44 Abbey Street , Ennis , Co. Clare

What’s proposed

for the proposed change of use of a building from a mixture of residential and commercial office space to that of an educational centre. (Building is a protected structure RPS No. 741 and NIAH No 2000148)

2360287 is a planning application to Clare County Council for for the proposed change of use of a building from a mixture of residential and, received on 28 Jul 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 21 Sept 2023.

Planning details

Reference: 2360287
Local authority: Clare County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 28 Jul 2023
Observations close: 1 Sept 2023 (closed 1113 days ago)
Decision due: 21 Sept 2023 · decided 21 Sept 2023
Decision: Conditional on 21 Sept 2023
Proposed development: for the proposed change of use of a building from a mixture of residential and commercial office space to that of an educational centre. (Building is a protected structure RPS No. 741 and NIAH No 2000148)
As published by the register.
Site area: 904 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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20 Mar 202446 Abbey Street, Ennis, Clare, V95 DPP9matched by ref_exact

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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 187118). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360287/0.

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44 Abbey Street , Ennis , Co. Clare

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