The Old Convent, Ballingarry Lower, Thurles Co. Tipperary
Conversion of a protected former convent in Thurles into tourist accommodation, a digital hub, cafe, and community building.
2260482 · Tipperary County Council · Lodged 14 September 2022
- Reference
- 2260482
- Authority
- Tipperary County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 14 September 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThis project involves converting the disused Old Convent complex, a protected structure, into tourist accommodation comprising 7 individual dwellings. It also includes converting a school room to a digital hub, a chapel to a community building, a school to a showroom and cafe, and the demolition of 4 single-storey extensions.
- Residential units
- 7
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Development description
A). Alterations to existing disused convent buildings and for change of use to tourist accommodation to include 7 individually accessed dwellings comprising of 2 no. 2-bed houses, 2 no. 3-bed houses, 2 no 4-bed houses and 1 no. 5 bed house, b). Change of use and conversion of existing school room to digital hub, c). Conversion of existing mews building to ancillary building with pv solar array on south-facing pitch, d). Change of use and conversion of existing disused chapel to community building, e). Change of use and conversion of presentation national school to showroom and cafe, f). Demolition of 4 single-storey extensions, g). Construction of two roads on site, h). Improvements to existing site entrances, i). Upgrade existing effluent treatment system, j), provision of permeably paved car-parking spaces, k). Construct an outdoor cafe area, l). Bin storage stations, m). Subdivision of grounds to provide garden space for each house, n). Improvement to landscaping and site boundaries and all ancillary site and other works. The old convent complex is listed as a protected structure in the tipperary county development plan 2009, as varied, reference no s1082, niah reference numbers 22205506, 22205507 and 22205508
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- Application received14 September 2022
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