Community Input Being Sought For Developmemt Of Four Tipp Towns

Community input is being sought in the development of Local Area plans for Thurles, Nenagh, Clonmel and Roscrea.

The plans are being put in place following the adoption of a new county Development Plan for county Tipperary in August this year – planning officials say the LAPs are vital to allow community members to have an input into the future development of their town and to support applications for funding made by Tipperary county council to government schemes.

Plans for Tipperary Town, Carrick on Suir, Cashel and Templemore will be developed next year. Cahir has already updated it’s LAP.

The towns are expected to have population growth as follows between now and 2031:

Members of the public are invited to consider the “Issues Papers” published on the Tipperary County Council website at tipperarycoco.ie and to make a submission by December 5^th     Copies of these issues papers are also available to inspect in the council offices in Clonmel, Nenagh, Thurles and in the Source Library in Thurles.  There will be an information session about the Nenagh plan on Tuesday November 22^nd in Nenagh Library on O’Rahilly Street and in Clonmel Library, Emmet Street on Wednesday Nov 23^rd – both sessions are drop in events between 3pm and 7pm each day. Information sessions in Thurles and Roscrea were held last week.

Submissions can be made via the council website, by post to the Planning Department, Civic Offices, Limerick Road, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, E45 A099  or  Planning Department, Civic Offices, Emmet Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, E91 N512.  Submissions should be clearly marked with the name of the town it relates to.

Email submissions are also possible via 4 different email addresses as follows with four different officials leading each project

Thurles – [email protected]    Sadbh Hanley

Roscrea – [email protected]    Clare Lee 

Nenagh – [email protected]     Fergal O’Donnell

Clonmel – [email protected]    Alan Williams

Any person with questions about the process can contact the relevant council official via email or by telephone at 0818 06 5000.

The timeline for the completion of the work varies. It is expected that the Draft Roscrea LAP 2024 – 2030 will be ready in February. The LAPs for Thurles, Clonmel and Nenagh will not be ready until July 2023 as work is also underway in each town to develop a revised Record of Protected Structures and a Local Transport Plan.

The Draft plans will go out on Public consultation for a period of six weeks and will then be presented to the councillors via a Chief Executive’s report. If the report recommends a significant change to the plan it will go out again for public consultation.  Tipperary County council are encouraging everyone, especially young people to express their priorities for their town before the December 5^th deadline.