Go ahead given for major upgrade works to popular Offaly hotel

The go ahead has been given for major upgrade works to popular Offaly hotel

Canbe Ltd has been granted for permission from Offaly County Council for the development at the County Arms Hotel in Birr.

The development will consist of works to the rear at ground floor level, to include stripping windows from sill to floor level, to access new ground floor terraces to the east of the hotel bedroom block.

The plans also include the construction of a new dining room extension, reconfiguring existing external stepped access to walled garden, and internal alterations at first floor level to improve disabled access.

There will also be works to second floor roof to change from existing sloped roof to flat roof with new windows to the north elevation.

Also included in the plans are external works to include the addition of a pond feature. 

Offaly County Council has granted planning permission with ten conditions attached.