Residential land off Elm Grove Clonoghill Upper, Birr
Clonoghil Upper · Birr · Offaly
On the RZLT map, no permission. On the RZLT map with no live permission for 10+ homes on it
- Site area
- 0.47 ha (1.15 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Townland
- Clonoghil Upper
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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
- 2526 · conditional · 1 homes · lodged 18 Mar 2025
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
Developers active near this site
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Who owns it
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Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 10
Appeals
- Total
- 0
- 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, 20 Oct 2026; acp, 16 Oct 2026; bcms, 20 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 0
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 16 Oct 2026; consult, 20 Oct 2026; moderngov, 20 Oct 2026; npad, 20 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Available
- Yes
- On site
- Yes
- 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.
Zones (4)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Objective text | Plan id | Valid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Open Space, Amenity and Recreation: Shall be taken to include the use of land for; parks, public woodland, pedestrian routes and greenways, riparian zones, h… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2023 |
| R1 | New residential | Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit… | New Residential: This zoning shall be taken to primarily include the use of land for new residential units. It may also provide for a range of other uses par… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2023 |
| 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'… | Existing Residential: This zoning allows for the conservation and enhancement of the quality and character of existing residential areas, to protect resident… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2023 |
| R4 | Residential | Land zoned for housing. Expect infill, extensions and — on larger plots — apartment or scheme applications that accord with the objective. | Strategic Residential Reserve: This categorisation includes lands which are not currently and not proposed to be sufficiently serviced to support development… | OF-001:LAP:birr-local-area-plan-2023-2029 | 26 Jun 2023 |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 18 Oct 2026; rzlt, 18 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Flood close m
- 100
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Source: constraints, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 4
- Homes
- 159
- Started
- 139
- Sites started
- 3
- Unbuilt
- 20
- Sites unbuilt
- 1
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 87
- Not started
- 20
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-15T22:31:43+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,208
Sites (4)
| Source | Application id | Council | Ref | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application | 448,516 | OFFALY | 2460122 | Railway Road Townparks & Seffin | Railway Road Townparks & Seffin , Birr , Co. Offaly |
| application | 445,289 | OFFALY | 1778 | SEFFIN AND SCURRAGH | SEFFIN AND SCURRAGH , BIRR , CO. OFFALY |
| application | 448,514 | OFFALY | 2460120 | Townparks & Seffin | Townparks & Seffin , Birr , Co. Offaly |
| application | 445,770 | OFFALY | 20400 | MACREGOL PÁIRC | MACREGOL PÁIRC , TOWNPARKS BIRR , CO OFFALY |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 20 Oct 2026; npad, 20 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 2
- Facility count
- 5
Schools (2)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 03220F | MERCY PRIMARY SCHOOL | OFFALY | 747.5 | /school/mercy-primary-school-03220f |
| school_primary | 12370C | ST BRENDANS MONASTERY | OFFALY | 993.2 | /school/st-brendans-monastery-12370c |
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Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (16 Oct 2026); bcms (20 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); consult (20 Oct 2026); gtfs (18 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (20 Oct 2026); npad (20 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (18 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (18 Oct 2026).
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