RefusedCommercialDecided 19 June 2018

SCURRAGH, TOWNPARKS, BIRR

Construction of a new HSE Primary Care Unit and sports lighting upgrades in Birr.

17296 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 10 August 2017

Reference: 17296
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 10 August 2017

Summary

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The development consists of a two-storey and part three-storey healthcare facility incorporating a day centre, pharmacy, and doctor surgeries. The project also includes 94 parking spaces, a pedestrian link to the adjacent hotel, and floodlighting and pitch upgrades for the adjoining Birr Rugby Football Club.

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Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

1;construction of purpose built two storey & part three storey (staircase to roof area for maintenance) hse primary care unit & all associated siteworks incorporating on the ground floor a common entrance lobby, hse day centre, an own door pharmacy unit, 3 no. Own door doctor's surgeries & ancillary accomodation. The first floor accomodation will comprise of a hse day hospital with treatment & consulting rooms for a range of health services together with administration offices and ancillary accomodation. 2; provision of 94 car parking spaces within the primary care unit site, together with the construction of a single storey bin store, esb substation & client switchroom, ancillary services & siteworks and provision of a pedestrian access route from rear of primary care unit to the adjacent county arms hotel,3; upgrade works to existing birr rugby football club training pitch adjoining the proposed primary care unit to consist of raising & levelling training ground, provision of flood lighting for night time training & new fencing to enclose training ground, 4; provision of new flood lighting to 2 no. Existing birr rfc rugby pitches located to south east of existing birr rfc clubhouse, 5; provision of new all-weather pitch located to south west of existing birr rfc clubhouse to include new flood lighting and fencing, 6; construction of a new single storey changing rooms block for birr rfc to south east of existing clubhouse, provision of a new car park to incorporate 47 no. Parking spaces & all associated siteworks 7; external upgrade works to existing access route to birr rfc clubhouse, 8; implementation of new traffic signal controls at existing railway road (n52)/scurragh road three arm priority junction. New works to include removal of existing zebra controlled pedestrian crossing (as located opposite the applegreen service station), its replacement with dedicated pedestrian crossing facilities on all three arms of new traffic controlled junction arrangement. The proposed junction works include provision of dropped kerbs, tactile paving & implementation of mova controller & associated ducting works

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

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.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
20 Macregol Court, Birr, Offaly	Jan 2025	€205,000	141 m
26 Macregol Court, Birr, Offaly	Jun 2025	€180,000	158 m
3 Camcor House, Birr, Offaly	Jun 2026	€162,500	203 m
46 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€250,131	235 m
44 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€250,131	235 m
10 Macregol Pairc, Birr, Co. Offalynot full market price	Jun 2025	€117,500	237 m
45 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€250,131	260 m
47 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€229,844	260 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.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received10 August 2017
Further information requested22 September 2017
Further information received5 April 2018
Decision due19 June 2018
Decision issued19 June 2018
Appeal submitted13 July 2018
Appeal decided15 November 2018

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