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Offaly County Council · 22404

RAILWAY ROAD, TOWNPARKS BIRR, CO. OFFALY

  1. 11 Aug 2022Received
  2. 10 Mar 2023Conditional
  3. 14 Apr 2023Final grant
  4. 25 Nov 2024Commenced
  5. 13 Apr 2028Permission expires
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Status
Commenced
Decision
Conditional · 10 Mar 2023
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
1.74 ha
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What’s proposed

DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF: (1) A 4060M2 THREE STOREY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE TO ACCOMMODATE (A) HSE FACILITIES COMPRISING CONSULTING ROOMS, TREATMENT AREAS, MEETING ROOMS, OFFICES AND SUPPORT SPACES (B) SURGERY SPACE TOTALLING 807M2 FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS (C) A 138M2 PHARMACY WITH TWO CONSULTING ROOMS TOTALING 34M2; (2) A 175M2 SINGLE STOREY ANCILLARY STRUCTURE AT THE REAR OF PRIMARY CARE CENTRE FOR STORES, WASTE, BACK-UP GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL PLANT; (3) A 397.5M2 TWO STOREY AMBULANCE BASE WITH SINGLE STOREY GARAGE AND EXTERNAL CANOPY; (4) 157 NO. CAR PARKING AREA INCLUDING PROVISION FOR 6 NO. MOTORCYCLE PARKING SPACES, 50 NO. BICYCLE SPACES, 16 NO. ELECTRICAL CHARGE POINTS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL BARRIERS FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING; (5) SECTION OF NEW ACCESS DISTRIBUTOR ROAD 165M LONG WITH FOOTWAYS; (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO SERVE THE PROPOSAL INCLUDING SITE AND DISTRIBUTOR ROAD LIGHTING, HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, RAIL AND FENCE BOUNDARY TREATMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE

22404 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for dEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF: (1) A 4060M2 THREE STOREY PRIMARY CARE, received on 11 Aug 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 10 Mar 2023.

Planning details

Reference
22404
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
11 Aug 2022
Observations close
15 Sept 2022 (closed 1478 days ago)
Decision due
12 Mar 2023 · decided 10 Mar 2023
Decision
Conditional on 10 Mar 2023
Proposed development
DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF: (1) A 4060M2 THREE STOREY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE TO ACCOMMODATE (A) HSE FACILITIES COMPRISING CONSULTING ROOMS, TREATMENT AREAS, MEETING ROOMS, OFFICES AND SUPPORT SPACES (B) SURGERY SPACE TOTALLING 807M2 FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS (C) A 138M2 PHARMACY WITH TWO CONSULTING ROOMS TOTALING 34M2; (2) A 175M2 SINGLE STOREY ANCILLARY STRUCTURE AT THE REAR OF PRIMARY CARE CENTRE FOR STORES, WASTE, BACK-UP GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL PLANT; (3) A 397.5M2 TWO STOREY AMBULANCE BASE WITH SINGLE STOREY GARAGE AND EXTERNAL CANOPY; (4) 157 NO. CAR PARKING AREA INCLUDING PROVISION FOR 6 NO. MOTORCYCLE PARKING SPACES, 50 NO. BICYCLE SPACES, 16 NO. ELECTRICAL CHARGE POINTS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL BARRIERS FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING; (5) SECTION OF NEW ACCESS DISTRIBUTOR ROAD 165M LONG WITH FOOTWAYS; (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO SERVE THE PROPOSAL INCLUDING SITE AND DISTRIBUTOR ROAD LIGHTING, HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, RAIL AND FENCE BOUNDARY TREATMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE
As published by the register.
Site area
1.74 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

Not appealed.

Commencement

  • Commencement notice CN0122405OY
    25 Nov 2024Railway Road, Birr, Offalymatched by ref_exact
  • Commencement notice CN0118324OY
    14 Aug 2024Railway Road, Birr, Offalymatched by ref_exact

Zoning at the site

C3 — High technology

Enterprise and Employment: This zoning promotes the development of employment uses that reinforce the enterprise and employment function of the subject area as a whole and require high environmental and design standards.

Zoned for office, research and development and high-technology manufacturing.

G5 — Open space and amenity

Open Space, Amenity and Recreation: Shall be taken to include the use of land for; parks, public woodland, pedestrian routes and greenways, riparian zones, housing estate open spaces, development incidental to the enjoyment of open space.

Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected.

R1 — New residential

New Residential: This zoning shall be taken to primarily include the use of land for new residential units. It may also provide for a range of other uses particularly those that have the potential to foster the development of new residential communities.

Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.

S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

Community Services/Facilities: The purpose of this zoning is to protect, provide and allow expansion of a wide range of different community facilities, civic facilities and social services, from educational, childcare and health facilities to places of worship and community centres.

Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

Designations within 250 m

No OPW flood extent nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 4
    icehouse; country house; post box

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 449858). 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/22404/0.

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