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Infrastructure, On Bord na Móna lands within the townlands of, Clonmacnoise...

Clonfinlough And Clonascra, Offaly · Offaly County Council · Plan 2660489 · PB ref PB-2874659175

a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord na Móna lands within the townlands of Clonmacnoise, Tullaghbeg, Clonfinlough and Clonascra in County Offaly. The shared cycle and walkway proposes to connect into the permitted Midlands Trail Network in Offaly (Pl Ref 25/60014). The development proposes the following; a)...

Indicative value Not listed PB indicative band
Units applied for Not listed public application record
Floor area Not listed no reliable figure indexed
Decision due 5 Nov 2026 public planning date
Commenced None indexed public commencement index
Applied for, not granted

The record describes what is sought. Nothing is permitted until the authority decision.

Application scope

Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.

Not procurement evidence

No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.

Opportunity & supplier intelligence

What is known, and what may happen next

Source-linked

Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.

Likely procurement timing Decision-dependent

The application is pre-decision. The earliest credible supplier window is after the public decision milestone on 5 Nov 2026; no procurement timetable is published.

Decision due 5 Nov 2026 / Confidence: Medium
Decision deadline 5 Nov 2026

Public planning decision due date; the authority may update it.

Open evidence
Commencement activity No linked activity indexed

No commencement indexed / A scheme cannot commence under this application before permission.

Source limited
Drawings availability Drawing availability not indexed

No drawing entry is available in this lead's bounded document evidence.

Source limited

Confirmed application scope

a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord na Móna lands within the townlands of Clonmacnoise, Tullaghbeg, Clonfinlough and Clonascra in County Offaly. The shared cycle and walkway proposes to connect into the permitted Midlands Trail Network in Offaly (Pl Ref 25/60014). The development proposes the following; a) The delivery of approximately 5 kilometres of shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 1,419 metres of existing former rail bed, 1,522 meters...

Ref 2660489 Source-linked Official application description for exact planning reference 2660489
Open scope evidence

Public source roles

Bord Na Móna Energy Ltd
Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.

Explicit source signals only

1 package
Site works

Roads and site-development scope

The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.

2660489 Explicit description / Source-linked Source
Confidence & provenance 1 official source
Authority
Offaly County Council
Exact reference
2660489
Evidence reviewed
25 Sep 2026
Confidence
Source-linked

Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.

Application-stage scope

What the public record evidences

2 source-supported signals
Infrastructure

Infrastructure

The public application record identifies infrastructure in the submitted planning scope.

2660489Explicit application record
Site works

Roads and site-development scope

The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.

2660489Explicit description signal

Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.

Project facts

Named source parties

Promoter
Bord Na Móna Energy Ltd
Planning agent
Roisin Murphy
Agent address
MKO Tuam Road Galway City H91VW84
Official description

Application text

a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord na Móna lands within the townlands of Clonmacnoise, Tullaghbeg, Clonfinlough and Clonascra in County Offaly. The shared cycle and walkway proposes to connect into the permitted Midlands Trail Network in Offaly (Pl Ref 25/60014). The development proposes the following; a) The delivery of approximately 5 kilometres of shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 1,419 metres of existing former rail bed, 1,522 meters along existing bog headlands, and 2,058 meters along an elevated timber boardwalk. b) The construction of 1 no. Type 4 Gateway including bicycle parking and seating. c) Upgrade works to 2 no. local access road crossings, 2 no. agricultural / access crossings, and 1 no. underpass. d) The provision of an integrated viewing point located at the Mongan Bog section of the route. e) The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage along the route. f) Fencing and screening will be erected where required for health and safety and biodiversity reasons which will include approximately 2,411 meters of ecological screening and 500 meters of health and safety fencing. g) All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Source-aware chronology

Application to site progress

Empty lanes explain their state.
AppealsAn Coimisiún Pleanála
  1. Appeal No appeal possible yet The application has not been decided.
CommencementPublic commencement index
  1. Commenced No commencement indexed A scheme cannot start before it is permitted.
CompletionPublic completion projection
  1. Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register

Source, scope and limits

Public planning record
Application description and scale 2660489

a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord na Móna lands within the townlands of Clonmacnoise, Tullaghbeg, Clonfinlough and Clonascra in County Offaly. The shared cycle and walkway proposes to connect into the permitted Midlands Trail Network in Offaly (Pl Ref 25/60014). The development proposes the following; a) The delivery of approximately 5 kilometres of shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 1,419 metres of existing former rail bed, 1,522 meters along existing bog headlands, and 2,058 meters along an elevated timber boardwalk. b) The construction of 1 no. Type 4 Gateway including bicycle parking and seating. c) Upgrade works to 2 no. local access road crossings, 2 no. agricultural / access crossings, and 1 no. underpass. d) The provision of an integrated viewing point located at the Mongan Bog section of the route. e) The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage along the route. f) Fencing and screening will be erected where required for health and safety and biodiversity reasons which will include approximately 2,411 meters of ecological screening and 500 meters of health and safety fencing. g) All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

AuthorityOffaly County Council
Reference2660489
StatusChecked 25 Sep 2026
Open official record