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Large residential · Co. Offaly

Lands to the rear/east of Nos. 15-20 Woodlands Park fronting Burke’s Hill, Townparks, Birr Co. Offaly

Granted 19 Dec 2025

What and where

39 homes

(i) the demolition of an existing single storey shed to the south-west of the site; (ii) the construction of a residential development comprising of 39 no. units (including 8 no. one-bedroom maisonettes, 13 no. terraced two-bedroom houses, 2 no. semi-detached two-bedroom bungalows, 10 no. terraced three-bedroom houses, 4 no. semi-detached three-bedroom houses, and 2 no. detached three-bedroom houses); (iii) the provision of private amenity space for all units, and 55 no. vehicular parking spaces total; (iv) the provision of a shared vehicular/pedestrian entrance via Burke’s Hill with internal access roads to serve all 39 no. units; and (v) all ancillary site and infrastructural works, inclusive of landscaped public open space, tree removal/planting, general landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDS, and foul/surface water drainage works necessary to facilitate the development

Location
Townparks, Co. Offaly Map
Planning reference
2560186

Key facts

Homes
39
Floor area
3,307 m²per planning documents
Indicative value
€3m–10mPlanningBrief estimate
Project type
Large residential
Received
23 May 2025
Granted
19 Dec 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 19 Dec 2025 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
  • LandscapingNamed in the planning documents
  • GroundworksNamed in the planning documents

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 2560186 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
  • From the planning documentsRead from 07A Birr Design Statement in the council's file.
    Unit mix
    8 1-bed maisonette, 13 2-bed townhouse, 2 2-bed semi-detached bungalow, 10 3-bed townhouse, 4 3-bed semi-detached, 2 3-bed detached
    Floor area
    3,307 m² (per planning documents)
    Site area
    1.36 ha
    Applicant
    Fitzpatrick & Heavey Homes Ltd
    Scope
    Demolition of existing shed and construction of 39 residential units with parking, access roads, landscaping, SuDS, and drainage works.
    Landscaping
    “landscaped public open space, tree removal/planting, general landscaping, boundary treatments”
    Groundworks
    “foul/surface water drainage works necessary to facilitate the development”

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. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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