Tipperary County Council grants permission for 60-home scheme at Brittas Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

In context

It is one of 50 housing scheme applications Tipperary County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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 12 August 2025. 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.

the construction of 60 no. residential dwelling units comprising of 5 no. house-type G (4 bed 7person two-storey semi-detached house), 11no. house-type H (3 bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 16 no. house-type K (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached house), 12 no. house-type N (2 bed 4 person two-storey terraced house), and 2 no. two-storey duplex blocks comprising each of 4 no. duplex-type A (2 bed 3 person unit) at ground floor level, and 4 no. duplex-type B (1bed 2 person unit) at first floor level, and a two-storey detached creche building with a 47 no. child capacity. The application also seeks 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, 1 no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works