GrantedHousing estateDecided 5 January 2024

Collins Lane (R443), Ardan, Tullamore Co. Offaly

Construction of 126 residential units, including 102 houses and 24 apartments, along with a childcare facility in Tullamore.

2360059 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 9 August 2023

Reference: 2360059
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 9 August 2023
Residential units: 102
Floor area: 11132 m²

Summary

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This Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) consists of 102 two-storey and three-storey houses, 24 apartments across two-storey blocks, and a single-storey creche. The development will also feature bin/recycling stores, bicycle shelters, and associated on-site parking.

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Official record

Development description

A large scale residential development (lrd). The proposed development consists of 126 no. Residential units comprised of 102 no. Dwelling houses and 24 no. Apartments and a childcare facility/creche. The houses are arranged as 7 no. Two-story, detached houses (5 no. 3-bedroom, and 2 no. 4-bedroom), 50 no. Two-storey, semi-detached houses (2 no. , 4-bedroom, 44 no. 3-bedroom and 4 no. 2-bedroom), 21 no. Two-storey terraced houses (in 7 terraces each with 3 no. 2-bedroom houses) and 24 no. Three-story (third floor in roof/dormer space), semi-detached houses (containing 4 bedrooms). The apartments are arranged as two-story (and part single-story) units with own-door access with 2 no. Units, each containing 4 no. 2-bedroom apartments (2 no. 2-bed at ground floor level and 2 no. 2-bed at first floor level) and 2 no. Terraced apartment units each containing 8 no. Apartments (4 no. , 2-bed at ground floor level and 4 no. , 1-bed at first floor level). Bin/recycling stores and bicycle shelters are proposed for the apartments. The development also includes a single-story, childcare facility/creche containing pre-school and after-school facilities with associated, on-site parking, bicycle shelter, bins/recycling stores and amenity/play areas. Proposed vehicular access is proposed to be provided off the existing roundabouts (on the north-south link road between collins lane (r443) and the educate together school), one by the continuation of the existing road serving the jehovah witness hall site, one by a new roadway from the central roundabout (through the neighbourhood centre zoned site). A new vehicular entrance serving the development is also proposed off the r443, collins lane. An internal link road is proposed to the hawthorns housing estate to the north of the site. Works include all new estate roads, boundary treatments, public open space serving the development including amenity/play areas, landscaping, pedestrian, cycle facilities and landscaping along the r443. Works include waste and surface water services, the under-grounding of overhead power lines and ground-mounted transformers, related and ancillary services and all associated site-works. The application may also be viewed on-line on a website set up by the applicants at www. Collinslanehousinglrd. Com

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New ResidentialR1

“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

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 29 November 2024.

Notified floor area: 530 m²

3 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
29 Ridley Way, Tullamoreprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€356,828	87 m
9 The Green, The Hawthorns, Arden Roadnot full market price	May 2025	€260,000	134 m
Teach Siochain, Arden Rd, Tullamore	Aug 2025	€200,000	162 m
14 The Way, The Hawthorns, Tullamore	Jul 2025	€360,000	192 m
17 The Way, The Hawthorns, Tullamore	Jul 2025	€350,000	209 m
28 Collins Lane, Ridley Place, Tullamoreprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€281,938	211 m
2 Ballin Ri, Tullamore, Offaly	Jan 2025	€208,000	213 m
27 Collins Lane, Ridley Place, Tullamoreprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€290,749	220 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 received9 August 2023
Further information requested3 October 2023
Further information received1 December 2023
Decision due6 January 2024
Decision issued5 January 2024
Grant issued12 February 2024
Permission expiry11 February 2029

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