Name: Planning applications within 500 m of 24 Westgate, Birr, Co. Offaly, R42 YD80
Creator: Planning Register
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92%get approved 256homes started

All clear: nothing open for comments · no new homes coming · no flood risk

Not protected; no vacant land tax.
2 home extensions within 250 m since 2024. Most were rear extensions.
The council decides in a median 79 days (about 11 weeks); 50% are asked for more information.

More about the area

No scheduled public transport within 800 m.
Here (2022 census): 54% owner-occupied (council 72%); 8% of homes empty (council 8%); most built 2001–2010; 64% drive to work (council 65%); population up 7% since 2016.
Applications within 500 m: 2 last year, 8 in 2022. Homes started within 1 km: 3 in the last year, 233 three years before.

On this site

None found

Zoning · no zoning in the plans we hold

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

92%

Approved, when decided · 12 approved · 1 refused

79 days

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

1

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%

8%

Homes empty (2022) · council 8%

0/h

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

Questions to ask before you buy 1

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

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About this home

24 Westgate, Birr, Co. Offaly, R42 YD80 is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house in Drumbane, Offaly of about 137 m² (BER B3). It is advertised for sale on daft.ie (last seen live on 8 Oct 2026). Within 500 m, Planning Register tracks 28 planning applications: 1 open for observation, 15 granted, 1 refused, 1 decided on appeal, 3 commenced.

More about this address

The nearest EPA-licensed facility is EJ Ireland Access Solutions Limited, 679 m away.

Type: Semi-D
Bedrooms / bathrooms: 4 / 2
Floor area: 137 m²
BER: B3
Eircode: R42 YD80
Local authority: Offaly County Council
Location precision: Rooftop
EPA licence within 1.0 km: EJ Ireland Access Solutions Limited (679 m)
Schools within 1.0 km: ST BRENDANS MONASTERY (primary school · 178 pupils, 386 m) +1 more

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.	8 Oct 2026, 05:49	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.'	8 Oct 2026, 01:13	open

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24 Westgate, Birr, Co. Offaly, R42 YD80