Residents appeal plans for ‘super pub’ in Tipperary over noise and privacy fears
Plans for a so-called “super pub” in Tipperary have been appealed to An Coimisiúin Pleanála amid residents’ concerns about noise and privacy.
JSF Property Holding Ltd applied to Tipperary County Council for planning permission to carry out works at the The Auld Rogue pub on Kickham Street in Carrick-on-Suir, including the building of a new three-storey extension to the back of the existing bar.
As part of the plans, the new extension would house bars, a lounge, a terrace area, toilets, cold room, storage facilities, stairs, and lift core on the ground floor, a function room, toilets, storage room, stairs, and lift core on the first floor, while two three-bedroom apartments, back-of-house office spaces, and a storage room would be added on the third floor.
The application also sought to replace internal areas, including the front bar and lounge, as well as the first and second floors, and the demolition of existing buildings to the rear, including courtyard and ancillary structures.
The local authority granted permission for the development, but a number of locals have since appealed the grant of permission to An Coimisiúin Pleanála (formerly An Bord Pleanála).
JP Keevan, a representative acting on behalf of the residents living in the Pearse Square area, said that people living in the area are already being affected by the “ongoing public noise nuisance” created by the pub, and that a large extension to the rear of the pub would only make this worse.
"Residents would like to see permanent, foolproof and future proof solutions in place such as no outdoor activities and [that] noise generating events take place in suitably soundproofed rooms,” the appeal states.
Locals also raised concerns about the terrace which will be added to the first floor function room, citing the potential for it to become a source of “noise and overlooking”.
Residents say they are opposed to the building of “a super pub” on a residential street, and that they are “furious” about the potential removal of their green space, which is the only green area in Pearse Square.
"The scale and proportion of the building is out of character with the neighbouring properties,” residents say, and the “design, appearance and height of this extension is not compatible with the neighbouring family homes and will dominate the streetscape,” they added.