RefusedChange of useDecided 27 May 2024

Clashawaun, Clara, Co. Offaly

Partial change of use from a leisure centre to a water bottling plant in Clara.

2460104 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 3 April 2024

Reference: 2460104
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 3 April 2024

Summary

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Permission is sought for a partial change of use from an existing leisure centre to a water bottling plant, including storage, packing, clean room, and office areas. The application also includes constructing a new pump house and seeking retention for a temporary demountable pump house structure.

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Official record

Development description

For partial “change of use” from existing leisure centre to a water bottling plant. The bottling plant will include the following facilities: raw materials store, finished products store, packing and unpacking areas, clean room/bottling area, small laboratory, various office areas and welfare facilities together with all associated site development works. Permission is also sought for the construction of a new pump house building and all associated pumping equipment (to replace existing temporary demountable pump house structure)and all associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for the temporary demountable pump house structure.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Community Services/FacilitiesCI

“The purpose of this zoning is to protect, provide and allow expansion of a wide range of different community facilities, civic facilities and social services, from educational, childcare and health facilities to places of worship and community centres.”

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

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
Cork Hill, Clara, Offalynot full market price	Dec 2025	€250,000	77 m
30 Westwood Park, Clara, Offaly	Oct 2025	€280,000	179 m
33 Westwood Park, Clara, Offaly	Feb 2026	€287,000	194 m
19 Westwood Grove, Clare, Offaly	Nov 2025	€290,000	229 m
3 Westwood Grove, Clara, Offaly	Jul 2025	€240,000	235 m
1 Westwoodnprone, Clara, Offaly	Jan 2025	€286,000	244 m
31 Westwood Grove, Clara, Offaly	Dec 2025	€290,000	315 m
35 Westwood Grove, Clara, Offaly	Mar 2025	€240,000	323 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 received3 April 2024
Decision due28 May 2024
Decision issued27 May 2024

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