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Offaly County Council · 22444

GALROS WEST FIVEALLEY, BIRR, CO. OFFALY

Approved in 2023.

  1. 29 Aug 2022Received
  2. 27 Feb 2023Conditional
  3. 5 Apr 2023Final approval
  4. 4 Apr 2028Approval runs out
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Status
Approved
Decision
Conditional · 27 Feb 2023
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
RETENTION
Site
6,628 m²

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What’s proposed

(I) THE EXISTING 80 METRE METEOROLOGICAL MAST, WHICH WAS ERECTED AS EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLASS 20A, SCHEDULE 2, OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 (AS AMENDED), AND ALL ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS; AND (II) PERMISSION TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING METEOROLOGICAL MAST FROM 80 METRES TO A HEIGHT OF 100 METRES. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE UP TO FIVE YEARS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT

Planning details

Reference
22444
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
29 Aug 2022
Observations close
3 Oct 2022 (closed 1462 days ago)
Decision due
27 Feb 2023 · decided 27 Feb 2023
Decision
Conditional on 27 Feb 2023
Proposed development
(I) THE EXISTING 80 METRE METEOROLOGICAL MAST, WHICH WAS ERECTED AS EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLASS 20A, SCHEDULE 2, OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 (AS AMENDED), AND ALL ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS; AND (II) PERMISSION TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING METEOROLOGICAL MAST FROM 80 METRES TO A HEIGHT OF 100 METRES. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE UP TO FIVE YEARS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT
As published by the register.
Site area
6,628 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 1 · 500 m · 5 years

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Zoning

Not zoned in the current plan.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

Nothing else protected nearby.

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.

Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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Summary

22444 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for (I) THE EXISTING 80 METRE METEOROLOGICAL MAST, WHICH WAS ERECTED AS EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT, received on 29 Aug 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 27 Feb 2023.