WOODFIELD, BIRR CO. OFFALY
Retention of a coffee shop, residential unit, polytunnel, and timber shop, with permission for alterations and a relocated entrance.
17497 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 18 December 2017
- Reference
- 17497
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 18 December 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks retention for changing an outbuilding to a coffee shop, an adjoining residential unit, a polytunnel, and a timber-clad shop unit ancillary to a garden centre. It also seeks permission for alterations to the coffee shop, a new polytunnel, and a relocated vehicular entrance.
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Official record
Development description
(a) change of use of pre existing outbuilding to coffee shop, retention of adjoining residential unit and permission for change of use from residential unit to store ancillary to coffee shop, retention of septic tank and percolation area servicing coffee shop, retention of polytunnel, retention of free standing timber cladded shop unit, all as constructed and ancillary to existing garden centre (b) permission for addition and alterations to existing coffee shop, permission to erect new polytunnel, permission for all ancillary signage, permission to relocate existing vehicular entrance on north east boundary with on site car parking and all ancillary site works
Built & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkes Hill, Birr, Offaly | Mar 2026 | €240,000 | 419 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 received18 December 2017
- Further information requested19 February 2018
- Further information received25 April 2018
- Decision due22 May 2018
- Decision issued21 May 2018
- Grant issued4 July 2018
- Permission expiry3 July 2023
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