GrantedCommercialDecided 27 September 2021

Bank Place, Tipperary Town, Co. Tipperary

Demolition of the existing Lidl store and construction of a larger, new Lidl supermarket with solar panels.

2127 · Tipperary County Council · Lodged 14 January 2021

Reference: 2127
Authority: Tipperary County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 14 January 2021

Summary

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The proposal involves the demolition of the existing 1,340 sq m Lidl store and the construction of a new, larger mono-pitched Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore totalling 2,102 sq m. The development will feature a rooftop solar panel array, corporate signage, and 114 surface parking spaces.

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Storeys: 2
Floor area: 2,102 m²

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Development description

The demolition of the existing lidl licensed discount foodstore (1,340 sq m gross floor space with 1,060 sq m net retail floorspace) and the construction of a new mono-pitched licenced discount foodstore with ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works (all totalling 2,102 sq m gross floor space and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys) at a site of approximately 0.93 hectares. The construction of the proposed new single level licenced discount foodstore (2,088 sq m gross floor area) comprises of a retail sales with ancillary off-licence use and bakery (total net retails floorspace of 1,423 sq m), entrance pod, public facilities (incl. Customer lobby and toilets), staff facilities (incl. Cloakroom, toilets, staff canteen welfare lobbies, operational office, meeting and i. T rooms), storage (incl. Cold storage), plant room and delivery area; rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array totalling 910 sq m; corporate signage consisting of 2 no. Building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 3 no. Wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards and 1 no. Free standing internally illuminated flag pole sign at entrance; 114 no. Surface car parking spaces (8 no. Disabled, 4 no parent and child, 2 no. Ev charging spaces and 100 no. Regular); 8 no. Bicycle parking spaces; primary vehicular and pedestrian entrance access to the proposed new licenced discount foodstore development will be via a repositioned enhanced site entrance onto bank place; and boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, services (incl. Relocation of esb substation into a 14 sq m gross floor space building) and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 15, Blind St, Tipperary	Dec 2025	€60,000	48 m
Elmores, 19 Bank Place, Tipperary	Dec 2025	€60,000	86 m
11 Bank Place, Tipperary Town, Tipperary	Mar 2025	€32,600	103 m
7 Bank Place, Tipperary Town, Tipperary	Feb 2026	€135,000	122 m
29 Bank Place, Tipperary, Tipperary	Nov 2025	€220,000	125 m
3 Fr Matthew Street, Tipperary, Co Tipperary	Apr 2026	€145,000	168 m
6 Bansha Rd, Tipperary Town, Tipperary	Mar 2025	€95,000	195 m
10 Father Mathew St, Tipperary, Tipperary	Jun 2025	€92,000	197 m

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Application received14 January 2021
Further information requested9 March 2021
Further information received1 September 2021
Decision due28 September 2021
Decision issued27 September 2021
Grant issued31 October 2021
Permission expiry30 October 2026

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