55-home scheme proposed at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

In context

It is one of 51 housing scheme applications Tipperary County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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.

the construction of a residential housing estate. The development will consist of the construction of a 55-unit residential estate, comprising: 10 no. semi-detached 4-bedroom 2-storey houses; 32 no. semi-detached 3-bedroom 2-storey houses; 1 no. detached 2-bedroom single-storey house; 2 no. 2- storey terraced blocks containing 4 No. 2-bedroom mid terrace townhouses and 4 no. end of terrace 3-bedroom townhouses; and 1 no. 2-storey maisonette apartment block containing 4 no. 2-bedroom apartments. Other works as part of the development will include: (a) connection to infrastructure works, adjoining foul sewers, water mains and all utilities permitted under planning references, 05-43, 07-107, 05550043, 07550107, 17601211 & 19600097, and (b) the adjustment of site levels, site boundary treatments, open spaces, landscaping and all associated site development works. The site is accessed via Gort Na Manach housing scheme and the Poppyfield Roundabout