Planning submitted for new health care facility in Edenderry

A planning application has been submitted to Offaly County Council for the proposed construction of a purpose-built Primary Care Centre in Edenderry.

The plans were received by the local authority on December 22 and if approved, the proposed development will provide a suite of medical services to the rapidly-growing north Offaly town and surrounding area.

Applicant Dr Maurice Carroll has proposed the development of a Primary Care Centre which will include social care services; a GP Clinic and a retail unit and ancillary offices across two separate buildings.

The General Practice surgery will cover a total gross floor area of 4,226.1 sqm and will have 29 consulting rooms, while the Primary Care Centre will have community nursing facilities including three treatment rooms and wound clinic; a diagnostics area with X-Ray room, ultrasound and CT scan; facilities for speech therapy, occupational and physiotherapy and dental facilities.

The proposed new facility will be constructed on a site bounded by Blundell Avenue and Fairgreen Road in the centre of the town.

The site is located behind the new Edenderry Library just off Main Street in an area which housed the old Williams Waller Grain Store.

As part of the planning application submitted to Offaly County Council, it is proposed to demolish a number of existing structures, including warehouses, silos and sheds to make way for the new medical centre.

The local authority has yet to confirm a date on which a planning decision for the proposed development will be announced.