Green light for six apartments and new bar at long-vacant Tipperary pub
Six new apartments and a new bar have been given the green light for Carrick-on-Suir after Tipperary County Council granted planning permission for the redevelopment of a long-vacant pub.
James Darren O’Connor applied to Tipperary County Council for permission to redevelop The Shebeen on New Street in Carrick-on-Suir. The plans include the partial demolition of the former pub, the construction of a new lounge bar and toilets, and six one-bedroom apartments on the neighbouring vacant site.
The former pub building has been vacant for a number of years, with the Carrick-on-Suir town centre first strategy placing a focus on the redevelopment of the site, according to the council’s planners report.
All of the planned new homes will be one-bedroom units, with two on the ground floor, two on the first floor and two on the second floor of the new building.
As part of the plans, each of the six apartments will have balconies, however, the council planner raised concerns about the proximity of a proposed bin storage area to the open space for the apartments.
A further information submission by an agent working on behalf of the applicant said that the bin store would be located away from the apartments and would have screening in place to minimise the impacts of noise, odour and operational activities.
Planning permission was granted for the development, subject to 13 conditions.
Included among the conditions are that Mr O’Connor must pay the county council €5,109 for the connections to public infrastructure, that all cables for electricity, phone and internet services be routed underground, and that no construction or demolition debris from the development be deposited on the public road.
The council also stipulated that work on the site can only take place from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, and 8am to 2pm on Saturdays. No work can be carried out on Sundays or bank holidays.
The former pub went to auction in 2014 with a guide price of just €10,000, although it is understood the property ultimately sold for more than €37,000.
The redevelopment has previously been identified as a key objective of the Ormond Castle Quarter Improvement Scheme, with the site viewed as an important gateway between Carrick-on-Suir town centre and the historic Ormond Castle Quarter.