Offaly County Council grants permission for 98-home scheme at Arden, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

In context

It is one of 41 housing scheme applications Offaly County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 23 October 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Offaly County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

amendments & modifications to the permission granted for 98residential units (including 28 no. apartments) & a community creche under Ref. 21/328, made concurrently with an application for modifications to the permission granted under Ref. 21/327, including: -Elevational & design changes to all dwelling units; -Relocation of the 2.4m high northern boundary wall; -Repositioning of the permitted dwelling units 27 & 68-72 to facilitate the relocation of the northern boundary wall; -Repositioning of the permitted dwelling units 17-27 to facilitate the change in the location of the eastern boundary wall; Change to road layout to the front of dwelling units 21-27; -Relocation of the permitted bin and bike storage serving both blocks of duplex units 1-16 and 87-98 as well as redesign of the car parking layout to the front of both blocks and provision of EV spaces to the north of the playground between these blocks; -New universally accessible parking space off the permitted vehicular access road to the west of the block of duplex units 102-113 that were permitted under Planning Ref. 21/327; -Modifications to driveways and increase in private amenity space to serve houses throughout; -Addition of side passages to a number of houses to enable direct access from the front to the rear gardens of several dwelling units (units 36,37,46,47,56,57,66,67,68,72); -Private off-road and offcurtilage parking changes throughout including 2 no. additional car parking spaces to the front of the dwelling units 46/47 and 66/67 of the permitted development; -Amendments to the creche car parking layout; -Finished floor, ground and road levels reduced throughout; -Front garden boundary walls of dwelling units replaced with hedging; -Rear garden, side boundary walls to be replaced by concrete post with infill timber panel boundary to each dwelling unit; -2 no new substations with 1 no. adjacent and to the north of the permitted vehicular access road from Arden Road & 1 no. to the east of the permitted creche; -Rationalisation of permitted open space to reflect the changes in the overall layout; & - Amendments to all site development and drainage works, hard & soft landscaping, lighting, fencing, & signage as well as connection to permitted development as granted under Ref.21/327, & proposed to be amended under concurrent application. See Application form Appendix A for full development description-unable to include full description here.