Observation pack · Tipperary County Council

Presentation Convent , Main Street , Fethard Co. Tipperary

Change of use, alterations and conservation works to the former convent, a protected structure, to provide 10 no. age-friendly apartments, day care accommodation and community spaces; alterations and conservation works to the former music rooms within the curtilage for change to day care use; demolition of two single-storey sheds and construction of a three-storey extension linking the convent to a new single-storey day care centre; construction of 9 no. single-storey age-friendly houses; a new vehicular entrance and reopening of an existing entrance onto Convent Lane, car and bicycle parking, bicycle shelters, refuse storage, tree removal, landscaping, public lighting, services and all ancillary site development works. The site is bound to the south by Fethard Town Walls, a protected structure. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

Observations close 4 Dec 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661071 · full record
Authority: Tipperary County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 2,093 m²
Site area: 9,786 m²
Received: 30 Oct 2026
Decision due: 2 Jan 2027

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/2661071/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661071 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 4 Dec 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 within 100 m

NIAH-recorded building × 9
Presentation Convent · Academy House · Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Recorded monument × 3
R138331 · Bridge · Memorial stone

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660301	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	1	134 m	the conversion and modifications to existing garage to accommodate a two-storey dwelling indefinitely and all associated site development works
2660554	Conditional	29 Jul 2026		424 m	modifications to previously approved application 2560461, including increase in floor area of proposed extension and increase in proposed ridge height to match main dwelling
2660350	Conditional	12 Jun 2026		208 m	construction of front lobby to the existing shop and for retention of the solar panels on the roof and Retention Permission of the new signage on the canopy, including all associated site development works
2560990	Conditional	27 Feb 2026		31 m	a) Construction of a new 2-storey clubhouse facility comprising of 2no. changing rooms, showers, toilet facilities, a referees’ room, a meeting room, a medical/store room and multi-purpose room; b) Demolition of existing spectator stand; c) Construction of new spectator stand; d) Installation of new hurling wall; e) Installation of a footpath and low-level; Perimeter fencing around the existing GAA pitch; f) Relocation of the existing electric scoreboard; g) Relocation of existing ball stop net; h) All associated site development works (the site is bounded to the south by Fethard Town Walls, which is a Protected Structure TRPS1743 (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022-2028))
2561234	Conditional	28 Jan 2026		387 m	as built first floor extension and permission for a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling with associated site works
2560873	Conditional	28 Oct 2025		59 m	the installation of an ATM to the front elevation and alterations to the shopfront and signage to suit and the replacement/repair of rain water goods and all necessary associated site works
2560581	Conditional	8 Aug 2025		267 m	the changes to previously approved planning permissions (Planning Ref no. 22/60289 & 23/60796) for a Primary Care Centre at this site. The changes consist of the following: a) the omission of an on-site roundabout in place of a connecting road, b) the relocation of mechanical plant to the roof of the main building, c) the provision of louvred screens on the roof of the main building to screen mechanical plant
2560461	Conditional	14 Jul 2025		424 m	the construction of a single-storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling house, minor modifications to existing house including roof mounted PV panels, and associated site works including new rear boundary

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501039		pending	25 Mar 2026	31 m
311076		Refused	13 Dec 2022	182 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 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 4 Dec 2026
30 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Tipperary County Council before relying on it.