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Observation pack · Tipperary County Council

Brittas Road , Thurles , Co. Tipperary

the demolition of an existing attached garage and permission to construct a new extension to the rear of the dwelling, permission to widen the existing vehicular entrance at the front of the site and all associated site works

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 7 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660935 · 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
764 m²
Received
23 Sept 2026
We first saw it
29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due
17 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/2660935/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660935 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 28 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
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenitythurles and environs local area plan 2024 203025 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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Tipperary County Council development plan zoning—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
2660550Conditional28 Jul 20260351 mextension to rear of house and permission for new domestic shed to rear of site and all associated site works
2660388Conditional16 Jun 202600 mto demolish an existing conservatory to the rear of dwelling, and permission to build a new extension to the rear of dwelling and permission to convert an existing attached garage into living accommodation, permission to make some minor changes to the existing elevations of the dwelling and all associated site works
2560674Conditional5 Sept 20255260 mthe construction of 52 no. residential dwelling units comprising of 3 no. house-type G (4 bed 7 person two-storey semi-detached house), 15 no. house-type H (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached house), 18 no. house-type K (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached / terraced house), and 2 no. two-storey duplex blocks, Block C & Block D, comprising each of 4 no. duplex-type A (2 bed 3 person unit) at ground floor level, and 4 no. duplex-type B (1 bed 2 person unit) at first floor level. The application also seeks permission for new vehicular entrance to the site from Brittas Rd, local roads and footpaths, resident and visitor parking, bicycle parking, 1 no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works
2460922Conditional12 Aug 202544145 mthe construction of 60 no. residential dwelling units comprising of 5 no. house-type G (4 bed 7person two-storey semi-detached house), 11no. house-type H (3 bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 16 no. house-type K (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached house), 12 no. house-type N (2 bed 4 person two-storey terraced house), and 2 no. two-storey duplex blocks comprising each of 4 no. duplex-type A (2 bed 3 person unit) at ground floor level, and 4 no. duplex-type B (1bed 2 person unit) at first floor level, and a two-storey detached creche building with a 47 no. child capacity. The application also seeks permission for the demolition of an existing detached bungalow and accompanying shed structure, new vehicular entrance to the site from Brittas Rd, local roads and footpaths, resident and visitor parking, creche parking and set-down, bicycle parking, 1 no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works
24179Conditional20 Sept 20241351 mbungalow style dwelling house with partially converted attic space as constructed with its connection to mains water supply and mains public sewer, an entrance, 2 sheds and a glasshouse and all associated site works
2260691Conditional24 May 20230474 mthe change of use of the premises from residential use to commercial office together with all associated site works
211757Conditional13 Sept 20220351 mgarage building for the repairing of crashed/damaged vehicles and for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds, permission for the storage of end of life vehicles awaiting depollution within a new proposed building permission for the storage of de-polluted cars awaiting collection in exterior yard, permission for the installation of 1 no. interceptor's to discharge to main drainage system. This site will be subject to a waste facility permit
211487Refused2 Dec 20211122 mconstruction of a bungalow dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, connection to public waste water network and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
323590—Granted with conditions4 Mar 2026145 m
316439—Other14 Aug 202325 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

  • 23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026
  • 23 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.