Residential land off High Street Birr
Townparks · Birr · Offaly
On the RZLT map, no permission. RZLT-liable and no live permission for 10+ homes on it
- Site area
- 1.84 ha (4.56 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Townland
- Townparks
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Why this site
- On the RZLT map, no permission· Residential Zoned Land Tax
- On the RZLT map (3% land tax)· Residential Zoned Land Tax
Planning on this site
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
Developers active near this site
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Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.09089, -7.91507 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.
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Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Total
- 5
- Years
- 5
Appeals
- Total
- 2
- Tagged
- 0
Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 11 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Count
- 0
- Radius m
- 250
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 12 Oct 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Note
- This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes.
- On site
- Yes
- Available
- Yes
Zones (5)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Plan id | Valid to | Fetched at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G5 | Open space and amenity | Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected. | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2029 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2029 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2029 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2029 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2029 | 27 Sept 2026 |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Buffer m
- 50
- Available
- Yes
- Flood close m
- 100
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
Kinds (2)
| Kind | Count | Label |
|---|---|---|
| niah | 4 | NIAH-recorded building |
| smr | 2 | Recorded monument |
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.niah, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Totals
- Homes
- 139
- Sites
- 3
- Started
- 61
- Unbuilt
- 78
- Not started
- 78
- Started pct
- 44
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites started
- 1
- Sites unbuilt
- 2
- Sites appealed
- 0
Sites (3)
| Council | Lat | LEA | Lon | Ref | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFALY | 53.09 | Birr | -7.9 | 2460120 | Townparks & Seffin |
| OFFALY | 53.09 | Birr | -7.9 | 2460122 | Railway Road Townparks & Seffin |
| OFFALY | 53.09 | Birr | -7.9 | 1778 | SEFFIN AND SCURRAGH |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 11 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 2
- Facility count
- 3
Schools (2)
| Council | Ref | Kind | Name | Path | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFALY | 12370C | school_primary | ST BRENDANS MONASTERY | /school/st-brendans-monastery-12370c | 182.7 |
| OFFALY | 03220F | school_primary | MERCY PRIMARY SCHOOL | /school/mercy-primary-school-03220f | 427.9 |
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Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (11 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (12 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (12 Oct 2026); npad (12 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).
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