O'CONNELL STREET AND KEELE'S ARCHWAY, BIRR, CO. OFFALY
Shopfront modifications, retail expansion, and residential conversion within a protected structure curtilage.
16422 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 20 December 2016
- Reference
- 16422
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 20 December 2016
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 19.9 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves shopfront modifications with new entrances and display windows, and changing ground floor residential/storage areas to retail space. It also includes converting a first-floor storage area to residential use to upgrade a one-bedroom unit to a two-bedroom unit within the curtilage of a protected structure.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Modifications to the existing shopfront with the addition of two entrances on to o'connell street, a new display window and two proposed shopfronts to keele's archway, the change of use from part residential and storage areas to retail space on ground floor to increase existing retail space, the widening of existing access to the rear yard and the change of use from storage area to residential at first floor level, to convert an existing one bedroom unit to a two-bedroom unit and all associated internal modifications and siteworks. The proposed works are in the curtilage of a protected structure listed under the record of protected structures in the birr town and environs development plan (rps ref: 53-270)
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The purpose of this zoning is to maintain the vitality and viability of existing town and village centres by developing and consolidating centres with an appropriate mix of commercial, recreational, cultural, amenity and residential uses.”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Objective set by the Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connaught Street, Birr, County Offaly | Oct 2025 | €353,000 | 41 m |
| The Beauty Parlour, Johns Place, Birr | Nov 2025 | €100,000 | 86 m |
| Emmet St, Birr, Offaly | May 2026 | €130,000 | 170 m |
| 19 Emmett Street, Birr, County Offaly | Apr 2025 | €195,000 | 195 m |
| Johns Place, Birr, Offaly | Jun 2025 | €260,000 | 221 m |
| 4 Castle Court, Birrprice excludes VAT | Jan 2010 | €154,185 | 231 m |
| 27 Emmet St, Birr, Offaly | Jun 2025 | €255,000 | 234 m |
| Property B, Castle St, Birr | Aug 2025 | €109,650 | 236 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received20 December 2016
- Further information requested16 February 2017
- Further information received13 April 2017
- Decision due10 May 2017
- Decision issued9 May 2017
- Grant issued14 June 2017
- Permission expiry13 June 2022
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
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- GrantedAt this site
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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16290OffalyLodged 8 Sept 2016Change of use
- GrantedAt this site
(I) CHANGE OF USE OF THE EASTERN PREMISES AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL FROM RESIDENTAL WITH ANCILLARY COMMERCIAL USE…
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18531OffalyLodged 28 Nov 2018Change of use
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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18475OffalyLodged 26 Oct 2018Change of use
- Granted40 m away
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- GrantedChange of use
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