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Carrick-on-Suir Town Hall where the meeting of Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District councillors took place
Tipperary County Council has submitted an application for Government funding to enable it purchase a property bordering the large derelict former Goldcrop site on Carrick-on-Suir’s North Quay.
Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District councillors were informed at their monthly meeting that an application for funding to arm it with the means to acquire the 550sqm property that abuts the Goldcrop site was submitted to the Department of Rural & Community Development on April 27.
District Administrator Marie O’Gorman outlined in her report that the council is seeking funding from the €13m Building Acquisition Measure 2023 under the Town & Village Renewal Scheme, which is targeted at the purchase and redevelopment of vacant and derelict sites.
She said the 2.7 acres Goldcrop site was acquired by the council in November last year under the same funding scheme.
This smaller site the council is seeking to purchasing borders the Goldcrop site on three sides and its frontage faces onto the North Quay.
Ms O’Gorman’s report said the site includes a large building measuring 353sqm and an adjoining galvanised structure measuring 102sqm. It is accessed via a right-of-way through a portion of the adjoining council owned former Goldcrop property.
“Its acquisition by the Council would remove any constraints in the future development of the entire area,” she pointed out.
Ms O’Gorman said if the Council’s funding application is successful, it will pursue the acquisition of the site from its current owner.
Tipperary Council Council purchased the former Goldcrop site, also known as the former Wicklow Gardens site, for around €500,000 from the Cork-based Goldcrop company.
DERELICT SITES ACT
It was purchased under the Derelict Sites Act by agreement with Goldcrop with the help of €400,000 funding from the Town & Village Renewal Scheme’s Buildings Acquisitions Measure.
The Goldcrop site, located next to Dillon Bridge, is one of Carrick-on-Suir’s long-standing derelict sites and the council plans to draw up a masterplan for its redevelopment for tourism, cultural, recreational, commercial and retail use.
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