Townparks & Seffin
Townparks & Seffin , Birr · Seefin · Birr · Offaly
58 homes permitted, not started. 58 homes granted 22 May 2025, expires 21 May 2030
- Site area
- 3.45 ha (8.53 acres)
- Zoning
- R1
- Homes permitted
- 58, permission to 21 May 2030
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
- 2460120 · Permitted, not started · 58 homes · granted 22 May 2025 · expires 21 May 2030
- 2460122 · conditional · 20 homes · lodged 11 Apr 2024
- 2460107 · n/a · lodged 4 Apr 2024
- 2460105 · n/a · lodged 4 Apr 2024
- 20400 · conditional · 20 homes · lodged 28 Aug 2020
- 20339 · n/a · lodged 31 Jul 2020
- 1778 · conditional · 61 homes · lodged 2 Mar 2017
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
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Questions about Townparks & Seffin
- When does the planning permission at Townparks & Seffin expire?
- Its planning permission 2460120 for 58 homes, granted 22 May 2025, expires on 21 May 2030.
- Has building started at Townparks & Seffin?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2460120.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.08967, -7.90116 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
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 12
Appeals
- Total
- 1
- 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
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 1
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Deadline kind | Deadline at | Days left | Summary | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | permission_expiry | 21 May 2030 | 1,317 | Permission 2460120 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | signal |
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
- 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 (5)
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S5 | Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs. | Community Services/Facilities: The purpose of this zoning is to protect, provide and allow expansion of a wide range of different community facilities, civic… | 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, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Flood close m
- 100
Kinds (1)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| niah | NIAH-recorded building | 1 |
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
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 3
- Homes
- 139
- Started
- 61
- Sites started
- 1
- Unbuilt
- 78
- Sites unbuilt
- 2
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 44
- Not started
- 78
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Sites (3)
| Source | Application id | Council | Ref | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application | 448,514 | OFFALY | 2460120 | Townparks & Seffin | Townparks & Seffin , Birr , Co. Offaly |
| 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 |
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
- 4
Schools (2)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 03220F | MERCY PRIMARY SCHOOL | OFFALY | 686.6 | /school/mercy-primary-school-03220f |
| school_primary | 12370C | ST BRENDANS MONASTERY | OFFALY | 759.3 | /school/st-brendans-monastery-12370c |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off Seffin and Scurragh, Birr · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Seffin and Scurragh, Birr · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Seffin and Scurragh, Birr · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Railway Road Townparks & Seffin · Permitted, not started
- Residential land off Seffin and Scurragh, Birr · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Seffin and Scurragh, Birr · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
Figures as of 12 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (11 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (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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