Brittasroad
Townland in the civil parish of Thurles, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Bóthar an Bhriotáis
- Area
- 57.1 ha
- 141 acres
- Land parcels
- 259
- registered freehold, median 308 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
259 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brittasroad, from 31 m² to 63,882 m² (6.39 ha, 15.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 230 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 · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Reserve (Strategic Residential Reserve)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 Jun 2026Conditional
extension to rear of house and permission for new domestic shed to rear of site and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660550
30 Apr 2026Conditional
to demolish an existing conservatory to the rear of dwelling, and permission to build a new extension to the rear of dwelling and permission to convert an existing attached garage into living accommodation, permission to make some minor changes to the existing elevations of the dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660388
14 Jul 2025Conditional
the construction of 52 no. residential dwelling units comprising of 3 no. house-type G (4 bed 7 person two-storey semi-detached house), 15 no. house-type H (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached house), 18 no. house-type K (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached / terraced house), and 2 no. two-storey duplex blocks, Block C & Block D, comprising each of 4 no. duplex-type A (2 bed 3 person unit) at ground floor level, and 4 no. duplex-type B (1 bed 2 person unit) at first floor level. The application also seeks permission for new vehicular entrance to the site from Brittas Rd, local roads and footpaths, resident and visitor parking, bicycle parking, 1 no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works
Permission, 52 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2560674
10 Jul 2025N/a
the development will consist of The construction of 52no. residential dwelling units comprising of 3no. house-type G (4bed 7person two-storey semi-detached house), 15no. house-type H (3bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 18no. house-type K (3bed 5person two-storey semi-detached / terraced house), and 2no. two-storey duplex blocks, Block C & Block D, comprising each of 4no. duplex-type A (2bed 3person unit) at ground floor level, and 4no. duplex-type B (1bed 2person unit) at first floor level. The application also seeks permission for new vehicular entrance to the site from Brittas Rd, local roads and footpaths, resident and visitor parking, bicycle parking, 1no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560661
25 Oct 2024Conditional
the construction of 60 no. residential dwelling units comprising of 5 no. house-type G (4 bed 7person two-storey semi-detached house), 11no. house-type H (3 bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 16 no. house-type K (3 bed 5 person two-storey semi-detached house), 12 no. house-type N (2 bed 4 person two-storey terraced house), and 2 no. two-storey duplex blocks comprising each of 4 no. duplex-type A (2 bed 3 person unit) at ground floor level, and 4 no. duplex-type B (1bed 2 person unit) at first floor level, and a two-storey detached creche building with a 47 no. child capacity. The application also seeks permission for the demolition of an existing detached bungalow and accompanying shed structure, new vehicular entrance to the site from Brittas Rd, local roads and footpaths, resident and visitor parking, creche parking and set-down, bicycle parking, 1 no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works
Permission, 44 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2460922
23 Oct 2024N/a
construction of 60no. residential dwelling units comprising of 5no. house-type G (4bed 7person two-storey semi-detached house), 11no. house-type H (3bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 16no. house-type K (3bed 5person two-storey semi-detached house), 12no. house-type N (2bed 4person two-storey terraced house), and 2no. two-storey duplex blocks comprising each of 4no. duplex-type A (2bed 3person unit) at ground floor level, and 4no. duplex-type B (1bed 2person unit) at first floor level, and a two-storey detached creche building with a 47no. child capacity and permission for the demolition of an existing detached bungalow and accompanying shed structure, new vehicular entrance to the site from Brittas Rd, local roads and footpaths, resident and visitor parking, creche parking and set-down, bicycle parking, 1no. external communal bin store, site landscaping and amenity areas, boundary treatments, lighting, drainage, and all associated site works.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460909
6 Aug 2024Conditional
bungalow style dwelling house with partially converted attic space as constructed with its connection to mains water supply and mains public sewer, an entrance, 2 sheds and a glasshouse and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 24179
12 Dec 2022Conditional
the change of use of the premises from residential use to commercial office together with all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260691
7 Dec 2021Conditional
garage building for the repairing of crashed/damaged vehicles and for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds, permission for the storage of end of life vehicles awaiting depollution within a new proposed building permission for the storage of de-polluted cars awaiting collection in exterior yard, permission for the installation of 1 no. interceptor's to discharge to main drainage system. This site will be subject to a waste facility permit
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211757
19 Nov 2021N/a
for garage building for the repairing of crashed/damaged vehicles and for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds, permission for the storage of end of life vehicles awaiting depollution within a new proposed building permission for the storage of De-polluted cars awaiting collection in exterior yard, permission for the installation of 1 No. interceptor's to discharge to Main drainage system. This site will be subject to a waste facility permit,
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211686
11 Nov 2021N/a
for garage building for the repairing of crashed/damaged vehicles and for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds, permission for the storage of end of life vehicles awaiting depollution within a new proposed building permission for the storage of De-polluted cars awaiting collection in exterior yard, permission for the installation of 1 No. interceptor's to discharge to Main drainage system. This site will be subject to a waste facility permit,
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211633
18 Jul 2018Conditional
a new dwelling with garage, entrance, connection to all public services and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18600914
18 Jul 2018Conditional
a new dwelling with garage, entrance, connection to all public services and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18600915
19 Jun 2017Conditional
for part change of use to dwelling house from residential to commercial (extension of existing preschool), connection to all public services and all associated site works and permission for retention of signage
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600690
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Brittasroad.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Brittasroad.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Brittasroad.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brittasroad.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Brittasroad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Brittasroad · Bóthar an Bhriotáis
- Area
- 570,856 m² (57.09 ha, 141.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Thurles, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Thurles Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Thurles Urban electoral division: 7,122 people in 2,924 households; 57% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bohernamona, Gortataggart, Grange, Knockauns, Monacocka, Thurles Townparks
- Placenames
- Brittasroad 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.