Draft Thurles Local Area Plan 2024-2030

Written Statement

Appendices

• Appendix 1 (Serviced Land Assessment)
• Appendix 2 (Draft Local Transport Plan)

Click here to view reference material which support the development of the draft Local Transport Plan

• Appendix 3 (Schedule of Regeneration Sites)
• Appendix 4 (Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report)
• Appendix 4a Strategic Environmental Assessment Non-Technical Summary.pdf
• Appendix 5 (Appropriate Assessment Natura Impact Statement)
• Appendix 6 (Strategic Flood Risk Assessment)

Maps

Submissions or observations with respect to the Draft Thurles Local Area Plan 2024-2030 should be made:

• Online: by clicking on the 'Make a Submission' Button on this page
• In writing to: Thurles Local Area Plan, Planning Department, Tipperary County Council, Civic Offices, Limerick Road, Nenagh, Co Tipperary, E45 A099 OR Thurles Local Area Plan, Planning Department, Tipperary County Council, Civic Offices, Emmet Street, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, E91 N512

Submissions or observations must be made in writing no later than 4.00 p.m. on Monday, 11 September 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Please consider the following in making your submission:

1. Submissions should be in ONE medium only i.e. online or in hard copy. Emailed submissions will not be accepted.

2. Submissions should include the full name and address of the person making the submission, details of organisation, group or company represented where relevant.

3. Please include a map if your submission refers to a particular location, land or feature.

4. Children or groups or associations representing the interests of children are entitled to make submissions or observations on the Draft LAP.

5. Please be advised that all submissions received will be published online within 10 working days and will be set out in a Chief Executive’s Report that will also be published.

6. Please ensure that no vexatious, libellous or confidential information, including confidential information relating to a third party (in respect of which the third party has not, expressly, or impliedly in the circumstances, consented to its disclosure) is included. The Planning Authority reserves the right to redact any submission or part thereof that does not comply with this requirement.

7. All submissions/observations will be subject to the Data Protection Act 1988-2018 and the Freedom of Information Act 2014

A drop-in public information session will also be held at The Source Library, Cathedral Street, Townparks, Thurles from 3pm to 7pm on Tuesday 29 August 2023 to discuss the Draft Plan.  Council Planning and Active Travel staff will be available to answer general queries and provide guidance on the Draft Local Area Plan and Draft Local Transport Plan. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

A copy of the notice of publication of the Draft Thurles Local Area Plan 2024-2030, under section 20 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) can be viewed here

If you have any queries about the Draft Plan or the consultation process, please don’t hesitate to contact the Planning Policy and Project Unit by email at planning@tipperarycoco.ie or by phone +353 (0)818 06 5000

All submissions received will be published online within 10 working days of receipt in accordance with the requirements of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 (amended) and will be summarised in the Chief Executive’s Report, which will be published. You should ensure that no vexatious, libellous or confidential information, including confidential information relating to a third party (in respect of which the third party has not, expressly, or impliedly in the circumstances, consented to its disclosure) is included in your submission. The Planning Authority reserves the right to redact any submission or part thereof that does not comply with this requirement.

The Council’s privacy statement is available here. The Council’s privacy statement is available here.