Roscrea Road Seefin, Birr, Co. Offaly
Demolition of an external staircase and construction of a two-storey office extension with car park reconfiguration in Birr.
2560020 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 27 January 2025
- Reference
- 2560020
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 27 January 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves the demolition of an external staircase and service yard walls. It will feature a new two-storey office extension to the rear of the existing office space, alongside a reconfigured car park with EV charging spaces and a bicycle shed.
- Storeys
- 2
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Official record
Development description
(a) demolition of external staircase and service yard walls (b) the construction of a new two-storey office extension to rear of existing office space (c) reconfiguration of existing carpark to include, 4 no. Ev parking spaces, 28 no. Standard parking spaces & 2 no. Accessible parking spaces and bicycle parking shed and all associated ancillary site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The purpose of this zoning is to facilitate opportunities for industrial and warehousing uses, activities and processes which would in general give rise to land use conflict if located within other zonings.”
National zoning type: General industry
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 planKey dates
Timeline
- Application received27 January 2025
- Further information requested21 March 2025
- Further information received21 August 2025
- Decision due2 November 2025
- Decision issued30 October 2025
- Grant issued5 December 2025
- Permission expiry4 December 2030
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