3 & 5 EMMET STREET, BIRR, CO.OFFALY
Linking two protected houses to create a 10-bedroom social care residential building with a rear extension.
2510 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 7 February 2025
- Reference
- 2510
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 7 February 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves linking two existing protected dwellings and changing their use to a single 10-bedroom social care residential facility. Works include internal modifications, a single-storey rear extension, boundary walls, and restoring a derelict outbuilding.
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Official record
Development description
The linking of two existing dwellings (protected structures 49-223 & 49-224), internal works, window and door ope modifications and a single storey extension to the rear. The change of use from dwellings to a single social care residential building comprising of 10 bedrooms, common areas and associated facilities. Permission for the proposed development will consist of boundary walls to the rear and the completion of the restoration works of the derelict outbuilding as per previously approved planning ref: 2269 including all associated site works. All above proposed works are within the curtilages of two protected structures in the offaly county development plan 2021-2027 (rps references 49-223 & 49-224)
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The purpose of this zoning is to maintain the vitality and viability of existing town and village centres by developing and consolidating centres with an appropriate mix of commercial, recreational, cultural, amenity and residential uses.”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Objective set by the Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029 (2023–2029). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmet St, Birr, Offaly | May 2026 | €130,000 | 40 m |
| 19 Emmett Street, Birr, County Offaly | Apr 2025 | €195,000 | 63 m |
| The Beauty Parlour, Johns Place, Birr | Nov 2025 | €100,000 | 71 m |
| 27 Emmet St, Birr, Offaly | Jun 2025 | €255,000 | 102 m |
| 2 Kingston Heath, Kileen Lane, Birr | Apr 2025 | €100,000 | 154 m |
| Moistown, Shannon Harbour, Birr | May 2025 | €141,000 | 154 m |
| Clondalla, Birr, Co Offaly | Jul 2025 | €182,500 | 154 m |
| Frankfort, Dunkerrin, Birr | Sept 2025 | €128,000 | 154 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 received7 February 2025
- Further information requested1 April 2025
- Further information received22 December 2025
- Decision due27 January 2026
- Decision issued23 January 2026
- Grant issued4 March 2026
- Permission expiry3 March 2031
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