Go ahead given for new cafe and restaurant in 19th century building in Offaly town

The go ahead has been given for new a cafe and restaurant in a 19th century building in an Offaly town

Mary and Tommy Lyndon, applied for permission for development of the premises at O’Connell Street and Keele’s Archway in Birr.

The development will consist of the change of use of the existing retail units to a café and restaurant, a proposed single-storey kitchen extension and porch to the rear and associated internal modifications and siteworks.

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Planning permission was granted with a total of 12 conditions attached. Among the conditions is a stipulation that it can operate only as a restaurant/cafe and that any proposal to operate as a takeaway shall be subject to a separate planning application. Opening hours were also set to between 7am and 11pm.

The proposed works are to a protected structure listed under the Record of Protected Structures in the Birr Town and Environs
Development Plan (RPS ref. 53-270).

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That describes the building, which in the plan is called 'The Video Centre', as a terraced, three-bay, three-storey house, built c.1850, with modern shopfront to ground floor that fronts directly onto the street.