GrantedHousing estateDecided 8 November 2023

KILCOURSEY, CLARA, CO. OFFALY

Construction of 25 houses and associated infrastructure in Clara.

2356 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 17 February 2023

Reference: 2356
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 February 2023
Residential units: 25
Floor area: 2557.75 m²

Summary

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The development consists of building 25 dwellings comprising single-storey and two-storey houses of various sizes. The project includes a new site entrance, internal roads, parking, amenity space, a new foul sewer pumping station, and surface water drainage.

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Official record

Development description

The construction of (a) 25 no. Dwellings comprising of 2 no. 2-bedroom semi-detached single storey dwellings (type a), 3 no. 2-bedroom terraced single storey dwellings (type a1), 10 no. 3-bedroom semi-detached two storey dwellings (type b), 2 no. 4-bedroom detached two storey dwellings (type c), 2 no. 2-bedroom detached two storey dwellings (type d), 6 no. 3-bedroom terraced two storey dwellings (type e). (b) the provision of a new site entrance onto the r436 kilbeggan road, internal roads, paving, pathways, parking, amenity space, street lighting, boundary treatments, landscaping, connection to existing public services, new foul sewer pumping station, rising main connection onto the kilbeggan road, surface water drainage & outflow to a surface water attenuation swale, ancillary services and all associated site development works to complete the development

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

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“This zoning shall be taken to primarily include the use of land for new residential units. It may also provide for a range of other uses particularly those that have the potential to foster the development of new residential communities.”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

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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Built & sold

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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	327 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	Feb 2026	€102,500	400 m
River St, Clara, Offaly	Apr 2026	€202,500	466 m
74 Cluain Abhainn, Erry, Tullamore Rd	Nov 2025	€200,000	483 m
Ivy Lodge, Kilcoursey, Clara	Dec 2025	€418,000	486 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

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 received17 February 2023
Further information requested13 April 2023
Further information received12 October 2023
Decision due8 November 2023
Decision issued8 November 2023
Grant issued13 December 2023
Permission expiry12 December 2028

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