Planning granted for demolition of Tipperary hotel and construction of new facility

Planning has been granted for the demolition of a hotel and the construction of a new facility in the Premier County. 

Dromineer Bay Developments Limited made the application to Tipperary County Council for the redevelopment of the former Domineer Bay Hotel site.

It includes the modification and development within the adjacent (‘Waterside Cottages’) holiday home complex to provide for a mixed-use commercial and tourism enterprises and the provision of new associated short-stay tourism accommodation.

The proposed development also involves the demolition of the existing hotel structure and adjacent reception building and shed and construction of a two-storey mixed use building comprising of event spaces with ancillary reception/lobby, office, bar, kitchen and associated stores and WC facilities.

It also includes one tourism related retail/commercial space, one restaurant with associated kitchen, stores, staff changing and WC as well as one retail unit, one café and an external terrace.

The ambitious project, which has been given the green light by the local authority, includes the provision of new accommodation intended for tourism use associated with the proposed events spaces and the existing holiday home complex (‘Waterside Cottages’) including construction of six one-bed, two-storey terrace units and fourteen one-bed apartments.

The project also provides for the construction of new vehicular access from the public road (R495) with provision of additional parking and the reconfiguration of the existing car parking area associated with the former hotel located on the northern side of the hotel building.

The council attached nineteen conditions to their decision.