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
- Council
- Offaly County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560186
- Applicant
- Fitzpatrick & Heavey Homes Ltd
- Agent
- Hughes Planning
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
- Application received
- Granted
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
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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