Observation pack · Tipperary County Council
12 Cabra , Thurles , Co. Tipperary
the installation of 2 Velux cabrio rooflights to the rear of dwelling and all associated siteworks
Observations close 27 Oct 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660924 · full record
- Authority
- Tipperary County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 1,490 m²
- Received
- 21 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 15 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
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660924/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660924at 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. - 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.
- Submit before 27 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.
- 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity | TI-006:LAP:thurles-and-environs-local-area-plan-2024-2030 | 25 Mar 2024 → 12 Feb 2030 |
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.
Source: TIPPERARY TI-006:LAP:thurles-and-environs-local-area-plan-2024-2030 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIPPERARY TI-006:LAP:thurles-and-environs-local-area-plan-2024-2030 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660769 | Conditional | 30 Sept 2026 | 0 | 453 m | an extension to the front (northern side) of the existing warehouse premises for storage use incorporating 3 no. dock levellers, proposed car parking area to the northern side of the site with all associated sitework and ancillary works |
| 2660281 | Conditional | 13 May 2026 | 0 | 0 m | an attic conversion to the existing dwelling and all associated siteworks |
| 2561330 | Conditional | 18 Feb 2026 | 0 | 316 m | creating a new vehicular entrance gateway and the construction of new boundary palisade fencing to divide the site and all associated site works |
| 2460987 | Conditional | 15 Dec 2025 | 0 | 81 m | a 10-year permission for the development which will consist of the phased extension of the existing food manufacturing facility comprising: 1) construction of an 11,267 m² extension to the existing food manufacturing facility, including: (a) cold storage areas; (b) two-storey office space, toilet block, and drivers’ area; (c) new processing, packing, intake/dispatch areas; (d) electrical plant, maintenance rooms, and external steel access staircases; (e) new gas tanks, transformer compound, and pipe bridge; 2) construction of an 1,500 m³ storage building for packaging and machinery; 3) extension of existing wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) buildings (primary: 107 m², secondary: 250 m²); 4) construction of an 110 m² waste collection building; 5) extension to the existing water treatment plant (WTP) building (70 m²); 6) expansion of the high temperature (HT) plant room (64 m²); 7) construction of 4 no. tanks; 8) installation of 3 no. bunded kerosene tanks (50,000 L each); 9) construction of a 16 m high boiler stack; 10) construction of new internal access roads (c. 8,825 m²); 11) creation of a 520 m² internal courtyard area; 12) construction of a 630 m² external storage compound; 13) construction of a 3,120 m³ stormwater attenuation pond and discharge line; 14) installation of a standby treated effluent discharge pipeline (1,490 m); 15) realignment and expansion of site boundary, including new boundary walls, fencing and planting; 16) provision of an additional 8 no. truck parking spaces; 17) relocation of the existing fuel tank and weighbridge; 18) expansion of the existing sprinkler pump house (24 m²); 19) conversion of 22 no. existing car spaces including 1 no. accessible space to 22 no. EV car spaces as required and provision of 30 no. bicycle parking spaces; 20) installation of new site lighting; 21) demolition of existing buildings and structures (total 1,840 m²); and 22) all ancillary site development works and services to facilitate the development including drainage, landscaping, temporary construction compound and utility connections. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the planning authority with this application |
| 25217 | Conditional | 9 Dec 2025 | 0 | 215 m | 1) a domestic extensions to the existing dwelling and including all associated alterations to external facades, 2) two domestic storage sheds, 3) amendments to original vehicular access, and including all associated site development works |
| 2360849 | Conditional | 23 Oct 2024 | 0 | 453 m | an extension to the side of existing warehouse premises for storage use with all associated sitework and ancillary works |
| 2460033 | Conditional | 19 Jun 2024 | 1 | 81 m | the existing detached one and half story house as constructed and all associated site works |
| 2360850 | Conditional | 14 Dec 2023 | 0 | 467 m | the relocation of a single storey detached prefabricated office building with commercial vehicle weighbridge, the relocation of a public civic amenity recycling facility, signage and planting. This development is subject to a waste licence |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501497 | — | Invalid | 8 Jun 2026 | 0 m |
| 311046 | — | Withdrawn | 26 Sept 2022 | 434 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
- 21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
- 21 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Tipperary County Council before relying on it.