RIVER STREET , CLARA , CO. OFFALY

What’s proposed

CHANGE OF USE FROM PHARMACY/RETAIL UNIT TO NEW 28 SEAT RESTAURANT/ TAKE AWAY AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE WITH REPLACEMENT ROOF TO MATCH EXISTING HOUSE AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ONE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO PROVIDE FOR SANITARY FACILITIES AND NEW KITCHEN ALONG WITH EXTRACTION FACILITIES. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO CHANGE THE USE OF AN EXISTING SITTING ROOM WITHIN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW RETAIL UNIT AND ENTRANCE WITH ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND SHOP FRONT ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

17367 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for cHANGE OF USE FROM PHARMACY/RETAIL UNIT TO NEW 28 SEAT RESTAURANT/ TAKE AWAY AND, received on 25 Sept 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Jan 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 17367
Local authority: Offaly County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 25 Sept 2017
Observations close: 31 Oct 2017 (closed 3250 days ago)
Decision due: 25 Jan 2018 · decided 23 Jan 2018
Decision: Conditional on 23 Jan 2018
Proposed development: CHANGE OF USE FROM PHARMACY/RETAIL UNIT TO NEW 28 SEAT RESTAURANT/ TAKE AWAY AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE WITH REPLACEMENT ROOF TO MATCH EXISTING HOUSE AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ONE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO PROVIDE FOR SANITARY FACILITIES AND NEW KITCHEN ALONG WITH EXTRACTION FACILITIES. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO CHANGE THE USE OF AN EXISTING SITTING ROOM WITHIN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW RETAIL UNIT AND ENTRANCE WITH ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND SHOP FRONT ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
As published by the register.
Site area: 488 m² 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 CN0052115OY
25 Apr 2019River Street, Clara, Offaly, R35 DH74matched by ref_exact

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 444952). 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/17367/0.

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