CHARLESTOWN KILBEGGAN ROAD, CLARA, CO.OFFALY
Expansion of a Mace shop into adjoining stores, including a new deli, off-licence relocation, rear car park, and demolition of a store.
2555 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 28 May 2025
- Reference
- 2555
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 28 May 2025
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 454.4 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of adjoining stores to expand the existing Mace shop, adding a new deli area, toilet facilities, and storage. It includes the demolition of a single-storey store to create a 17-space car park with EV charging, and adjustments to the street boundary. The site is within the curtilage of two protected structures, though no works are proposed to the protected structures themselves.
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
The change of use of part of the adjoining stores of the existing premises known as mace for the expansion of shop, new toilet facilities, storage and new deli area, relocation of off-licence, stairwell and staff facilities, proposed modifications to existing opes, relocation of entrance to shop from forecourt, additional fire escapes, pv roof panels, plant, adjustments to roof to form new parapet with signage and all internal modifications. Proposed site works to include an associated carpark to the rear of the adjoining clara depot building, the demolition of an existing single storey store, the removal of the shared boundary wall to create in total 17 car parking spaces, loading bay, ev charging points, bin storage and bike store, adjustments to street boundary to provide a wider vehicular entrance to bridge street and all associated site works. This building is within the curtilage of two protected structures under the record of protected structures in the offaly county development plan 2021-2027 (rps ref. 12-13 and rps ref. 12-18). There are no works proposed to either protected structure
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown Bridge, Clara, Co Offaly | Oct 2025 | €366,000 | 31 m |
| River St, Clara, Offaly | Feb 2026 | €102,500 | 52 m |
| River St, Clara, Offaly | Apr 2026 | €202,500 | 120 m |
| River St, Clara, Offaly | May 2026 | €117,500 | 218 m |
| 13 The Green, Clara, Co Offaly | Dec 2025 | €42,500 | 269 m |
| 62 The Green, Clara, Offaly | Aug 2025 | €172,500 | 272 m |
| River St, Clara, Offaly | Mar 2026 | €187,000 | 312 m |
| 20 The Green, Clara, Offaly | Feb 2025 | €75,000 | 316 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 received28 May 2025
- Further information requested22 July 2025
- Further information received9 September 2025
- Decision due6 October 2025
- Decision issued1 October 2025
- Grant issued6 November 2025
- Permission expiry5 November 2030
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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