KILBEGGAN ROAD (R421), ARDAN TULLAMORE, CO OFFALY
Construction of a new garden centre with a shop, cafe, and poly-tunnels in Tullamore.
18276 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 27 June 2018
- Reference
- 18276
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 27 June 2018
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves building a new garden centre including an indoor shop sales and cafe building. It will also feature a nursery area, poly-tunnels, external plant display yard, car parking, and realignment of the front boundary wall.
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
Construction of a new garden centre including indoor shop sales and cafe building with ancillary service areas including office and storage areas, 3 bay steel framed horticultural poly-tunnel, 1no. Plastic horticultural poly tunnel & nursery area, external plant display yard, all associated signage, roadside totem signage, 3no. Banner pole signs, car parking including realignment of front boundary wall and all associated site development works to complete the development
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The purpose of this zoning is to facilitate opportunities for industrial and warehousing uses, activities and processes which would in general give rise to land use conflict if located within other zonings.”
National zoning type: General industry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bungalow, Arden Rd, Tullamore | Feb 2026 | €325,000 | 190 m |
| 7 Silverbrook Way, Ardan Road, Tullamore | Oct 2025 | €455,000 | 252 m |
| 5 Silverbrook Drive, Arden Road, Tullamore | Mar 2026 | €410,000 | 253 m |
| 7 Silverbrook Close, Ardan Road, Tullamore | May 2025 | €450,000 | 269 m |
| 10 Siverbrook Drive, Ardan Road, Tullamore | Dec 2025 | €396,000 | 281 m |
| 8 Eiscir Island, Eiscir Meadows, Tullamore | Jan 2026 | €309,000 | 335 m |
| 23 Silverbrook Drive, Arden Road, Tullamore | Jun 2025 | €289,900 | 344 m |
| 49 Eiscir Island, Eiscir Meadows, Tullamore | Jul 2025 | €295,000 | 364 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 received27 June 2018
- Further information requested20 August 2018
- Further information received27 September 2018
- Decision due13 December 2018
- Decision issued13 December 2018
- Grant issued29 January 2019
- Permission expiry28 January 2024
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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- Awaiting decision210 m away
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