BIRR RFC CLUBHOUSE, 8; IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS AT EXISTING RAILWAY ROAD (N52)/SCURRAGH ROAD THREE ARM PRIORITY JUNCTION. NEW WORKS TO INCLUDE REMOVAL OF EXISTING ZEBRA CONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING (AS LOCATED OPPOSITE THE APPLEGREEN SERVICE STATION), ITS REPLACEMENT WITH DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES ON ALL THREE ARMS OF NEW TRAFFIC CONTROLLED JUNCTION ARRANGEMENT. THE PROPOSED JUNCTION WORKS INCLUDE PROVISION OF DROPPED KERBS, TACTILE PAVING & IMPLEMENTATION OF MOVA CONTROLLER & ASSOCIATED DUCTING WORKS

17296 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for 1;CONSTRUCTION OF PURPOSE BUILT TWO STOREY & PART THREE STOREY (STAIRCASE TO ROOF AREA, received on 10 Aug 2017; permission was refused on 19 Jun 2018.

Planning details

Reference
17296
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
Appeal decided — refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
10 Aug 2017
Observations close
14 Sept 2017 (closed 3296 days ago)
Decision due
19 Jun 2018 · decided 19 Jun 2018
Decision
Refused on 19 Jun 2018
Proposed development
1;CONSTRUCTION OF PURPOSE BUILT TWO STOREY & PART THREE STOREY (STAIRCASE TO ROOF AREA FOR MAINTENANCE) HSE PRIMARY CARE UNIT & ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCORPORATING ON THE GROUND FLOOR A COMMON ENTRANCE LOBBY, HSE DAY CENTRE, AN OWN DOOR PHARMACY UNIT, 3 NO. OWN DOOR DOCTOR'S SURGERIES & ANCILLARY ACCOMODATION. THE FIRST FLOOR ACCOMODATION WILL COMPRISE OF A HSE DAY HOSPITAL WITH TREATMENT & CONSULTING ROOMS FOR A RANGE OF HEALTH SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ADMINISTRATION OFFICES AND ANCILLARY ACCOMODATION. 2; PROVISION OF 94 CAR PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE PRIMARY CARE UNIT SITE, TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY BIN STORE, ESB SUBSTATION & CLIENT SWITCHROOM, ANCILLARY SERVICES & SITEWORKS AND PROVISION OF A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE FROM REAR OF PRIMARY CARE UNIT TO THE ADJACENT COUNTY ARMS HOTEL,3; UPGRADE WORKS TO EXISTING BIRR RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB TRAINING PITCH ADJOINING THE PROPOSED PRIMARY CARE UNIT TO CONSIST OF RAISING & LEVELLING TRAINING GROUND, PROVISION OF FLOOD LIGHTING FOR NIGHT TIME TRAINING & NEW FENCING TO ENCLOSE TRAINING GROUND, 4; PROVISION OF NEW FLOOD LIGHTING TO 2 NO. EXISTING BIRR RFC RUGBY PITCHES LOCATED TO SOUTH EAST OF EXISTING BIRR RFC CLUBHOUSE, 5; PROVISION OF NEW ALL-WEATHER PITCH LOCATED TO SOUTH WEST OF EXISTING BIRR RFC CLUBHOUSE TO INCLUDE NEW FLOOD LIGHTING AND FENCING, 6; CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY CHANGING ROOMS BLOCK FOR BIRR RFC TO SOUTH EAST OF EXISTING CLUBHOUSE, PROVISION OF A NEW CAR PARK TO INCORPORATE 47 NO. PARKING SPACES & ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS 7; EXTERNAL UPGRADE WORKS TO EXISTING ACCESS ROUTE TO BIRR RFC CLUBHOUSE, 8; IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS AT EXISTING RAILWAY ROAD (N52)/SCURRAGH ROAD THREE ARM PRIORITY JUNCTION. NEW WORKS TO INCLUDE REMOVAL OF EXISTING ZEBRA CONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING (AS LOCATED OPPOSITE THE APPLEGREEN SERVICE STATION), ITS REPLACEMENT WITH DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES ON ALL THREE ARMS OF NEW TRAFFIC CONTROLLED JUNCTION ARRANGEMENT. THE PROPOSED JUNCTION WORKS INCLUDE PROVISION OF DROPPED KERBS, TACTILE PAVING & IMPLEMENTATION OF MOVA CONTROLLER & ASSOCIATED DUCTING WORKS
As published by the register.
Site area
4.03 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

The register records appeal ABP-302063-18 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 444873). 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/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17296/0.

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