Tipp County Council goes sale agreed on site of popular Tipperary pub

Tipperary County Council has gone sale agreed on a site for a potential new bulk of social housing in Nenagh, with the Dapp Inn pub set to close its doors for the first time in 150 years as a result.

In a comprehensive statement on Cllr Seamus Morris' email, Senior Engineer Jonathan Cooney explained the four-stage process for the project, pointing out that a housing scheme would only get funded if it is brought to Stage 1 approval.

“It is at this stage that we inform the elected members,” Mr Cooney said.

“The reasoning for this is that schemes can change from initial concept design to Stage 1 approval as a result of dialogue between the local authority and the department.

“It is important that when we make information available on the public record there is structure behind that decision. Essentially, there is no scheme that can be delivered without a Stage 1 approval.”

In response to Cllr Morris' question on whether the council has bought the Dapp Inn site in Nenagh, Mr Cooney stated that the council “has gone sale agreed on the Dapp Inn”.

“A Stage 1 will be prepared on the site and this will dictate the actual number of units that we can achieve,” Mr Cooney said.

“Preliminary sketches have been done but it would be inappropriate of me to be speculating further until we complete a detailed assessment. We will do this once we own the site.”