SACRED HEART SCHOOL, DAINGEAN ROAD, TULLAMORE
Demolition of a house and maintenance building to construct a new school PE hall.
1697 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 6 April 2016
- Reference
- 1697
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 6 April 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThe project at Sacred Heart School involves the demolition of an existing house and a single-storey maintenance building. It includes the construction of a new PE hall, alterations to the existing PE hall, and new vehicular and pedestrian entrances.
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
Demolition of existing house on o’carroll street and amalgamation of existing residential site with existing school site, demolition of existing single-storey maintenance building and storage area, construction of a new physical education (pe) hall to the west of the existing pe hall, alterations to elevations of existing pe hall and internal alterations to accommodate changing rooms, sanitary facilities, fitness suite and offices, revised and new vehicular and pedestrian entrances on o’carroll street, set-down areas, car-parking and associated site boundary and site development works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The purpose of this zoning is to protect, provide and allow expansion of a wide range of different community facilities, civic facilities and social services, from educational, childcare and health facilities to places of worship and community centres.”
National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses
Objective set by the Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3a Edgewater, Convent Rd, Tullamore | Apr 2025 | €140,000 | 179 m |
| 5 Callary Street, Tullamore, County Offaly | Dec 2025 | €200,000 | 189 m |
| Apt B4, Edgewater, Store St Tullamore | Nov 2025 | €188,000 | 190 m |
| 5b Edgewater Apts, Convent Rd, Tullamore | Aug 2025 | €180,000 | 190 m |
| Store St, Tullamore, Offaly | Oct 2025 | €200,000 | 199 m |
| Apt 32, The Granary, Tullamore | Jan 2025 | €135,000 | 213 m |
| 33 The Granary, Tullamore, Offaly | Mar 2025 | €151,000 | 213 m |
| Apt 18 The Granary, Henry St, Tullamore | Jul 2025 | €100,000 | 223 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 received6 April 2016
- Decision due31 May 2016
- Decision issued31 May 2016
- Grant issued7 July 2016
- Permission expiry6 July 2021
In the area
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