Proposed housing development described as poorly designed and 'sub-standard' by Offaly County Council Reporter: '); '); Offaly County Council has outlined its reasons for refusing planning permission for a major housing development in the Cappincur/ Daingean Road area of Tullamore. The large scheme in the name of Daingean Road, Residential Ltd, sought to construct 97 dwellings including a mixture of terraced, detached, and semi-detached, two, three and four-bedroomed houses The plan also included one and two-bed apartments along with a creche. The planning authority described the layout of the proposed development as ''sub-standard''. In addition its close proximity to the N52 and the lack of ''appropriately distributed car parking'' was contrary to the Tullamore Town and Environs Development plan 2010.