Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 19 January 2023

OAKDALE NURSING HOME, KILMALOGUE GRACEFIELD, PORTARLINGTON CO. OFFALY

A two-storey extension to a nursing home to add 49 bedrooms, alongside demolitions and solar panels.

22470 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 9 September 2022

Reference
22470
Authority
Offaly County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
9 September 2022

Summary

AI-generated

The project includes a two-storey extension to the nursing home to provide 49 en-suite bedrooms, recreational spaces, and staff facilities. It also involves the demolition of an uninhabitable dwelling, storage buildings, and a canopy, plus the installation of solar panels and a new entrance.

Commercialnursing homehealthcaresolarextension
Residential units
49
Storeys
2

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Official record

Development description

  • The construction of proposed two storey extension to nursing home building comprising 49 no. En-suite single bedrooms, recreational spaces, staff facilities and ancillary rooms
  • The demolition of existing canopy at front entrance of nursing home building and replacement with proposed single storey extension to create a new lobby
  • The provision of solar panels to roof of proposed extension
  • Minor alterations to the existing nursing home building to allow for the connection to the proposed extension
  • The demolition of existing porch to rear of existing nursing home building
  • The demolition of existing uninhabitable dwelling house
  • The demolition of existing storage buildings and of existing boundary walls to the north west and north east of the existing nursing home building
  • The provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian site entrance along with pier walls and gates
  • The extension to the public footpath to reach the proposed new site entrance
  • The construction of a new detached storage and plant building
  • The construction of new boundary walls to north eastern and western boundary of site
  • The extension of the existing car parking area and the provision of a new internal access road and staff car parking area
  • The construction of an enclosed hard-surface patio area
  • Drainage/civil works including the provision of an attenuation tank
  • The provision of an esb sub-station
  • Associated landscaping and site development works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Public/Community/EducationalCI
The use of land as ‘Public/ Community/ Education’ shall be taken to include the use of land for the above stated uses

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

Objective set by the LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (2022–2028). 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
AddressDatePriceDistance
5 Birchfields, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATDec 2025€295,154117 m
61 Birchfields, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATFeb 2026€295,154117 m
10 Birchfields, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATAug 2025€295,154117 m
15 Birchfields, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATOct 2025€325,000117 m
6 Birchfield, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATJan 2026€335,000117 m
59 Burchfields, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATJul 2025€321,586117 m
60 Birchfields, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATApr 2025€286,344117 m
4 Birchfields, Bog Road, Portarlingtonprice excludes VATMar 2026€295,153117 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

  1. Application received9 September 2022
  2. Further information requested2 November 2022
  3. Further information received15 December 2022
  4. Decision due20 January 2023
  5. Decision issued19 January 2023
  6. Grant issued2 March 2023
  7. Permission expiry1 March 2028

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