Awaiting decisionChange of use

FREDERICK STREET, CLARA, COUNTY OFFALY

Change of use from a dwelling to offices with a new extension in Clara.

18450 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 16 October 2018

Reference: 18450
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 16 October 2018

Summary

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This application seeks to change the use of an existing one and a half storey dwelling house to office use. It also includes the construction of a one and two-storey extension to provide a consolidated office facility for Auto Conversions Limited, alongside staff canteen facilities and a new car parking layout.

Change of useofficeextensioncommercial

Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

Change of use of an existing one and a half storey dwelling house to office use, along with the construction of a one and two-storey extension to provide for a consolidated office facility incidental to the operation of the industrial company, auto conversions limited. The development will also consist of the conversion of existing office spaces to provide new staff canteen and sanitary facilities, new car parking layout and all ancillary site development works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise and EmploymentCOE

“This zoning promotes the development of employment uses that reinforce the enterprise and employment function of the subject area as a whole and require high environmental and design standards.”

National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related

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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Charlestown Bridge, Clara, Co Offaly	Oct 2025	€366,000	220 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	Feb 2026	€102,500	233 m
74 Cluain Abhainn, Erry, Tullamore Rd	Nov 2025	€200,000	240 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	Apr 2026	€202,500	270 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	May 2026	€117,500	349 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	Mar 2026	€187,000	435 m
62 The Green, Clara, Offaly	Aug 2025	€172,500	446 m
13 The Green, Clara, Co Offaly	Dec 2025	€42,500	463 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.

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Application received16 October 2018

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