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Thurles Planning Alerts From Tipperary County Council.

Application Ref: 2561330.
Applicant: International Systems and Equipment Limited.
Development Address: Chs Logistics, Cabragh Business Park, Cabra, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: creating a new vehicular entrance gateway and the construction of new boundary palisade fencing to divide the site and all associated site works.
Status: N/A.
Application Received: 18/12/2025.
Decision Date: N/A.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561330/0

Application Ref: 2561322.
Applicant: John Shanahan.
Development Address: Bohernanave, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: as constructed timber out house and all associated siteworks.
Status: N/A.
Application Received: 17/12/2025.
Decision Date: N/A.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561322/0.

Application Ref: 2561097.
Applicant: Nua Healthcare Services.
Development Address: Coolkennedy, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: the conversion of the existing garage to a single-occupancy communal dwelling unit, including internal alterations and the provision of living, dining, and bathroom facilities for persons with an intellectual or physical disability, together with changes.
Status: Refused.
Application Received: 31/10/2025.
Decision Date: 19/12/2025.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561097/0.

Application Ref: 2460987.
Applicant: Dew Valley Foods.
Development Address: Dew Valley Foods, Holycross Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: A 10-year permission for the development which will consist of the phased extension of the existing food manufacturing facility comprising: (1) construction of an 11,267 m² extension to the existing food manufacturing facility, including: (a) cold storage.
Status: Conditional.
Application Received: 18/11/2024.
Decision Date: 15/12/2025.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460987/0.

Tipperary Co. Co. Invite Public Consultation On Harmonised Parking Bye-Laws.

Tipperary County Council to invite public consultation on Harmonised Parking Bye-Laws 2026.

Tipperary County Council will commence a public consultation on January 12th 2026 regarding the proposed “Harmonised Parking Bye-Laws 2026”.
These bye-laws aim to deliver a fair, consistent and modern county-wide parking system, moving away from the nine separate systems, which currently exist in each of our towns where there is a charge for parking.

The key proposed changes are as follows:

Three-tier charging structure for the nine towns reflecting the diverse character of each town.
Tier 1: Clonmel.
Tier 2: Thurles, Nenagh.
Tier 3: Roscrea, Templemore, Tipperary Town, Cashel, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir.

Formal 20-minute free parking period in short and medium-stay parking zones; (perfect for that person in flat shoes, who can complete a full town-centre errand, involving running at Olympic pace; to post a letter; collect a prescription; grab a loaf; que at a Supermarket check-out; then find the one shop you actually needed is closed, and be back at the car before the engine properly cools).
Standard parking location maps for all pay parking areas across all Tipperary towns.
Parking zones at different rates will still be decided by the Elected Members at District level, if they can avoid their full time teaching posts and other occupations, in order to attend.

The new county-wide bye-laws seek to:

Support our town centres by encouraging parking turnover and the associated footfall.
Provide equity county-wide with equal charges for similar parking services for the towns in each of the 3 tiers.
Introduce a formal 20-minute free parking period in short and medium-stay town centre zones.
Ensure that off-street car parking will be cheaper than on-street parking.
Provide clarity and consistency with standardised permit categories and charging times county-wide.
Provide clear and consistent mapping of the parking system across all nine towns for public display.

The proposed bye-laws will replace multiple existing regulations and bye-laws and, subject to adoption, are expected to come into effect on September 1st 2026.

In parallel to the new bye-laws a scheme is proposed to return a percentage of parking income to each of the nine towns where that income is generated: same to support and fund town centre projects, initiatives and developments, e.g. Straighten sign posts and replace bollards removed by high sided vehicles the week before, or correct errors previously designed by money wasting town engineers. On wonders where such funds generated were allocated previously.
However, focusing on Thurles; many will note a small mathematical complication: you can’t generate much parking income in a town centre where car parks remain unavailable and areas, like our town centre, where there are little to no spaces left to generate it from. It’s a bit like running a swimming pool fundraiser, after the water has been removed.

And while Thurles town centre may be short on parking, retail consumers point out it doesn’t seem short on enforcement, with two traffic wardens still in place, giving the impression that Thurles has perfected a rare civic innovation: a town centre where parking is scarce, but getting a ticket remains reliably available.

Tipperary County Council will have these draft Bye Laws available for inspection from January 12th 2026, for a period of one month, and will be inviting comments and submissions on these bye-law proposals for a further two weeks.

Members of the public are encouraged to participate, safe in the knowledge that their views, as is usual, will be carefully received, respectfully acknowledged, and then placed in the traditional local authority filing system marked as “Please Ignore”.

Thurles Planning Alert From Tipperary County Council.

Application Ref: 2561285.
Applicant: Donal Commins & Laura Jane Dee.
Development Address: Wrensborough, Drish, Thurles.
Development Description: Construction of a dwelling house, entrance, effluent treatment system together with all associated site works together with all associated site works.
Status: N/A
Application Received: 12/12/2025
Decision Date: N/A.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561285/0.

