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Observation pack · Tipperary County Council

The Square , Fethard , Co. Tipperary

renovations to include 1. two new bay windows and changes to the front door ope and canopy type porch with two new front columns on the ground floor front elevation, new sliding sash type windows to the 1st and 2nd floor front elevation, 2. alterations to rear elevation to include demolition of the existing rear extensions and construction of new steel balcony at 1st floor level with access doors to same from the first floor and alterations to existing window and door opes as shown on the plans provided, 3. existing external plaster to be hacked down and new lime render external plaster to be provided throughout

Observations close 22 Sept 2026 closes today
5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 12 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660804 · full record
Authority
Tipperary County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
118 m²
Received
18 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
12 Oct 2026
Decision
N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660804/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660804 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Tipperary County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 22 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Tipperary County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660301Conditional4 Sept 20261134 mthe conversion and modifications to existing garage to accommodate a two-storey dwelling indefinitely and all associated site development works
2660350Conditional12 Jun 20260481 mconstruction of front lobby to the existing shop and for retention of the solar panels on the roof and Retention Permission of the new signage on the canopy, including all associated site development works
2560990Conditional27 Feb 20260147 ma) Construction of a new 2-storey clubhouse facility comprising of 2no. changing rooms, showers, toilet facilities, a referees’ room, a meeting room, a medical/store room and multi-purpose room; b) Demolition of existing spectator stand; c) Construction of new spectator stand; d) Installation of new hurling wall; e) Installation of a footpath and low-level; Perimeter fencing around the existing GAA pitch; f) Relocation of the existing electric scoreboard; g) Relocation of existing ball stop net; h) All associated site development works (the site is bounded to the south by Fethard Town Walls, which is a Protected Structure TRPS1743 (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022-2028))
2561234Conditional28 Jan 20260204 mas built first floor extension and permission for a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling with associated site works
2560873Conditional28 Oct 20250177 mthe installation of an ATM to the front elevation and alterations to the shopfront and signage to suit and the replacement/repair of rain water goods and all necessary associated site works
2460324Conditional12 May 20257409 ma) construction of 7 no. single storey terraced houses in two blocks, comprising of 3 no. 1 bed units and 4 no. 2 bed units to accommodate Belmont Park Housing Association CLG service users and carers and b) site development works including new vehicular and pedestrian access from The Back Green, pedestrian access from Gort an Óir, car and bicycle parking, footpaths, bin store, public lighting, landscaping, surface water and foul drainage connections and all associated site boundary works
2461110Conditional12 Mar 2025071 mchange of use of existing ground floor retail unit- change from retail shop to residential use to incorporate new living room, bedroom and shower room
24220Conditional21 Feb 20250155 mthe deconstruction of an existing rear domestic extension to the existing dwelling and the construction of a replacement extension; (2) the amendments to the existing window and external door openings and also to provide new window openings and all associated site development works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501039pending25 Mar 2026147 m
311076Refused13 Dec 202279 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

  • 18 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 22 Sept 2026
  • 18 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Tipperary County Council before relying on it.