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Clare County Council · 25172

Merchants Quay, Leadmore West, Kilrush Co. Clare V15 N126

Approved in Feb 2026.

  1. 30 May 2025Received
  2. 25 Feb 2026Conditional
  3. 2 Apr 2026Final approval
  4. 1 Apr 2031Approval runs out
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Status
Approved
Decision
Conditional · 25 Feb 2026
Council
Clare County Council
Type
RETENTION
Site
1.03 ha

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What’s proposed

of the following works: a) retention of the light engineering workshop in the old seaweed factory building. b) retention of the new side cladding and access doors to old sea-weed factory building. c) retention of the existing palisade fencing and entrance gates. d) retention of the existing storage area. e) retention of the existing carparking. Please note that these works will be carried out within the curtilage of an existing protected structure

Planning details

Reference
25172
Local authority
Clare County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
30 May 2025
Observations close
4 Jul 2025 (closed 467 days ago)
Decision due
26 Feb 2026 · decided 25 Feb 2026
Decision
Conditional on 25 Feb 2026
Site area
1.03 ha 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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Zoning

C2.1 — Economic development and employment

Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

P1 — Rural

Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.

R1 — New residential

Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.

R2 — Existing residential

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

Nothing else protected nearby.

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.

Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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Summary

25172 is a planning application to Clare County Council for of the following works: a) retention of the light engineering workshop in the old, received on 30 May 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 25 Feb 2026.