GrantedAlterationsDecided 17 February 2026

Ardan / Puttaghan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

Design amendments to a permitted nursing home and hospital development in Tullamore, including drainage and boundary changes.

2560662 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 18 December 2025

Reference: 2560662
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 18 December 2025

Summary

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This application seeks to amend previously approved plans for a nursing home and hospital. Changes include connecting underground drainage pipes to a new pump station, erecting a 2.4m high boundary wall and railing, landscaping adjustments, and extending the project lifetime to 10 years.

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Development description

Amending the existing granted applications (planning references 23/60249, 22/621 and 20/503) at this site. The amendment application will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development which comprises consent for a nursing home and hospital development (i) to connect drainage pipes underground from the approved hospital to the new pumpstation at arden vale, currently under construction (permission ref 2560027), (ii) to erect a contiguous boundary treatment (400mm concrete capped rendered block wall with 2000mm powder coated steel railings - total height 2400mm, with 900mm native hedge partition line (2 staggered rows) along the western boundary at 82 and 152 arden vale to match that currently being constructed at the western boundary of the pump station to the houses at 92 and 119 ardan vale (permitted under planning reference 2560027) (iii) landscaping changes to the site at the location of the approved hospital pumping station on plans, and (iv) project lifetime proposed to be extended from 5 to 10 years (expiry for development to be completed to 14 december 2031)

Land-use zoning

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Community Services/FacilitiesCI

“The purpose of this zoning is to protect, provide and allow expansion of a wide range of different community facilities, civic facilities and social services, from educational, childcare and health facilities to places of worship and community centres.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
28 Harbour Dr, Tulmore, Offaly	Sept 2025	€176,250	199 m
17 Harbour Drive, Tullamore, Co. Offaly	Oct 2025	€275,000	237 m
6 Scotts Avenue, Trells Road, Puttaghanprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€348,018	318 m
4 Scotts Avenue, Tyrells Road, Puttaghanprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€321,138	318 m
3 Scotts Avenue, Tyrell's Road, Puttaghaunprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€352,423	318 m
5 Scotts Avenue Tyrells Road, Puttaghan, Tullamoreprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€352,423	318 m
8 Scotts Avenue, Tyrells Road Puttaghan, Tullamoreprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€361,233	318 m
1 Scott'S Avenue, Tyrrell'S Road, Puttaghanprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€361,233	318 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 received18 December 2025
Decision due20 February 2026
Decision issued17 February 2026
Grant issued25 March 2026
Permission expiry14 December 2031

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