Application Ref: 2561286.
Applicant: Helen Maher.
Development Address: Cormackstown, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: A single storey / storey and half dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and associated site works.
Status: N/A
Application Received: 12/12/2025
Decision Date: N/A
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561286/0.

Application Ref: 2561277.
Applicant: Bernard O’Mahony.
Development Address: Corbally, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: As constructed extensions to sides of existing dwelling together with PERMISSION for construction of detached domestic garage together with all associated incidental and site works.
Status: N/A
Application Received: 11/12/2025
Decision Date: N/A
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561277/0.

Application Ref: 2561284.
Applicant: Damien Ryan.
Development Address: At The Corner Of Westgate And Croke Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: Change of use of existing ground floor from retail/commercial use to residential use, with changes to the front and side elevations of the existing building with all associated site works.
Status: N/A
Application Received: 11/12/2025
Decision Date: N/A
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561284/0 .

Application Ref: 25222.
Applicant: Barry and Louise Murphy.
Development Address: 24 Cluain Dara, Monadreen, Stradavoher.
Development Description: Single storey extension to enlarge existing kitchen/dining area to the rear of two-storey semi-detached dwelling house and all associated site works.
Status: Conditional.
Application Received: 03/11/2025.
Decision Date: 10/12/2025.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/25222/0.

Application Ref: 25217.
Applicant: Andy Leahy.
Development Address: Ballycurrane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: 1) A domestic extensions to the existing dwelling and including all associated alterations to external facades, 2) Two domestic storage sheds, 3) Amendments to original vehicular access, and including all associated site development works.
Status: Conditional.
Application Received: 22/10/2025.
Decision Date: 09/12/2025.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/25217/0.

Application Ref: 2560982.
Applicant: Liam Judge.
Development Address: No. 2 Windsor Grove, Mill Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Development Description: Construction of 2 no. semi detached bungalows, entrances, together with all associated site works.
Status: Conditional.
Application Received: 02/10/2025.
Decision Date: 10/12/2025.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560982/0 .

Application Ref: 2560847.
Applicant: Liam Carroll.
Development Address: Slievenamon Road, Clongower (Townland), Thurles.
Development Description: A two-storey dwelling house on zoned residential backlands to Slievenamon Road, Clongower (townland), access via existing access lane to/from ‘The Willows’ residential estate, Slievenamon Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary comprising: (a) upgrade to existing access road (bitmac finish road, concrete footpaths, lighting), (b) site services, (c) boundary treatment and landscaping, (d) waste water pumping station (macerator, duty and standby pumps) with 63mm outside diameter MDPE rising main discharging to existing Uisce Éireann foul manhole in ‘The Willows’ road network adjacent to the site, (e) landscaping and all other associated ancillary works.
Status: Conditional.
Application Received: 29/08/2025.
Decision Date: 10/12/2025.
Further Details: http://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560847/0.

Shannon-To-Dublin Water Supply Project – Key Objections & Core Facts.

Uisce Éireann is to submit a Strategic Infrastructure Development planning application, alongside a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) application, to An Coimisiún Pleanála for the Water Supply Project Eastern and Midlands Region, described as the largest-ever water project in Irish history.

What does the project propose?
Uisce Éireann plans to abstract water from Parteen Basin (Lower River Shannon), treat it near Birdhill, Co Tipperary, and pipe treated water about 170km through counties Tipperary, Offaly and Kildare to a new termination reservoir at Peamount, Co Dublin, connecting into the Greater Dublin Area network.

How much water would be taken?
Uisce Éireann says the scheme would abstract a maximum of 2% of the average/long-term average flow at Parteen Basin.

Why is it being pursued?
Uisce Éireann says the Eastern & Midlands region is over-reliant on a single source (the River Liffey system) and that population/economic growth and climate pressures will increase demand; it says a new source is needed for resilience.

What is the cost and timeline?
Subject to planning, Uisce Éireann proposes construction starting in 2028, completing within five years, with an estimated budget of €4.58bn–€5.96bn and more than 1,000 direct jobs at peak construction.

How many landowners are affected?
Reporting on the scheme states the underground pipeline would cross lands belonging to about 500 owners.

What are objectors saying?
1) Environmental impact on the Shannon / Natura 2000 protections.
A key objection is potential ecological impact on the Shannon system. Parteen Basin is within the Lower River Shannon SAC (site code 002165), and critics argue abstraction/infrastructure must be proven not to adversely affect protected habitats/species.

2) “Fix the leaks first”.
Opponents argue Dublin’s deficit should be tackled primarily through leakage reduction and network upgrades. Uisce Éireann’s own figures state about 37% of treated water is lost through leaks nationally.
(Analysis has cited 37% nationally and 33% in the Greater Dublin Area lost to leaks.)

