Commons

283 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons, from 9 m² to 248,428 m² (24.84 ha, 61.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 48 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 136 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5Town Environs (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.2General Industry (General industry)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services and Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space & Recreation (Active open space)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 21 Sept 2026N/a

  the installation of 2 Velux cabrio rooflights to the rear of dwelling and all associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660924

• 3 Sept 2026N/a

  the existing front porch extension and existing rear extension including associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660857

• 7 Aug 2026Conditional

  an extension to the front (northern side) of the existing warehouse premises for storage use incorporating 3 no. dock levellers, proposed car parking area to the northern side of the site with all associated sitework and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660769

• 28 Jul 2026N/a

  extension to existing warehouse to include new storage area for dry stock goods and ancillary site works previous planning permission granted 201218

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660730

• 23 Jul 2026N/a

  an extension to the front (Northern side) of our existing warehouse premises for storage use incorporating 3 no dock levellers with all associated sitework and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660718

• 14 Jul 2026N/a

  the as constructed truck wash bay area with ancillary shed for the electric and pumps, with light standards focused onto the wash bay space with all associated sitework and ancillary works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660681

• 31 Mar 2026Conditional

  an attic conversion to the existing dwelling and all associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660281

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  creating a new vehicular entrance gateway and the construction of new boundary palisade fencing to divide the site and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561330

• 22 Oct 2025Conditional

  1) a domestic extensions to the existing dwelling and including all associated alterations to external facades, 2) two domestic storage sheds, 3) amendments to original vehicular access, and including all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 25217

• 18 Nov 2024Conditional

  a 10-year permission for the development which will consist of the phased extension of the existing food manufacturing facility comprising: 1) construction of an 11,267 m² extension to the existing food manufacturing facility, including: (a) cold storage areas; (b) two-storey office space, toilet block, and drivers’ area; (c) new processing, packing, intake/dispatch areas; (d) electrical plant, maintenance rooms, and external steel access staircases; (e) new gas tanks, transformer compound, and pipe bridge; 2) construction of an 1,500 m³ storage building for packaging and machinery; 3) extension of existing wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) buildings (primary: 107 m², secondary: 250 m²); 4) construction of an 110 m² waste collection building; 5) extension to the existing water treatment plant (WTP) building (70 m²); 6) expansion of the high temperature (HT) plant room (64 m²); 7) construction of 4 no. tanks; 8) installation of 3 no. bunded kerosene tanks (50,000 L each); 9) construction of a 16 m high boiler stack; 10) construction of new internal access roads (c. 8,825 m²); 11) creation of a 520 m² internal courtyard area; 12) construction of a 630 m² external storage compound; 13) construction of a 3,120 m³ stormwater attenuation pond and discharge line; 14) installation of a standby treated effluent discharge pipeline (1,490 m); 15) realignment and expansion of site boundary, including new boundary walls, fencing and planting; 16) provision of an additional 8 no. truck parking spaces; 17) relocation of the existing fuel tank and weighbridge; 18) expansion of the existing sprinkler pump house (24 m²); 19) conversion of 22 no. existing car spaces including 1 no. accessible space to 22 no. EV car spaces as required and provision of 30 no. bicycle parking spaces; 20) installation of new site lighting; 21) demolition of existing buildings and structures (total 1,840 m²); and 22) all ancillary site development works and services to facilitate the development including drainage, landscaping, temporary construction compound and utility connections. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the planning authority with this application

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460987

• 19 Jan 2024Conditional

  the existing detached one and half story house as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2460033

• 14 Jan 2024N/a

  the existing detached one and half story house as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460021

• 6 Nov 2023Conditional

  additional photovoltaic solar panels to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated works. This application relates to development which comprises of the carrying out of works to a protected structure.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360888

• 24 Oct 2023Conditional

  the relocation of a single storey detached prefabricated office building with commercial vehicle weighbridge, the relocation of a public civic amenity recycling facility, signage and planting. This development is subject to a waste licence

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360850

• 23 Oct 2023Conditional

  an extension to the side of existing warehouse premises for storage use with all associated sitework and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360849

• 4 Oct 2023Conditional

  (I) extension to roofless cubicles with underground effluent tank (II) Loose shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360795

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  a 3 no dock levellers constructed to the North East side of our premises and permission to fit new cladding to the all elevations to the same building with all associated sitework and ancillary works.

