Tipperary man launches fresh bid to keep log cabin after planning refusal
A Tipperary man who was refused planning permission to keep a log cabin on his land has launched a fresh bid to be allowed to keep the structure.
Gerard Purcell Jnr has applied to Tipperary County Council for planning permission for a temporary waste water treatment plant, as well as the retention of the log cabin.
Mr Purcell Jnr was previously issued with a split decision by Tipperary County Council earlier this year for plans to build an agricultural shed for use as general farm storage, as well as alterations and extensions to the house at Kilmore, Lisronagh, Clonmel.
Mr Purcell also applied to the local authority to retain a temporary log cabin on the site for him to live in while the works on the house were underway.
The council approved the farm building and house extension but refused permission for the retention of the log cabin in a split decision.
In their previous decision, Tipperary County Council said that the wastewater treatment plant that would be added in association with the log cabin would not be “in accordance with the EPA Code of Practice 2021,” which sets standards for wastewater treatment systems, and would be contrary to “a stated policy of the Tipperary County Development Plan”.
Under the new plans, the new waste water treatment system would be in the form of a conventional septic tank system, replacing the system of using the wastewater and sludge from the cabin as fertiliser on the farm’s land.
Planning files show that Mr Purcell Jnr is the son of the original landowner, and has lived at the property his whole life.
“He went to school locally and is an active member of the local rugby and GAA clubs,” the agent acting on behalf of Mr Purcell Jnr said.
Tipperary County Council is due to decide on the application by October 7.
Mr Purcell Jnr previously appealed the council’s refusal of his retention application for his log cabin, saying that the decision to refuse it was “incorrect and misguided”.
An agent acting on behalf of Mr Purcell said that the standards in the county development plan referenced by the council “do not apply to this development”.
The section referenced “sets out the provisions in relation to new rural houses. This proposed development (retention of a temporary log cabin) is not a new rural house”.
“It comprises temporary accommodation facilitating other elements of the application,” the agent added.