Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedIndustrialDecided 15 December 2025

Dew Valley Foods, Holycross Road Thurles, Co. Tipperary

A major 10-year phased expansion of a food manufacturing facility in Thurles.

2460987 · Tipperary County Council · Lodged 18 November 2024

Reference
2460987
Authority
Tipperary County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
18 November 2024

Summary

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The development consists of a phased extension to the existing Dew Valley Foods facility. Key elements include an 11,267 sqm factory extension, a 1,500 cubic meter storage building, wastewater and water treatment plant extensions, new storage tanks, and internal access roads.

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Floor area
11,267 m²

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

  • A 10-year permission for the development which will consist of the phased extension of the existing food manufacturing facility comprising
  • Construction of an 11,267 m² extension to the existing food manufacturing facility, including: (a) cold storage areas; (b) two-storey office space, toilet block, and drivers’ area; (c) new processing, packing, intake/dispatch areas; (d) electrical plant, maintenance rooms, and external steel access staircases; (e) new gas tanks, transformer compound, and pipe bridge
  • Construction of an 1,500 m³ storage building for packaging and machinery
  • Extension of existing wastewater treatment plant (wwtp) buildings (primary: 107 m², secondary: 250 m²)
  • Construction of an 110 m² waste collection building
  • Extension to the existing water treatment plant (wtp) building (70 m²)
  • Expansion of the high temperature (ht) plant room (64 m²)
  • Construction of 4 no. Tanks
  • Installation of 3 no. Bunded kerosene tanks (50,000 l each)
  • Construction of a 16 m high boiler stack
  • Construction of new internal access roads (c. 8,825 m²)
  • Creation of a 520 m² internal courtyard area
  • Construction of a 630 m² external storage compound
  • Construction of a 3,120 m³ stormwater attenuation pond and discharge line
  • Installation of a standby treated effluent discharge pipeline (1,490 m)
  • Realignment and expansion of site boundary, including new boundary walls, fencing and planting
  • Provision of an additional 8 no. Truck parking spaces
  • Relocation of the existing fuel tank and weighbridge
  • Expansion of the existing sprinkler pump house (24 m²)
  • Conversion of 22 no. Existing car spaces including 1 no. Accessible space to 22 no. Ev car spaces as required and provision of 30 no. Bicycle parking spaces
  • Installation of new site lighting
  • Demolition of existing buildings and structures (total 1,840 m²); and
  • All ancillary site development works and services to facilitate the development including drainage, landscaping, temporary construction compound and utility connections. An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) and a natura impact statement (nis) has been submitted to the planning authority with this application

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received18 November 2024
  2. Further information requested20 January 2025
  3. Further information received4 July 2025
  4. Decision due16 December 2025
  5. Decision issued15 December 2025
  6. Grant issued27 January 2026
  7. Permission expiry26 January 2036

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