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Observation pack · Tipperary County Council

Benamore , Roscrea , Co. Tipperary

new dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, entrance and all ancillary site works

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660951 · full record
Authority
Tipperary County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
1
Floor area
266 m²
Site area
3,143 m²
Received
28 Sept 2026
We first saw it
30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due
22 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/2660951/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660951 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 2 Nov 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
P5
Rural and agricultural
Town Environs: To provide for agricultural needs and to protect and enhance the rural environment and setting of the settlementroscrea local area plan 2023 202923 Oct 2023 → 11 Sept 2029
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenityroscrea local area plan 2023 202923 Oct 2023 → 11 Sept 2029

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

  • NIAH-recorded building × 1
    Birchgrove House

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660245Conditional30 Jul 20260431 mthe following: 1) retention permission to retain a storage warehouse extension to the side of the previously approved existing retail warehouse building, 2) retention permission to retain existing pedestrian access located at the front corner of the site, 3) retention permission to retain a 1st floor storage mezzanine floor within the existing previously approved retail warehouse, 4) planning PERMISSION for alterations to the existing elevations to the building, 5) planning permission to revise and extend the site boundaries and construct a new commercial deliveries entrance and ancillary works
2660016Conditional31 Mar 20260475 ma new single storey extension, 1362m2, to the side of the existing school building. It will comprise of 6 no. classrooms, library, clinical and sensory rooms, ancillary support spaces and a courtyard play space. The proposal also includes an extension to the existing boiler room, an accessible covered set down area, new parking layout, a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works. The proposed works are within the curtilage of a Protected Structure, Corville House, Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea. RPS No. TRPS136
2560996Conditional13 Nov 20250270 malterations to previously granted permission reference 2560129 including conversion of existing shed which was to be demolished into part of the proposed extension and all associated site works
2560593Conditional12 Aug 20250219 mthe construction of a single storey office and storage cabin unit to rear of the existing bed & breakfast business
2560451Conditional8 Jul 20250495 mdevelopment for 2 number warehousing units with parking facilities and all associated site works
2560129Conditional14 Apr 20250270 ma new extension to existing dwelling, to move an existing entrance, to demolish an existing shed and all associated site works
2360848Conditional24 May 20240333 mportal frame building for the storage, cleaning, reconditioning and recycling of IBC's and drums, storage yards, water collection and recycling tanks, site fencing, landscaping, solar panels, office and welfare facilities, parking and all associated site works - this application consists of a development for an activity for which a Waste Licence is required from the Environmental Protection Agency
22557Conditional16 Mar 20231232 ma 36m high multi-user lattice tower telecommunications structure with headframe raised on a 1.2 m concrete plinth, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed with a 2.4 metre palisade fence compound with associated ground equipment and associated site works including new entrance and access track

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
320013—Invalid26 Jun 2024333 m
319973—Invalid21 Jun 2024333 m
316245—Refused5 Apr 2024232 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

  • 28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
  • 28 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Tipperary County Council before relying on it.