Clashawaun, Clara, Co. Offaly
Partial change of use from a leisure centre to a water bottling facility.
2460489 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 6 December 2024
- Reference
- 2460489
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Withdrawn
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 6 December 2024
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 505.89 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks a partial change of use of an existing leisure centre to a water bottling facility, including storage, packing, clean room, and office areas. It also includes permission for a new pump house and retention of a temporary demountable pump house.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Partial “change of use” from existing leisure centre to a water bottling facility. The development will include the following: 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
“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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| 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 | 316 m |
| 35 Westwood Grove, Clara, Offaly | Mar 2025 | €240,000 | 324 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 received6 December 2024
- Further information requested7 February 2025
- Further information received3 July 2025
- Application withdrawn31 July 2025
In the area
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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2560140OffalyLodged 24 Apr 2025Retention
- RefusedAt this site
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2460104OffalyLodged 3 Apr 2024Change of use
- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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- Awaiting decision130 m away
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- Granted190 m away
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- Refused270 m away
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