Church Street, Clara, Co. Offaly
Proposed development
Conversion and extend existing garage/store into a two bedroom town house. The application will also include the change of use of this property from industrial use to residential use. Also included in this application are all associated site works and connection to existing services.
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Decision due
- 3 Jan 2026
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 39 m²
Timeline
Application received
31 Aug 2025
Council asked for further information
22 Oct 2025
Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)
28 Nov 2025
Decision due
3 Jan 2026
Decision: conditional
18 Dec 2025
Grant issued
30 Jan 2026
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Planning history within 750 m
a proposed New Two-storey Water Bottling facility to include the following; Raw Materials Store, Finished Products Store, Packing and Unpacking areas, Canteen, Clean Room/Bottling Area, Small Laboratory, various Office areas and Welfare Facilities, Loading and unloading area, Bike shed and Bin Storage Facility, Vehicular access together with all associated site development works. Retention Permission is sought for the temporary demountable pump house/shed. Retention Permission is also sought for existing commercial water borehole and all associated site works
21/271 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR BEDROOM DWELLING WITH GARAGE. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES AND DRAINAGE
a) Demolition of the existing 2 storey house b) Construction of 41 no. residential units. The residential accommodation proposed consists of 33 no houses that includes 2 no. 2.5-storey 4-bedroom detached dwellings, 6 no. 2.5-storey 4-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 1 no. 2-storey 4-bedroom detached dwelling, 6 no. 2-storey 4-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 8 no. 2.5-storey 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 10 no. 2-storey 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 1 no 3-storey Apartment Block comprising of 4 no. 1-bedroom apartments and 4 no. 2-bedroom duplex apartments; 1 no. bin and bike store serving the apartment block; and 1no. ESB substation. The proposed works will include provision of the vehicular and pedestrian access off Kilbride Way. All with associated site works, surface car parking spaces, bin and bike store, open spaces, Landscaping, boundary treatment and drainage
the construction of a Terrace of 4 two-storey houses and all associated site works and services
construction of a Terrace of 4 two-storey houses and all associated site works and services
(RED 111) a 38kV hybrid grid connection cable and is intended to connect the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) to the existing Clara 38kV Substation. The proposed development will consist of: The laying of a 38kV underground electrical grid connection cable (c.4.5km in length), utilising public roads, and the construction of an overhead electrical grid connection cable (c. 0.898km in length), from the existing Clara 38kV substation to the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. ref. 24/60338). The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure, including 5 no. joint bays and 38kV underground ducting and cabling. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this Planning Application. The NIS assesses both the construction and operation of the Proposed Development, as well as integral elements of the wider project infrastructure, comprising the permitted Ballyboughlin Solar Park (Pl. Ref. 24/60338) which consists of the construction and operation of c. 14MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm located off Curragh Road (L20171) in the townland of Clara, near Clara, Co. Offaly and all associated works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply