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Clare County Council · 2560527

No. 42 Abbey Street, Ennis, Co. Clare

  1. 29 Aug 2025Received
  2. 29 Jan 2026Conditional
  3. 5 Mar 2026Final grant
  4. 4 Mar 2031Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 29 Jan 2026
Council
Clare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
385 m²

What’s proposed

for development at (Record of Protected Structure No. 742). The area of the existing ground floor is 191.7m² and first floor is 134.5m². The development will consist of the following and all associated site works and services: 1) Change of use of the existing ground and first floor from office to language school. 2) Internal modifications comprising of the following: 3) New wall construction for stair lobbies. 4) Subdivision of the ground floor reception room into an office and reception. 5) Enlarging existing door openings. 6) New disabled wc to the ground floor. 7) Construction of new doors to the ground and first floors. 8) Fire rating of the existing first floor. 9) New fire rated doors. 10) Connection to existing services and all associated site development works

2560527 is a planning application to Clare County Council for for development at (Record of Protected Structure No. 742). The area of the existing, received on 29 Aug 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 29 Jan 2026.

Planning details

Reference
2560527
Local authority
Clare County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
29 Aug 2025
Observations close
3 Oct 2025 (closed 362 days ago)
Decision due
29 Jan 2026 · decided 29 Jan 2026
Decision
Conditional on 29 Jan 2026
Proposed development
for development at (Record of Protected Structure No. 742). The area of the existing ground floor is 191.7m² and first floor is 134.5m². The development will consist of the following and all associated site works and services: 1) Change of use of the existing ground and first floor from office to language school. 2) Internal modifications comprising of the following: 3) New wall construction for stair lobbies. 4) Subdivision of the ground floor reception room into an office and reception. 5) Enlarging existing door openings. 6) New disabled wc to the ground floor. 7) Construction of new doors to the ground and first floors. 8) Fire rating of the existing first floor. 9) New fire rated doors. 10) Connection to existing services and all associated site development works
As published by the register.
Site area
385 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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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    M2 — Major town centre

    Mixed Use: The use of land for ‘mixed use’ developments shall incl. the use of land for a range of uses, making provision, where appropriate, for primary and secondary uses e.g. commercial/retail development as the primary use with residential dev. as secondary

    The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 41
      O'Connell Monument; Bank of Ireland; Bank of Ireland
    • Recorded monument · 48
      Historic town; Religious house - Franciscan friars; House - 17th century

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 188309). 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/2560527/0.

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