60-home scheme proposed at Brittas Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

In context

It is one of 49 housing scheme applications Tipperary County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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.

construction of 60no. residential dwelling units comprising of 5no. house-type G (4bed 7person two-storey semi-detached house), 11no. house-type H (3bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 16no. house-type K (3bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 12no. house-type N (2bed 4person two-storey terraced house), and 2no. two-storey duplex blocks comprising each of 4no. duplex-type A (2bed 3person unit) at ground floor level, and 4no. duplex-type B (1bed 2person unit) at first floor level, and a two-storey detached creche building with a 47no. child capacity and permission for the demolition of an existing detached bungalow and accompanying shed structure, new vehicular entrance to the site from Brittas Rd, local roads and footpaths, resident and visitor parking, creche parking and set-down, bicycle parking, 1no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works.