The Old Convent , Ballingarry Lower , Thurles
- 16 Jul 2021Received
- 8 Sept 2021Refused
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused · 8 Sept 2021
- Council
- Tipperary County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 9,643 m²
What’s proposed
change of use of convent buildings to residential, light industrial, shops and offices and for Permission to (a) develop a small service station with associated underground fuel storage tanks, deli and shop (b) refurbish/alter part of existing disused convent buildings for use as 4 dwelling houses to include 3 no. 2-bed houses and 1 no. 3-bed house (c) refurbish/part of existing disused convent building for use as 1 no. 2-bed apartment and 1 no. 4-bed duplex apartment (d) refurbish/alter part of existing disused convent building for use as a 1 no. 7-bed short term accommodation unit, (e) construct garage to rear of existing two storey dwelling to east of site (f) convert existing disused church to offices (g) convert existing disused convent buildings for use as workshops and cafe (h) insert pedestrian access gate between existing school buildings and proposed shop (i) demolish 7 single-storey structures (j) demolish two external staircases (k) construct new internal roads (l) construct 1.6m high timber post fence around periphery of site as necessary (m) removal of existing northern most entrance and portion of existing boundary wall to facilitate new service station entrance and improve and expand all other existing entrances (n) upgrade and reconstruct existing effluent treatment system (o) improve landscaping and site boundaries (p) construct an outdoor lunch area (q) construct additional car-parking spaces and all associated site works. The Old Convent complex is listed as a protected structure in the Tipperary County Development Plan 2009, as varied, Reference No. S1082, NIAH Reference Numbers 22205506, 22205507 and 22205508
211032 is a planning application to Tipperary County Council for change of use of convent buildings to residential, light industrial, shops and offices, received on 16 Jul 2021; permission was refused on 8 Sept 2021.
Planning details
- Reference
- 211032
- Local authority
- Tipperary County Council
- Status
- Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 16 Jul 2021
- Observations close
- 20 Aug 2021 (closed 1855 days ago)
- Decision due
- 9 Sept 2021 · decided 8 Sept 2021
- Decision
- Refused on 8 Sept 2021
- Proposed development
- change of use of convent buildings to residential, light industrial, shops and offices and for Permission to (a) develop a small service station with associated underground fuel storage tanks, deli and shop (b) refurbish/alter part of existing disused convent buildings for use as 4 dwelling houses to include 3 no. 2-bed houses and 1 no. 3-bed house (c) refurbish/part of existing disused convent building for use as 1 no. 2-bed apartment and 1 no. 4-bed duplex apartment (d) refurbish/alter part of existing disused convent building for use as a 1 no. 7-bed short term accommodation unit, (e) construct garage to rear of existing two storey dwelling to east of site (f) convert existing disused church to offices (g) convert existing disused convent buildings for use as workshops and cafe (h) insert pedestrian access gate between existing school buildings and proposed shop (i) demolish 7 single-storey structures (j) demolish two external staircases (k) construct new internal roads (l) construct 1.6m high timber post fence around periphery of site as necessary (m) removal of existing northern most entrance and portion of existing boundary wall to facilitate new service station entrance and improve and expand all other existing entrances (n) upgrade and reconstruct existing effluent treatment system (o) improve landscaping and site boundaries (p) construct an outdoor lunch area (q) construct additional car-parking spaces and all associated site works. The Old Convent complex is listed as a protected structure in the Tipperary County Development Plan 2009, as varied, Reference No. S1082, NIAH Reference Numbers 22205506, 22205507 and 22205508As published by the register.
- Site area
- 9,643 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 52.58857, -7.56566
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 467713). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211032/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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