GrantedHousing estateDecided 14 June 2023

Abbey Road (R884) and Convent Road (R665), Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Construction of 93 homes, two retail units, a cafe, and a riverside walk in Clonmel.

2260538 · Tipperary County Council · Lodged 5 October 2022

Reference: 2260538
Authority: Tipperary County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 5 October 2022
Residential units: 37
Floor area: 3782.79 m²

Summary

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A mixed-use development is proposed consisting of 30 two-storey houses, 21 three-storey duplex apartments, and a four-to-five storey apartment building with 42 apartments. The scheme also includes two ground-floor retail units, a cafe, a public plaza, and a riverside walk along the River Suir.

Housing estatemixed useapartmentsretailriverside

Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

A mixed-use development that will provide 93 no. Residential dwellings 2 no. Local retail units, a cafe and a riverside walk. The 93 no. Residential dwellings are in the form of 30 no. Two storey houses, 21 no. Three storey duplex apartments and a four and five storey apartment building containing 42 no. Apartments (three of which are duplex). All duplex and apartments have balconies or ground floor terraces. The 2 no. Retail units and the café are located on the ground floor of the apartment building. Open space provided on site consists of a central public open space (1,610sq. M), public plaza (c. 200sq. M) as well as a riverside walk (3,000sq. M) along the south of the site bound by the river suir. Residents of the apartment building will also have access to a communal roof garden at fourth floor level. The proposed development will include the reduction in height and alterations to the existing stone boundary wall on abbey road and removal of the remaining boundary walls onto abbey road and convent road and increase permeability through the site. A single vehicular access is proposed off abbey road and there will be dedicated pedestrian/cycle access points to both abbey road and convent road, all associated car parking including car parking on abbey road and convent road, footpaths and alterations to road markings on abbey road and convent road, landscaping and boundary treatments, bin storage and bicycle storage structures, public lighting, esb sub-station and all associated site development works, including alterations to existing site levels and retaining walls/structures and the removal/decommissioning of existing utility structures and services on site. The planning application will be accompanied by a natura impact statement (nis)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RegenerationRE

“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 Clonmel and Environs 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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 Abbey Lawn, Abbey Road, Clonmelprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€317,181	123 m
7 St Stephens Grove, Clonmel, Tipperary	May 2026	€372,000	169 m
18 St Patricks Terrace, Clonmel, Tipperary	Apr 2025	€242,000	203 m
40 Connolly Park, Clonmel, Tipperary	Nov 2025	€272,000	296 m
3 Upper Irishtown, Clonmel, Irishtown	Jun 2026	€165,000	423 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received5 October 2022
Further information requested28 November 2022
Further information received6 April 2023
Decision due15 June 2023
Decision issued14 June 2023
Grant issued18 July 2023
Permission expiry17 July 2028

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