Presentation Convent , Main Street , Fethard Co. Tipperary
N/APlanning application 2661071
Tipperary - Tipperary County Council
Proposed Development
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
Application Timeline
Application received
30 Oct 2026
Decision due (upcoming)
2 Jan 2027
Application Details
- Location
- Presentation Convent , Main Street , Fethard Co. Tipperary
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Tipperary County Council
- Site Area
- 0.99 ha
- Floor Area
- 2092.9 sq m
- Residential Units
- 1
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 30 October 2026
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Decision
- N/A
- Decision Due
- 2 January 2027
Location
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the installation of a CCTV system, the works include the erection of new or replacement poles and cameras and transmitters at the following locations (a) on a replacement light pole at Green Street (b) on the Garda Station at Main Street (c) on a new pole at Fethard Secondary School, Rocklow Road (d) on an existing light pole on Main Street (e) on the Tholsel (A National Monument and Protected Structure Ref RPS S210) which will include erection of transmitters to the front and side elevation and erection of pole mounted transmitter on rear elevation (f) on Academy House, Main Street (g) on the Convent Hall, Main Street (h) on new pole at the Playground on Cashel Road (I) on Dooks building, Kerry Street (j) on the Council building on the Valley (k) on a new pole at Watergate Street (l) on Gaule's Pub at Burke Street
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