Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 21 May 2025

Cloghan Service Station, Ferbane St Creggan and Glosterboy Townland, Cloghan Co. Offaly

Construction of a car wash canopy, fuel storage shed, and extension of fuel pump hours to 24-hour operation.

2560096 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 27 March 2025

Reference
2560096
Authority
Offaly County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
27 March 2025
Residential units
1
Floor area
8.5 m²

Summary

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The development at the service station includes constructing a canopy over the existing car wash slab and building a fuel storage shed. It also proposes installing bicycle shelters, extending fuel card pump hours to 24 hours, and providing overnight truck parking access.

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Official record

Development description

(i) construction of a canopy at existing car wash slab and construction of a fuel storage shed; (ii) installation of bicycle shelters; (iii) extension of hours of operation of fuel card pumps to 24 hours per day; (iv)access to parking area for overnight truck parking.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise and EmploymentCOE
This zoning promotes the development of employment uses that reinforce the enterprise and employment function of the subject area as a whole and require high environmental and design standards.

National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related

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
AddressDatePriceDistance
First Floor Apartment, Main Street, CloghanAug 2025€95,000347 m
Castle St, Cloghan, Co OffalyAug 2025€175,000355 m
Castle Street, Cloghan, BirrJun 2026€395,000458 m
1 Whitefields, Cloghan, OffalyOct 2025€285,000461 m
6 Whitefields, Cloghan, OffalyFeb 2025€224,000499 m

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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

  1. Application received27 March 2025
  2. Decision due21 May 2025
  3. Decision issued21 May 2025
  4. Appeal submitted17 June 2025
  5. Appeal decided20 October 2025
  6. Permission expiry19 October 2030

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