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Offaly County Council · 22671

WOODCHESTER HOUSE O'CONNOR SQUARE, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY

  1. 22 Dec 2022Received
  2. 19 Sept 2023Conditional
  3. 25 Oct 2023Final grant
  4. 24 Oct 2028Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 19 Sept 2023
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
RETENTION
Units
1
Site
1,071 m²

What’s proposed

**SPLIT DECISION***REFUSE MINOR ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATION AT O'CONNOR SQUARE TO INCLUDE EXISTING SIGNAGE AND A RETRACTABLE AWNING TO THE FRONT FACADE OF LICENCED PREMISES KNOWN AS 'THE PHOENIX' BAR. PLANNING GRANT PERMISSION FOR A CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 57 SQ.M. VACANT OFFICE SPACE INTO A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED KITCHEN AT LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL REF: TU/13/001) WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS ON FOOT OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PREMISSION REFS: PL2/20/89, TU/13/001 AND AN BORD PLEANALA REF: PL 83.242890 AT WOODCHESTER HOUSE, O'CONNOR SQUARE, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY. THIS BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE ON THE OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, REF: 23/218 AND THERE ARE NO ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING PROTECTED STRUCTURE AND NO NET INCREASE IN THE FLOOR AREA OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERMISSIONS

22671 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for **SPLIT DECISION***REFUSE MINOR ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATION AT O'CONNOR SQUARE TO INCLUDE, received on 22 Dec 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Sept 2023.

Planning details

Reference
22671
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
22 Dec 2022
Observations close
7 Feb 2023 (closed 1332 days ago)
Decision due
18 Sept 2023 · decided 19 Sept 2023
Decision
Conditional on 19 Sept 2023
Proposed development
**SPLIT DECISION***REFUSE MINOR ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATION AT O'CONNOR SQUARE TO INCLUDE EXISTING SIGNAGE AND A RETRACTABLE AWNING TO THE FRONT FACADE OF LICENCED PREMISES KNOWN AS 'THE PHOENIX' BAR. PLANNING GRANT PERMISSION FOR A CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 57 SQ.M. VACANT OFFICE SPACE INTO A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED KITCHEN AT LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL REF: TU/13/001) WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS ON FOOT OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PREMISSION REFS: PL2/20/89, TU/13/001 AND AN BORD PLEANALA REF: PL 83.242890 AT WOODCHESTER HOUSE, O'CONNOR SQUARE, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY. THIS BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE ON THE OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, REF: 23/218 AND THERE ARE NO ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING PROTECTED STRUCTURE AND NO NET INCREASE IN THE FLOOR AREA OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERMISSIONS
As published by the register.
Site area
1,071 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

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    M1 — Metro / rail economic corridor

    Town Centre/Mixed Use: The purpose of this zoning is to maintain the vitality and viability of existing town and village centres by developing and consolidating centres with an appropriate mix of commercial, recreational, cultural, amenity and residential uses.

    A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 54
      miller's house; D.E. Williams House; The Maltings

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 449742). 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/22671/0.

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