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360689

• 30 Aug 2023Conditional

  1) Extended Intake Freezer & Access Lobby, new Vacuum Pumphouse, new Smoke House, extended Tumbling Area including Overhead Mezzanine Area and relocated Stair Core, extended Spiral Freezer Room, extended Plantroom including Overhead Mezzanine Area and extended Waste Collection Loading Bay Area to that originally granted under Planning Application No. 17600374; 2) Extended 1st floor area over existing Loading Bays consisting of an external Smoking Area to that originally granted under Planning Application No. 18600753; 3) A 1st floor Solar Farm Switchroom extension over an existing Ground Floor Switchroom at the rear of the site; 4) Extended enclosure for Waste Collection at the rear of the site; 5) The redesign & relocation of the stand-alone two storey Administration Building onsite including a revised car parking layout at the front and rear of the same building to that originally granted under Planning Application No. 11510456; 6) and all other ancillary site works/services;

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360682

• 12 May 2023Conditional

  a) internal alterations to existing dwelling, b). replace four windows with two doors, c) construct external patio area, d). upgrade electrical and plumbing services, e). install appropriate energy upgrade to include PV panels and a heat pump and all associated works. This application relates to development which comprises of the carrying out of works to a protected structure

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360317

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  development at site of c. 9.3 hectares. The development will consist of: a 10-year permission for the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development comprising the installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field boundaries; 2 No. transformer stations; inverters; all ancillary underground cabling and ducting; internal site access; site perimeter (stock-proof) security fencing; CCTV structures; landscaping including screen planting; temporary construction compound; 2 No. site containers and all associated site development works. The site will be accessed from the R660 Regional Road, via the existing Dew Valley Foods site

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260732

• 12 Dec 2022Conditional

  extension and alterations to original house including retention of sheds and associated siteworks

  Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260690

• 20 Oct 2022Conditional

  unauthorised foundations on the site, together with PERMISSION to construct a new dwelling house with entrance, connection to public services together with all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260568

• 21 Mar 2022Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the side and rear of our house, with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22242

• 23 Mar 2021Conditional

  creation of an agricultural entrance including associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21357

• 12 Mar 2021N/a

  creation of an agricultural entrance including associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21308

The 25 most recent of 42 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137

Recorded monuments

• TN041-063 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in fairly flat terrain which slopes gently to the SE. Indicated as a circular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map however on the 1952-3 edition the hachures are inverted depicting the site as a pit. A very slight curving rise suggestive of the former bank survives in the NW quadrant. Otherwise not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-014 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the N bank of the River Suir at Cabragh. A nineteenth-century three-storey structure in ruins, composed of roughly coursed limestone rubble with roughly cut blocks forming quoins. Basically T-shape in plan with a small annexe projecting from the S end of the E wall. The main rectangular block is divided into two chambers, N chamber 3.6m N-S x 5.15m orientated E-W internally, S chamber 6.6m N-S. The W block, at right angles, is 5m N-S x 4.45m E-W, walls 0.5-0.6m thick. Close-set putlogs in the N and S walls of the W block indicate floors using regular cut planks of late eighteenth/nineteenth century date. Evidence of internal plaster best survives on the N wall of the W block. Not much brick was used except as infill, though it was used as a surround above the doorway at the N end of the W wall of the E block. There are opposing doors at the E end of the N and S walls in the W block. This building also has a window in the centre of the N, S and W walls from 1st floor up, with a window in the centre of the S wall at ground level. The larger E block has two windows in the W wall at 1st, 2nd and 3rd-floor level and one at ground, 1st and 2nd-floor level in the N wall. Probably built on the site of an earlier mill which is mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-101 Ford
  Description

  Fording point on River Suir now occupied by 3-span stone bridge with cut stone voussoirs. Parapet and side walls of roughly cut limestone blocks. Eighteenth/early-nineteenth century bridge. Site marked as 'Cabra Ford' on eighteenth century map 'A Plan of the Camp near Thurles...1755' by John Rocque. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commons.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Commons, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Commons.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Commons · An Coitín

Area

2,163,930 m² (216.39 ha, 534.72 acres)

Civil parish

Thurles, and its townlands

Barony

Eliogarty

Electoral division

Thurles Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,365 people lived in 851 households in the Thurles Rural electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycarrane, Beakstown, Cabragh, Garryvicleheen, Glengarriff, Knockeen, Lisnagonoge, Stradavoher

Placenames

Commons on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.