Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedChange of useDecided 3 September 2021

TULLAMORE DISTILLERY CAMPUS, BALLARD & CLONMINCH, CO.OFFALY

Change of use of a three-storey administration building into a visitor centre with a shop at Tullamore Distillery.

21275 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 5 May 2021

Reference
21275
Authority
Offaly County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
5 May 2021

Summary

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The proposal seeks to convert the existing three-storey Three Sisters administration building into a visitor centre with an ancillary shop. The development includes material alterations to the entrance, new signage, and modifications to an establishment subject to the Major Accidents Directive.

Change of usedistillerytourismvisitor centre
Storeys
3
Floor area
552 m²

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Development description

Change of use of existing three storey three sisters administration building (552.19 m2) into a visitor centre with ancillary shop to include material alterations to the existing entrance comprising new timber entrance surround and permission sought for 1 no. External sign at the main site entrance and 1 no. External totem sign at the proposed visitor centre entrance all on 0.0846 ha site located within the tullamore distillery campus. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the major accidents directive applies and is for the purposes of an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control license

Land-use zoning

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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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Key dates

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  1. Application received5 May 2021
  2. Further information requested5 August 2021
  3. Further information received9 August 2021
  4. Decision due5 September 2021
  5. Decision issued3 September 2021
  6. Grant issued12 October 2021
  7. Permission expiry11 February 2023

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