Tipperary County Council gives go-ahead for major housing development at Tyone

Tipperary County Council has granted permission for a major housing development at Tyone on the Nenagh to Thurles road.

The plan by Lisbunny Developments Limited is for the construction of 92 residential units.

The residential units will consist of 30 two- storey four-bed semi-detached houses, 44 two-storey three-bed semi-detached houses, 12 single storey two-bed semi-detached bungalows, four two-storey three-bed end terrace houses, two two-storey two-bed mid terrace houses.

The proposed development will also include new internal roadways and footpaths, a proposed new distributor road to the east and south-east of proposed development, pedestrian / cycle access off the existing Tyone Road to the south-west of the site, vehicular access from the existing Ormond Drive to the south-east of the site, new vehicular and pedestrian access, new boundary treatments, landscaping, drainage, site services including new ESB kiosk, attenuation ponds and foul water pumping station and all ancillary site works.

The council granted permission for the development on January 10 with 20 conditions.

The initial application for the houses had been lodged with the council on April 22, 2022.

Among those who made observations were Iarnród Éireann, who listed 14 submissions which they said were for safety reasons in operating the railway and which they asked be included in planning conditions.

Among these were the need to maintain the railway boundary and for Iarnród Éireann staff to be able to access culverts.

Another observeration related to the fact that railways operated 24/7 and could be noisy

Observations were also submitted by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and related to the need to maintain or replace hedgerows for nesting birds and that there would be no impact on Lough Derg due to the development being close to the Nenagh River, which runs into the lake.