Planning permission granted for 28 new homes in Tipperary despite local objections
Planning permission for 28 new homes in north Tipperary has been granted, despite concerns raised by local residents.
Baile Ard Developments Limited applied to Tipperary County Council for permission to build 31 homes at Silver View in Nenagh, but the number was reduced to 28 following consultation with the local authority.
The development will comprise seven two-bedroom houses and 17 three-bedroom houses across six two-storey terraced blocks, as well as four one-bedroom units in a separate two-storey building. Plans also include a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance, roads, footpaths, services and public open space.
According to planning documents, the developers hope to bring an unused site into use with the application, and will aim to reduce anti-social behaviour which can be associated with empty sites.
"Inhabiting the currently vacant site will generally dissuade anti-social behaviour,” an agent acting on behalf of the applicant said.
As part of the plans, seven of the homes will be given over to Tipperary County Council under the Part V rules, for people on the council’s housing list.
However, locals raised objections about the potential for overlooking of their properties if the proposed development was delivered as planned.
Deirdre and Barry O’Meara said that the new homes would overlook their home and result in a loss of privacy for them.
"The height and design of the buildings will result in direct overlooking into our backyard and living spaces, significantly compromising our privacy,” they said.
"To address the issue of overlooking, we suggest ... reducing the height of the buildings to minimise direct overlooking, repositioning the buildings block six and block seven to an alternative location on site away from overlooking our living space, garden both front and back yard, and repositioning the windows to face away from our property,” the couple said.
Another objection was submitted by Thomas Grace and Sons, who built the nearby Ciamaltha Meadows estate.
The company said that the applicant submitted that sewage would be connected to a public mains, however, the manhole referred to in the application is actually part of the infrastructure of Ciamaltha Meadows.
"The development has not been taken in charge [by Tipperary County Council] and the manhole and sewer pipe remains the property of Thomas Grace and Sons, and does not have the capacity to cater for the additional residential units under the present planning application.
"We have not given permission for said use,” the company added.
Despite these concerns, Tipperary County Council granted planning permission for the development, subject to 21 conditions.