GrantedCommercialDecided 31 December 2025

Arden Lane, Ardan, Tullamore Co. Offaly

Construction of a new 20-bed hospice facility and road upgrades in Tullamore.

2560112 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 4 April 2025

Reference: 2560112
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 4 April 2025
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 3805 m²

Summary

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The development consists of a new Midlands Specialist Palliative Care Unit on a greenfield site. The part 1-storey and 2-storey building will provide 20 in-patient bedrooms, daycare facilities, administrative areas, 80 car parking spaces, and upgrades to Arden Lane.

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Official record

Development description

The development consisting of a new midlands specialist palliative care unit on a greenfield site accessible from arden lane, tullamore. The development will consist of the construction of a new hospice (3,805m2), with all associated site development works, including road upgrades to a portion of arden lane, a site entrance, 80no. Car parking spaces for staff and visitors, including 7no. Accessible parking bays, and 30no. Covered bicycle parking spaces. The new part 1-storey and 2-storey building will provide 20no. In-patient bedrooms, daycare facilities along with associated administrative areas and all ancillary spaces. New drainage connections (including a new foul pumping station), surface water attenuation and associated site services including provision of a service building and new esb sub-station. Landscaping, boundary treatments, external lighting and all related site development works. Road upgrades to a portion of arden lane to provide for a two-way carriageway and footpath, street lighting, and new utilities to extend to the site from a new junction with a distributor road, and all associated site works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Open Space, Amenity and RecreationOS

“Shall be taken to include the use of land for; parks, public woodland, pedestrian routes and greenways, riparian zones, housing estate open spaces, development incidental to the enjoyment of open space.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Arden Lane, Tullamore, County Offaly	May 2025	€335,000	90 m
Arden Lane, Tullamore, County Offaly	Mar 2026	€410,000	90 m
The Bungalow, Arden Rd, Tullamore	Feb 2026	€325,000	499 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

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Application received4 April 2025
Further information requested29 May 2025
Further information received10 October 2025
Decision due1 January 2026
Decision issued31 December 2025
Appeal submitted28 January 2026
Appeal decided29 May 2026
Permission expiry28 May 2031

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