€1.3m in Just Transition funding for Tipperary - Lowry
Just Transition Funding of €1,000,000 for a project at Lisheen and €344,085 for a project in Templemore have been announced
Deputy Michael Lowry has confirmed that Tipperary County Council (TCC) has been awarded with Just Transition Funding of €1,000,000 for a project at Lisheen and €344,085 for a project in Templemore.
Both projects have been granted under Category 1 of the EU Just Transition Fund: Local and Regional Economic Strategies Support Scheme (EU JTF LECP-REP scheme).
These projects are co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the EU Just Transition Fund Programme 2021-2027. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) is the funding body for the scheme and the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly (EMRA) is the Managing Authority.
Pobal is responsible for administering the funding in collaboration with DECC and EMRA.
The Lisheen project involves Masterplan Development of a 10-acre site at Lisheen, Co. Tipperary and Part 8 Planning for Industrial Core buildings.
The project will see the creation of defined Masterplan for a 10 acre site owned by TCC and Part 8 planning applications for a circa. 300m2 industrial core building.
The funds will enable providers to service the 10acre site and the ancillary building e.g.ESB, Uisce Eireann, Bord Gáis, Broadband, etc and the creation of a detailed design of a wastewater treatment system.
The Templemore focuses on Tipperary County Council owned lands at Templemore - a 50 acre site.
TCC’s objective is for the activation of this publicly owned landbank in the town of Templemore for the purposes of providing lands to assist in meeting the employment and recreational needs of those within the Just Transition area.
A detailed Masterplan will be created, providing conceptual layout to guide the growth and sustainable development of the site, maximising the sites potential to create jobs and accommodate expansion of companies situated there as they expand and develop over time.
The Council is working to identify the necessary junction onto the N62, incorporating the site's road network to facilitate future expansion of recreational amenities and to prepare all necessary documents to submit a Part 8 Planning Application to activate the site.
The project requires a tender document to go out for detailed design of identified junction type, and depending on costs TCC may proceed to award detailed design stage.
Details of both of these projects will shortly be available to view on the Tipperary County Council website.