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Observation pack · Tipperary County Council

Toberaheena Td and Lawlesstown Td , Clonmel , Co. Tipperary

1) a new gym building extension incorporating a dedicated medical room, 2) conversion of the existing gym area to provide for additional dressing room facilities, and also modifications to showers and WCs, 3) the relocation of the existing equipment storage container and 4) all associated site works

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
2660962 · full record
Authority
Tipperary County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
64 m²
Received
30 Sept 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
—
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/2660962/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660962 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 4 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
G4
Open space
Open Space & Recreation: To preserve and provide for open space, sports and recreational amenitiesclonmel 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
2560397Conditional18 Nov 20250207 ma proposed single storey modular office building and link to the east of the existing facility, alterations to the existing façade, and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works. All access to the site will be by way of the existing access roads off Cashel Road
2460443Conditional25 Jul 20240363 mthe two number storage sheds in the rear garden, including all associated site development works
2460052Conditional21 May 202407 m(a) demolish an existing shed, and (b) construct a single storey building to include dressing rooms with showers, sanitary facilities, and store and all associated site development works
2360802Conditional22 Nov 20230331 ma proposed single storey extension to the west of the existing facility, alterations to the roof plant screening enclosure and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works, all access to the site will be by way of the existing access roads off Cashel Road
2360141Conditional13 Apr 20230408 ma) the construction of a single-storey (eaves height 8.255m) Central Utilities Building in the service yard to the rear of the existing building to accommodate plant and equipment, and all associated site services and site development works.
2360140Conditional13 Apr 20230408 ma) Single-storey shed on the Western boundary of the rear service yard and all associated site services and site development works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
320348—Other25 Sept 2024264 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

  • 30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
  • 30 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Tipperary County Council before relying on it.