Nenagh Eire Og GAA Club have been granted more time to carry out works. Photo: Google Maps
A Tipperary GAA club has been given extra time to build a new pitch, walking track, and dressing rooms from Tipperary County Council after difficulty securing funding and workers to carry out the project.
Nenagh Eire Og GAA Club had been granted permission for the new pitch, dressing rooms and walking track, as well as a new car parking area, flood lighting system, and protective ball netting by Tipperary County Council, with the current planning application due to expire by September 21.
Works have already gotten underway on the site at Stereame in Nenagh, with the new pitch laid, and the site cleared of previous footpaths and roads.
Overhead ESB cables have also been routed underground, while most of the walking track is complete, planning files state.
The bases for the floodlights have been installed, and fencing and entrances are complete.
The club say the delay in carrying out the works comes due to difficulty in securing funding for the project, a scarcity of labour, and knock-on effects from the covid-19 pandemic since the original planning permission was granted in 2020.
Nenagh Eire Og say that the walking track, dressing rooms and carpark need to be completed, with protective ball netting to be erected.
The development is expected to be fully completed by August 2030, agents for Nenagh Eire Og said.
The local authority granted unconditional permission for the extension of the duration of the planning permission.
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