Name: Planning applications within 500 m of 37 Portavolla, Banagher, Birr, Co. Offaly
Creator: Planning Register
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No planning applications on this site.
Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax.
10 sites nearby could change: 10 empty zoned plots.
Banagher (bus 840, 850) 276 m away: 1 an hour at morning peak.
Here (2022 census): 54% owner-occupied (council 72%); 9% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 51% drive to work (council 65%); population up 5% since 2016.
The council decides in a median 79 days (about 11 weeks); 50% are asked for more information.
24 applications nearby in 5 years; 85% approved (council 91%); 33% for work already built (council 21%).
15 homes started within 1 km in 3 years (council middle 1).

On this site

R2

Zoning · Existing residential

No

Protected or listed · on our maps

No

Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it

Around it

0

Open for comments · none today

85%

Approved, when decided · 11 approved · 2 refused

79 days

Time to a decision · median; 50% asked for more information

10

Sites that could change · see the list

No

Flood risk area nearby (OPW map) · none within 500 m

0

Protected buildings nearby · not this site

54%

Owner-occupied (2022) · council 72%

9%

Homes empty (2022) · council 8%

1/h

Public transport, morning peak · services from stops within 500 m

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Any work done without planning permission?
Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.

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About this home

37 Portavolla, Banagher, Birr, Co. Offaly is a 2-bedroom semi-detached house in Curraghavarna and Portavolla, Offaly of about 87 m² (BER D1). It was advertised as sold on daft.ie in August 2026. Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 37 planning applications: 1 open for observation, 18 granted, 2 refused, 1 decided on appeal, 3 commenced.

More about this address

The site is zoned R2 — existing residential. It is in the Portavolla estate, where 2 planning applications were made in 10 years. The nearest EPA-licensed facility is Banagher, 906 m away.

Sold: 21 Aug 2026
Type: Semi-D
Bedrooms / bathrooms: 2 / 1
Floor area: 87 m²
BER: D1
Year built: 2004
Local authority: Offaly County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
Estate: Portavolla
EPA licence within 1.0 km: Banagher (906 m)
Schools within 1.0 km: ST RYNAGHS N S (primary school · 249 pupils, 612 m) +1 more
Crèche inspected nearby: The Cottage Montessori · inspected 16 Sept 2025 (267 m)

Sources: cara_listings, daft_gateway, ppr · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 20:14

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
cara_listings	Third-party advertisement data captured by Cara from daft.ie. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (licensed PSP name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers and all vendor/buyer identities are dropped.	11 Sept 2026, 20:14	open
daft_gateway	Third-party advertisement data read from daft.ie's own JSON gateway. Not open data: internal analysis only, no redistribution of listing content. Business-contact details (the licensed PSP's name and branch) are retained per Cara DECISIONS 2026-08-19; agent phone numbers, profile images and all media URLs are dropped at fetch time and never written down. Vendor and buyer identities are not in this data.	5 Oct 2026, 10:22	open
ppr	PSI — PSRA re-use terms (psr.ie/re-use-of-public-sector-information). Free re-use in any format provided the source and PSRA copyright are acknowledged, the data is reproduced accurately and not used misleadingly, and it is NOT used 'for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service'. Attribution: 'Contains PSRA Residential Property Price Register data, © Property Services Regulatory Authority.'	6 Oct 2026, 01:12	open

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37 Portavolla, Banagher, Birr, Co. Offaly