GrantedInfrastructureDecided 6 November 2020

SCOIL BHRIDE, KILBEGGAN ROAD, CLARA CO. OFFALY

Construction of a new special needs classroom extension and staff car park at Scoil Bhríde.

20131 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 9 April 2020

Reference: 20131
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 9 April 2020

Summary

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A new single-storey extension will be built at the rear of the school building to provide a special needs classroom, central activity space, and toilets. The works also include a new road, a rear staff car park, and a new western boundary wall.

Infrastructureschoolextensioneducation

Storey: 1

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Official record

Development description

The construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of the school building comprising of a special needs classroom, central activity space toilets and associated accommodation, with associated site development works including new road and rear staff carpark, new boundary wall to the west of the site

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Community Services/FacilitiesCI

“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.

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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
Charlestown Bridge, Clara, Co Offaly	Oct 2025	€366,000	329 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	Feb 2026	€102,500	390 m
20 The Green, Clara, Offaly	Feb 2025	€75,000	418 m
13 The Green, Clara, Co Offaly	Dec 2025	€42,500	424 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	Apr 2026	€202,500	445 m
36 The Green, Clara, Co Offaly	Apr 2025	€178,000	447 m
102 The Green, Clara, Co Offaly	Sept 2025	€220,000	448 m
Ivy Lodge, Kilcoursey, Clara	Dec 2025	€418,000	464 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 received9 April 2020
Further information requested7 July 2020
Further information received23 September 2020
Decision due8 November 2020
Decision issued6 November 2020
Grant issued23 December 2020
Permission expiry22 December 2025

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