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Infrastructure · Co. Offaly

New local neighbourhood centre development of approx, Co. Offaly

Granted 20 Nov 2024

Key facts

  • Planning application 2460187 at Co. Offaly: New local neighbourhood centre development of approx.
  • It was received by Offaly County Council on 27 May 2024.
  • Status: Granted 20 Nov 2024.
  • Permission was granted on 20 Nov 2024 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Source: the Offaly County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

New local neighbourhood centre development of approx

the construction of a new local neighbourhood centre development of approx. 2,607 m² (total GFA) in the form of 2 no. new single storey buildings (overall heights 6.2m and 7.5m) comprising: a) Unit No. 1 - A convenience retail supermarket with ancillary off licence (approx. 2,126 sq m GFA/1,430 m² NFA), entrance lobby, ancillary managerial office spaces, customer WC area, staff welfare facilities (approx. 210 sq m GFA), warehouse facilities including delivery areas (approx. 385 sq m GFA), a switch room (approx. 12 sq m GFA) and a plant room (approx. 14 sq m); b) Unit No. 2 - A café (approx. 240 sq m GFA) with external outdoor seating area, ancillary office and staff welfare facilities and bin store; c) Unit No. 3 - A pharmacy (approx. 110 sq m GFA) including a store area; d) Unit No. 4 - A retail unit (approx. 78 sq m GFA); e) 1 no. new link road (to the north of the development site) via the roundabout to the north west of the site, which will deliver 1 no. new vehicular access point and new pedestrian connections to the site together with new pedestrian connections from Collins Lane (to the south of the site); f) A Deposit Return Scheme Facility (approx. 25 m² GFA); g) Service and delivery yard area to include a new dock leveller, loading bay, overhead canopy, bin store, generator, a refrigeration plant area and an EV charging point for delivery vehicles. h) Retail Signage (total approx. 74.75 m²) including 2 no. advertising totem signage structures (33 sq m) and façade retail signage associated with the overall development (approx. 41.75 sq m); i) 135 no. surface car parking spaces which includes 104 no. standard spaces, 8 no. accessible spaces, 7 no. parent and child spaces, 14 no. EV charging spaces and 2 no. click and collect spaces; j) 26 no. bicycle parking spaces including provision for 2 no. cargo bicycle spaces; k) 1 no. trolley bay shelter and 3 no. trolley return shelters; l) An ESB substation (approx. 28 m² GFA). The site development and infrastructural works provide for water, foul and surface water drainage and all associated connections; all landscaping and public lighting; all boundary treatment works; internal roads and footpaths; PV panels; and all associated site clearance, excavation and development works

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location
Co. Offaly Map
Planning reference
2460187
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Numbers and dates

Floor area
7,414 m²
Project type
Infrastructure
Received
27 May 2024
Granted
20 Nov 2024

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 20 Nov 2024 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2460187 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Offaly County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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