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

In context

It is one of 41 housing scheme applications Offaly County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 20 May 2026. 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.

a single amendment and modification to the permission granted for 98 residential units (including 28 no. apartments) and a community creche under Planning Ref. 21/328 and subsequently amended under Planning Ref. 25/60315 and currently under a minor amendment under Planning Ref. 25/60674.The development will consist of the relocation of the permitted single storey dwelling unit no. 27 by c. 0.9m away from the revised boundary wall applied for under Planning Ref. 25/60674 to the south-east; as well as modification to the boundary walls to each side of the relocated dwelling, and the front boundary wall to the east of unit no. 68