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Ballina GAA Club , Cullina , Ballina Co. Tipperary

the installation of 6 no. new 20m lighting columns complete with 6 no. LED pitch floodlights on each column to illuminate the back training pitch, Permission is also sought for 15 no. streetlights on 6m lighting columns including associated civils to appropriately light the perimeter walkway lighting system on site and 1 no. 12m lighting column complete with 3 no. floodlights to illuminate the ball wall area

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 13 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660898 · 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
3.44 ha
Received
14 Sept 2026
We first saw it
22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due
8 Nov 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/2660898/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660898 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 19 Oct 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
C2.1
Economic development and employment
Employment and Enterprise: To provide, improve and encourage start up enterprise and employment activityTI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans22 Aug 2022 → 11 Jul 2028
G1
Open space with recreation
Amenity: To provide, preserve and enhance open space and amenity usesTI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans22 Aug 2022 → 11 Jul 2028
G1
Open space with recreation
Amenity: To provide, preserve and enhance open space and amenity usesTI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans22 Aug 2022 → 11 Jul 2028
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: To preserve and enhance existing residential amenity including provision of additional facilities for settlements where gaps are identified in the DIATI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans22 Aug 2022 → 11 Jul 2028
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: To preserve and enhance existing residential amenity including provision of additional facilities for settlements where gaps are identified in the DIATI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans22 Aug 2022 → 11 Jul 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Sources: TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans, TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans, TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans, TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans, TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
TIPPERARY TI-005:DP:tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028-settlement-plans—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660653Conditional17 Aug 20260320 mthe alterations and changes to extension that was previously granted under planning permission no. 08510986
2660582Conditional30 Jul 2026055 mchange of design of extension previously granted under planning permission number 2660058
25184Conditional2 Jun 20260313 mdecommission an existing timber garden shed and erect a timber garden shed at a new location in the rear garden
2660274Conditional14 May 20260327 mconversion of the attic space in house to a habitable living area and ancillary site works
2561318Conditional8 Apr 20262103 m2 no. semi-detached dwellings and all necessary ancillary site development works, including entrances and connections to public water main and sewers
2660058Conditional18 Mar 2026055 man extension to existing dwelling, garage & a new front boundary wall
2561256Conditional28 Jan 20261395 malterations to the plans and elevations approved under planning file reference 2460359
2560028Conditional12 Nov 20253268 mconstruction of 3 no. 2 storey detached dwellings and all necessary ancillary site development works, including entrances and connections to public water main and sewers

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
500433—Invalid9 Dec 2025268 m
322173—Granted with conditions17 Jul 2025319 m
320897—Granted with conditions6 Feb 2025248 m
319877—Refused2 Jan 2025181 m
320845—Invalid18 Sept 2024248 m
320523—Invalid9 Aug 2024284 m
316186—Granted with conditions9 Apr 2024101 m
314899—Refused2 Nov 2023437 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

  • 14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
  • 14 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Tipperary County Council before relying on it.