GrantedCommercialDecided 14 June 2022

COUNTY ARMS HOTEL, RAILWAY ROAD BIRR, CO. OFFALY R42 Y568

Extensions and alterations to the County Arms Hotel in Birr, within the curtilage of a protected structure.

22201 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 20 April 2022

Reference: 22201
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 20 April 2022

Summary

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The works include creating ground floor terraces, constructing a new first-floor dining room extension, and altering the roof to a flat roof at the second floor. External works will also feature the addition of a pond to the west of the hotel site.

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Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

(i) works to the rear east elevation at ground floor level, to include stripping windows from sill to floor level, to access new ground floor terraces to the east of the hotel bedroom block. (ii) the construction of a new dining room extension to the north elevation at first floor level, reconfiguring existing external stepped access to walled garden, and internal alterations at first floor level to improve disabled access. Revisions to hipped roof at first floor level to accommodate head heights internally at ramped access route. (iii) works to second floor to change from existing sloped roof to flat roof, with new windows to north elevation. (iv) external works to include the addition of a pond feature to the west of the hotel site, and all associated site development works. (the proposed development is within the curtilage of protected structures occ rps no. 53-361 niah reg no. 14819293)

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 Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029 (2023–2029). 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
20 Macregol Court, Birr, Offaly	Jan 2025	€205,000	148 m
26 Macregol Court, Birr, Offaly	Jun 2025	€180,000	154 m
7 Drumbane, Birr, Offaly	Jun 2025	€136,000	270 m
44 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€250,131	279 m
46 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€250,131	279 m
10 Hillside, Birr, Offaly	Oct 2025	€395,000	299 m
47 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€229,844	307 m
45 Macregol Pairc, Birrnot full market price · price excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€250,131	307 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 received20 April 2022
Decision due14 June 2022
Decision issued14 June 2022
Grant issued26 July 2022
Permission expiry25 July 2027

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