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Blundell Avenue and Fairgreen Road, Edenderry, Co. Offaly

Demolition of warehouse structures and construction of a new Primary Health Care Centre in Edenderry.

2660023 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 19 January 2026

Reference: 2660023
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 19 January 2026

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of existing warehouses, silos, and a shed to construct a new Primary Health Care Centre across two buildings of two and three storeys. The facility will house GP clinics, social care services, a retail unit, a café, and offices.

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Floor area: 4,537 m²

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Official record

Development description

The demolition of existing structures, including warehouse, silos and shed, and for the construction of a primary health care centre which will include social care services, a gp clinic, retail unit, and ancillary offices within 2 no. Buildings of two and three storeys. Building (1), with a gross floor area of 3832.8 sq. M, will contain (a): a primary health care centre comprising of reception and waiting spaces; community nursing facilities including 3 no. Treatment rooms and wound clinic; diagnostics area including x-ray room, ultrasound, and ct scan; speech therapy facilities; occupational and physiotherapy facilities; dental facilities; general offices, staff facilities, and ancillary stores and waste areas; and (b): a general practice surgery which will be connected to the primary health care centre and comprise 29 no. Consulting rooms, including nursing rooms, ancillary stores, associated offices, administration areas & meeting rooms; and a plant area on the roof including pv array. Building (2), with a gross floor area of 704.2 sq. M, will comprise a retail unit, café, first floor offices, ancillary facilities, and roof plant including pv array. In addition, the development will include: ancillary buildings containing electrical substation and switch room, bin storage and secure cycle parking; two new vehicular access points, one off blundell avenue and a second access point off fairgreen road; the provision of a central walkway as per the blundell masterplan off blundell avenue; the provision of surface car parking for 148 no. Car parking spaces including 15 electrical vehicle spaces, 11 accessible spaces, 100 no. Cycle parking stands (including secured cycle spaces), associated footpaths, internal access roads, associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, signage and all necessary site development works above and below ground level, vehicular, pedestrian access and cycle access to the site will be from the new access points

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town Centre/Mixed UseRE

“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 Edenderry 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.

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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
12 Cherry Apartments, Granary Court, Edenderry	Aug 2025	€235,000	121 m
6 The Cherry, Granary Court, Edenderry	Mar 2026	€155,000	121 m
Apt Beech 5 The Granary, Jkl Street, Edenderry	May 2026	€161,000	139 m
2 Beech Apartments, Granary Court, Edenderry	Mar 2026	€171,000	139 m
Beech 14, Granary Court, Edenderry	Nov 2025	€112,000	139 m
O Connell Square, Edenderry, Co Offaly	May 2025	€100,000	193 m
133 Greenwood Park, Edenderry, Offaly	Dec 2025	€75,000	206 m
26 Jkl St, Edenderry, Offaly	Apr 2025	€300,000	208 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.

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Application received19 January 2026

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