Tipperary County Council grants permission for 51-home scheme at Dromin Road, Drummin, Co. Tipperary

In context

It is one of 49 housing scheme applications Tipperary County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 26 September 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Tipperary County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

51 no. residential units which will comprise the following: a) 2 no. 2 storey detached apartment blocks, each with 2 number 1 and 2 bed apartments on ground floor and 2 number 1 and 2 bed apartments on first floor (total number of apartments in the 2 blocks total 16 units), b) 11 no. 3 bed 2-storey end-terrace houses (Type J & Jh’), c) 21 no. 2 bed 2-storey mid-terrace houses (Type K & Kh’), d) 3 no. 3 bed 2-storey end-terrace houses (Type L & Lh’), PERMISSION also for the demolition of 3 no. unfinished 2 storey dwellings and for the demolition of 3 no. foundations and bases for 3 no. 2 storey dwellings, all associated site works to include the following: new vehicular road and pedestrian access from the existing access on Dromin Road, new vehicular roads and pedestrian accesses from the extended access road, new boundary treatments, landscaping, public lighting, car parking, signage, bin storage and bicycle storage, together with all associated drainage connection works to include proposed surface water drainage to existing watercourse on Western boundary, proposed connection to existing foul sewer within site, water supply connection from existing water supply within site, together with all other associated site works, A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application