Observation pack · Tipperary County Council

Cloughjordan Granary , Step Road , Cloughjordan

the conversion of existing building to provide 2 no. duplex apartments, 1 no. townhouse and 1 no. commercial space, new wastewater pre-treatment system and soakaway for stormwater disposal. The building is a protected structure

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 16 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: 2660953 · 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: 926 m²
Received: 28 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660953/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660953 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.
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 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.
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
M2 Major town centre	Town / Village Centre: To provide and enhance village centre facilities to improve the service provision to the rural hinterland	tipperary county development plan 2022 2028 settlement plans	22 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.

Source: Tipperary County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Tipperary County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 6
house · store/warehouse · bank/financial institution
Recorded monument × 1
R184864

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660242	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	159 m	demolition of an existing side extension and construction of a new single storey side extension. The building is a protected structure (RPS603)
2660604	Conditional	28 Aug 2026	156 m	1. an alternative modular build structure providing dressing rooms & toilets previously granted under file ref:2360711, 2. a modular building to the western boundary of junior pitch, to provide a dressing room and storage, 3. provision of a docking station for robotic mower, 4. amendments to walkway layout & provision of walkway boundary fence as constructed, and PERMISSION for 1. the erection of a pedestal type EV Fast dual charger unit, 2. the provision of an additional two column lights to southern boundary for walkway, and 3. to provide an all-weather astro-turf playing surface to the existing Junior pitch area, with associated floodlighting
2561221	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	0 m	works to an existing building that include: 1) installation of a new timber truss to match existing, 2) re-roofing with woodfibre sarking board, counterbattens, battens and reused natural slate, 3) new edge flashing at eave coated to match new gutters. The building is a protected structure
2560611	Conditional	23 Mar 2026	180 m	the change of use of a 3-storey terraced house with an existing commercial premises on the ground floor from a single residential dwelling to multiple residential units. Proposed works include a new shopfront, new windows and doors, a new kitchen and bathroom and new roof lights - the house is a Protected Structure
2561325	Conditional	16 Feb 2026	131 m	development consisting of: 1) the indefinite retention of the existing kitchen and associated storage as exists, in lieu of the erection of the permitted kitchen and stores under Planning Permission no. 2360387, 2) the indefinite retention of the indoor bar/barbeque area and associated lean-to toilets as exists, in lieu of the permitted upgrading under Planning Permission no. 2360387, 3) all associated ancillary works for 1 & 2 above, 4) the indefinite retention of revised elevational treatment of glazed link to wedding venue previously approved under Planning Permission no. 2360387, 5) seasonal PERMISSION for the erection of a tent structure on the front lawn from March to October inclusive, every year, 6) PERMISSION to render the west gable of cookery school. The developments occur within the curtilage of and are part of a protected structure, RPS reference S456. There are three recorded monuments within the grounds: TN016-001001 - Tower House, TN016-001002 - Enclosure, TN016-001003 - 17th Century House
25255	Conditional	16 Feb 2026	149 m	existing dwelling extension and existing domestic store at rear of dwelling, as constructed and PERMISSION to erect a new domestic extension to rear of same dwelling
2561306	Conditional	13 Feb 2026	272 m	the construction of 1) a new playing pitch, associated goals, ball stop nets, floodlighting, dugouts, score board, fencing, 2) a walking track, associated protective fencing/barriers and lighting, 3) a surfaced vehicular parking area, internal access road, lighting, alterations and improvements to an existing entrance and all associated siteworks
2561250	Conditional	28 Jan 2026	127 m	the existing dwelling and outbuilding as constructed under planning grant 19600017 to include alterations to internal layout, elevations and use of the outbuilding as a meditation space and all associated siteworks as constructed. Permission is sought to provide a door to the north and the west elevations of the dwelling

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501190	—	Granted	10 Aug 2026	180 m
310054	—	Granted with conditions	14 Jan 2022	249 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 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Tipperary County Council before relying on it.