122-home scheme proposed at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

In context

It is one of 50 housing scheme applications Tipperary County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

a Large-Scale Residential Development to consist of amendments to the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permitted on site under Ref. ABP-311290-21 for 115 no. residential units (47 no. apartments/duplexes within 5 no. 3 storey blocks and 68 no. 2-4 bed houses), creche and associated works. This amendment application seeks to omit all permitted duplex units (24 no.) and replace with a mix of additional houses (8 no.) and apartments (23 no.) along with a revised mix of units, resulting in a revised residential development of 122 no. units (7 no. additional units) and comprising: - 46 no. apartments (8 no. 1-bed & 38 no. 2-bed) within 3 no. 3 storey blocks - 76 no. two-three storey houses (9 no. 2-bed terraced houses, 37 no. 3-bed terraced houses, 10 no. 3-bed semi-detached houses & 20 no. 4-bed semi-detached houses). This amendment also includes a revised childcare facility of c.160 sq.m, and revised car and cycle parking provision (resulting in a revised overall total of 205 no. car parking spaces and 389 no. cycle parking spaces to serve the entire development). Vehicular and pedestrian access to be provided from Coleville Road (R680) as per the parent permission. All other site works including boundary treatments, landscaping and site services to facilitate development. The remainder of the development to be carried out in accordance with the parent permission Ref. ABP-311290-21. An updated Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.