Planning permission granted for major housing scheme in Tullamore

Planning permission has been granted for a large scale residential development in Tullamore.

Offaly County Council has given the green light for a 102-unit housing and apartment development.

The scheme is proposed for a greenfield site on the northern side of the Daingean Road, close to the town bypass roundabout at Cappincur.

Daingean Road Residential Ltd, whose directors are Martin Kenny and Fearghal de Feu, applied for permission to build 62 houses and 40 apartments.

The developer is planning 13 four-bedroom houses, 27 three-bedroom houses and 22 two-bedroom houses on a site of more than four hectares.

The 40 apartments include one, two and three-bed units and the plan is for them to be built in four separate three-storey blocks.

Access for traffic will be off the Daingean Road and an initial proposal for 173 car parking spaces was increased to 195.

Local residents expressed serious concerns about the project and these were laid out in a submisson to the council signed by local Fianna Fail representative Cllr Tony McCormack in November.

Among the 28 conditions set down by the council are that a management company for the development be in place before development commences and  a Development Contribution of €415,896 will have to be paid to the council prior to the commencement of work on the development.