A period of ten (10) years pursuant to Section 41 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended…

Application details

Planning reference

2660592

Council

Offaly County Council

Proposal description

A period of ten (10) years pursuant to Section 41 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, to facilitate the phased construction and delivery of the proposed sporting, recreational, community and enterprise development, having regard to the scale and nature of the development and the anticipated phased availability of funding. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT: (A) The development of two full-size GAA playing pitches together with an ancillary warm-up and nursery training area, including the installation of floodlighting to the main GAA playing pitch. (B) The construction of a new multi-purpose community and sports facility incorporating a main entrance and reception area, four number dressing rooms with associated shower and toilet facilities, referees' changing room, public toilet facilities including accessible sanitary accommodation, meeting rooms, kitchen facilities, plant room, storage areas and all associated ancillary accommodation. (C) The provision of an indoor basketball court and multi-purpose sports hall, gymnasium and associated recreational and sporting facilities. (D) The provision of a business and enterprise hub incorporating flexible office and meeting accommodation, together with a dedicated community workshop and activity room for local community groups, educational activities, skills development and recreational use. (E) The provision of an associated pedestrian walking and recreational track within the development site. (F) The provision of associated internal access roads, car parking facilities, pedestrian pathways, external lighting, boundary treatments, fencing, landscaping, signage and all associated site development works. (G) The utilisation of the existing permitted vehicular entrance and access arrangements as previously granted under Planning Reference No. 24/60454. (H) The provision of foul wastewater drainage infrastructure, including connection to the existing public foul sewer network, together with all associated underground services and utility connections. (I) The provision of a sustainable surface water drainage system designed in accordance with Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) principles, incorporating appropriate on-site attenuation, infiltration and stormwater management measures, with surface water runoff to be managed and contained within the development site. (J) All associated site clearance, excavation, groundworks, site levelling, earthworks, retaining structures where required, landscaping, boundary treatments and all other ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The proposed development will also include the phased construction and delivery of the various sporting, recreational, community and enterprise facilities, together with all associated infrastructure and site development works

Location / address

Cloneygowan, Cloneygowan, Co. Offaly

Applicant

Pauric Pearce-Chairman of Raheen GAA Club

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

12 Nov 2026