Summary:
- Sean Purcell applied to Tipperary County Council for planning permission to build two offices behind his existing student apartment site on Mitchell Street, Thurles, which currently houses four apartments for Technological University of the Shannon students.
- The council planner and local residents raised concerns about overdevelopment, inadequate parking, and loss of open and circulation space, highlighting that the commercial offices would be incompatible with the primarily residential use and would intensify site usage.
- Tipperary County Council refused the application, citing negative impacts on existing residents’ amenities and agreeing with the planner that the proposal constituted haphazard overdevelopment and an unacceptable change of use on the restricted site.
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