GrantedCommercialDecided 16 October 2017

Martyr's Road, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

Demolition of the O'Connor's shopping centre to build a new supermarket, a retail building, and convert the existing Lidl.

17600313 · Tipperary County Council · Lodged 29 March 2017

Reference: 17600313
Authority: Tipperary County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 29 March 2017

Summary

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This major development involves the demolition of the existing 6,920.5 sqm shopping centre. In its place, a new 2,684 sqm licensed supermarket and a separate 370 sqm commercial building will be constructed, alongside the change of use of the existing Lidl store to a standard shop.

Commercialsupermarketdemolitionretail

Floor area: 2,684 m²

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of o’connor’s nenagh supermarket shopping centre & associated structures (comprising 2 no. Buildings totalling 6920.5 sqm gross floor area with 2800 sqm net retail sales area, & ranging in height between 1 & 2 storeys), construction of new mono-pitched licenced supermarket with ancillary infrastructure & associated site development works (all totalling 2684 sqm gfa with 1420 net retail sales area ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys) at location of demolished buildings, construction of a separate commercial/retail building with ancillary infrastructure & associated site development works (total 370 sqm gfa with height equivalent of 2 storeys) the change of use of existing lidi licenced discount foodstore from a licenced discount foodstore to a shop (use as defined within article 5(1) of the planning & development regs 2001-2015) with a gfa of 1255 sqm & a net retail sales area of 1035 sqm, at this site of approx. 1.814 ha (comprising the o’connor’s nenagh supermarket shopping centre & nenagh lidl licenced discount foodstore). Construction of proposed new mono-pitched licenced supermarket (2,651 sq m gfa) comprises of: retail sales area with ancillary off-licence use (net retail sales area of 1420 sqm), bakery, public facilities (lobby & toilets), office, ent. Pod, storage (cold storage), stairs & lift to 1st floor, delivery warehouse area, at ground floor level; staff welfare (toilets, change rooms & staff room), roof terrace, office, it rm, plant rm, stairs & lift from ground floor, at 1st floor level; 2 no. Build mounted corporate internally illuminated signs; 2 no. Free standing internally illuminated totem pole signs at entrances; 3 no. Wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display; 1 no. Wall mounted externally illuminated info display board; 2 no. Finger post directional signs; 1 no. Trolley bay covered structure (33 sqm gfa); 180 no. Surface car park spaces (10 no. Disabled, 6 no. Parent & child, & 164 no. Regular); 20 no. Bicycle park spaces; primary vehicular & pedestrian access to proposed development via a new site entrance from martyr’s rd; pedestrian access to proposed development will be further enhanced via a plaza area along the northern boundary adjacent to the new site entrance from martyr’s rd & boundary treatments, hard & soft landscaping, services (incl. Attenuation) & all other ancillary & assoc. Site development works above & below ground level

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal siteRE

“To provide for targeted enterprise and/or residential led regeneration within the consolidation area on underused sites”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

Objective set by the Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030 (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
17 Mcdonagh St, Nenagh, Co Tipperary	Jun 2026	€203,000	181 m
5 Rossa Place, Macdonagh Street, Nenagh	Jul 2025	€55,000	191 m
6 Casement Tce, Nenagh, Tipperary	Sept 2025	€182,500	200 m
Dublin Rd, Nenagh, Tipperary	Sept 2025	€325,000	253 m
8 Summerhill, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary	Apr 2026	€135,000	261 m
2 Summerhill, Nenagh, Tipperary	Jan 2026	€155,000	263 m
27 Summerhill, Nenagh, Tipperary	Mar 2026	€183,500	283 m
Caseys Cross, Nenagh, Tipperary	Feb 2025	€221,000	304 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received29 March 2017
Further information requested17 May 2017
Further information received19 September 2017
Decision due23 May 2017
Decision issued16 October 2017
Grant issued3 January 2018
Appeal submitted13 November 2017
Permission expiry2 January 2023

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