Planning application · Co. Offaly
Townland of Curraghboy, or Woodfield, Clara Co. Offaly
Refused 5 Feb 2026
Key facts
- Planning application 2560615 at Townland of Curraghboy, Or Woodfield, Clara Co. Offaly: • 4 no. playing pitches.
- It was received by Offaly County Council on 3 Dec 2025.
- Status: Refused 5 Feb 2026.
- The application was refused on 5 Feb 2026. Work is not expected unless the decision is overturned on appeal or a new application is granted.
Source: the Offaly County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
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What and where
• 4 no. playing pitches
• 4 no. playing pitches (Pitch 1 and 2: synthetic all-weather playing pitches with floodlighting, and Pitch 3 and 4: grass playing pitches); • 1 no. grass training/warm-up pitch;• A single level facilities building (approximately 865 sq m gross floor space) with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array (224 sq m) and associated building signage (4.5 sq m), to incl. entrance lobby, function room with servery and reception area, office/meeting room, weight/training room, multipurpose community room, medical/first aid room with toilet, equipment store, 5 no. spectator toilets (3 no. universal accessible), circulation corridor, universal access toilet, universal access change room with shower and toilet, plant room, storage/kit room, 2 no. referee facilities with shower and toilet, 2 no. change rooms with showers and toilets, and 6 no. change rooms with toilets; • 123 no. vehicle parking spaces arranged in 2 no. car parking areas with site lighting (12 no. EV, 6 no. disabled, 105 no. regular), dedicated vehicle set down area, dedicated coach/bus set down area, and coach/bus parking area; and • Hard and soft landscaping (incl. enhanced boundary treatment planting and ecological buffer biodiversity corridors), access road and vehicle circulation, pedestrian walkways, site lighting, services (incl. tertiary waste water treatment system comprising of proprietary secondary wastewater treatment plant with pumped discharged to raised tertiary treatment modules polishing filter bed, and SuDS based surface water management system comprising permeable paving, grasscrete, a series of stormwater bioretention swales/detention basins located on the site, hydrocarbon interceptor, flow control hydrobrake controlled outflow discharge to drainage ditch within site, and ultimately the Gageborough River), and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Access will be via a new vehicular entrance from the L6045 Local Road with associated road upgrade works to accommodate development related traffic movements at this site of approximately 11 hectares
- Location
- Or Woodfield, Co. Offaly Map
- Council
- Offaly County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560615
Numbers and dates
- Floor area
- 1,089 m²
- Received
- 3 Dec 2025
- Refused
- 5 Feb 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Refused
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560615 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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