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TULLAMORE COLLEGE, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY

Replacement of two wooden polesets with 13-metre steel masts at Tullamore College to facilitate undergrounding of overhead lines.

1640 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 16 February 2016

Reference: 1640
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 16 February 2016

Summary

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The development consists of replacing two existing wooden polesets with two steel masts up to 13 metres high. This is to facilitate the undergrounding of 200 metres of the existing 38kV Portlaoise-Clonminch-Pallas-Mountmellic-Srah overhead line.

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Official record

Development description

Replacement of 2 no. Existing wooden polesets with 2 no. Steel masts up to a maximum height of 13 metres under the existing 38kv overhead line (portlaoise-clonminch-pallas-mountmellic-srah) and all associated site works in order to facilitate the undergrounding of 200 metres of ohl

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Open Space, Amenity and RecreationOS

“Shall be taken to include the use of land for; parks, public woodland, pedestrian routes and greenways, riparian zones, housing estate open spaces, development incidental to the enjoyment of open space.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Balbrack, Daingean Rd, Tullamore	Feb 2026	€340,000	155 m
4 Grand Canal Court, Daingean Rd, Tyllamore	Apr 2026	€339,000	185 m
41 Whitehall, Tullamore, Offaly	Jun 2025	€450,000	203 m
23 Whitehall, Tullamore, Offalynot full market price	Oct 2025	€50,000	242 m
16 Grand Canal Court, Tullamore, Offaly	Nov 2025	€280,000	270 m
20 Grand Canal Court, Daingean Road, Tullamore	Dec 2025	€314,000	297 m
5 Callary Street, Tullamore, County Offaly	Dec 2025	€200,000	302 m
5 Henry Street, Tullamore, County Offaly	Oct 2025	€301,322	317 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

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Application received16 February 2016

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