3) Demand and climate assumptions.
Some stakeholders have challenged the robustness and horizon of demand forecasts,raising issues such as planning beyond 2050, climate impacts and high-demand users (including data centres and large energy users), particularly during drought.

4) Cost escalation and value-for-money.
Objectors highlight the multibillion price tag (often described as “about €6bn”) and warn of further escalation; reporting has referenced a worst-case risk scenario exceeding €10bn in official correspondence.

5) Land access, CPO concerns, disruption and compensation/tax.
Landowner objections include disruption during construction, long-term land constraints, and concerns about compensation treatment (including tax/VAT implications).

What is Uisce Éireann’s response ?

It says the abstraction would be capped at 2% of Parteen Basin flows and that the application includes an EIAR and Natura Impact Statement.
It says leakage reduction is part of the solution, but that a new source is still required for resilience.
It points to landowner liaison and a negotiated voluntary wayleave/land package agreed with farming bodies.

What happens next ?
Uisce Éireann says planning notices run from 12 December 2025 and planning documents will be available from 19 December 2025 once lodged.
The project page states submissions/observations to An Coimisiún Pleanála may be made from January 6th 2026 until February 25th 2026 at 5.30pm.

Tipperary To Consult On New Parking Regime – Thurles Calls Grow to Abolish Charges.

Tipperary parking shake-up to go to consultation in early 2026, with Thurles calls growing to scrap charges.

A countywide overhaul of parking charges and permits across Tipperary’s nine pay-parking towns is due to go to public consultation in early 2026, after councillors examined proposals at a series of workshops aimed at “harmonising” how parking is managed from town to town.

The characterisation of Thurles town centre as *“just a drive through area”* reflects ongoing public concerns about traffic congestion and the impact of traffic management schemes on the town’s future vitality.

The nine towns currently within the Council’s eParking/pay-parking system are Thurles, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, Clonmel, Nenagh, Roscrea, Templemore and Tipperary Town.

What’s in the proposals (as currently outlined)?
Three-tier classification: the nine towns would be grouped into Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3, with a different pricing structure depending on classification.
First 20 minutes free: the plan would introduce a formal 20-minute free-parking period in each town when implemented (reported for September 2026).
Charging hours: parking charges are proposed to apply 8.30am–6.30pm, every day except Sunday.
Permit overhaul: reforms are proposed for the full range of permits, including categories such as residential and visitor permits, alongside other permit types.
Off-street incentives and local “return” of revenue: the outline includes lower charges for off-street parking and a new approach to how parking income is used locally (with towns retaining a share of additional revenue above an agreed baseline).
Submissions urged: the public are being encouraged to make submissions, seeking calls for one hour duration in free parking, rather than 20 minutes.

Why Thurles is central to the debate.

Despite Tipperary County Council initiatives framed as boosting Thurles town-centre trade and footfall (including measures such as time-limited free parking promotions), local retailers have long argued the centre cannot compete with shopping centres offering easier/free parking.
They say that, following recent town-centre parking changes and the loss/uncertainty around key capacity, shopper activity has increasingly gravitated towards Thurles Shopping Centre and LIDL on Slievenamon Road, to the detriment of town-centre shops, because sufficient convenient parking has not been maintained with recent upgrading.

In Thurles, the conversation is being shaped by a series of recent town-centre parking and traffic changes, including:

A push to increase short-stay turnover in central areas, following concerns that all-day parking by workers was squeezing out shoppers.
Ongoing controversy around plans linked to Liberty Square, where parking spaces have been a recurring flashpoint.
The introduction of updated local rules under Thurles Municipal District Parking Bye-Laws 2025, adopted by elected members and brought into effect in April 2025.
Pressure on supply from the loss/closure of key town-centre parking, including the Munster Hotel car park closure, Market Area and The Source closures, alongside other long-term reductions referenced locally (reported as over 100 spaces).

“Abolish charges altogether” – the emerging Thurles position.
Against that backdrop, the argument being made by some in Thurles is straightforward: because the town centre has already absorbed significant disruption and a tightening of parking availability, parking charges should be abolished altogether rather than “rebalanced.”
There is precedent for this stance in the Liberty Square context, with calls previously made for parking charges to be suspended in Thurles during major works to help protect footfall.

What happens next ?
The Council is expected to publish consultation details in early 2026, allowing residents, traders and commuters to lodge submissions on:

the tiering model,
the free-parking period,
charging hours and enforcement,
permit eligibility and pricing,
how parking income should be reinvested locally.

Tipperary County Council already uses its online portal to run formal public consultations on matters of upgrading and parking bye-law proposals, however, the petty exercise of same authority, by minor officials is perceived only as a “tick box” exercise, rather than a meaningful tool for future public consultative policy development.