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Observation pack · Clare County Council

Lismeehan , O'Callaghan's Mills , Co Clare V94 PP63

for an extension to an existing substation

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 23 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
26246 · full record
Authority
Clare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
15 m²
Received
11 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
5 Nov 2026
Decision
N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/26246/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26246 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Clare County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 16 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Clare County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2616Conditional20 Mar 2026052 mof an above ground wastewater balancing tank and a plant building and PERMISSION for an extension to a refrigeration shed, an extension to a compressor room, a water purification plant building, an above ground 5m water storage tank, an above ground 2,700m firewater storage tank with generator enclosure and associated site works
25241Conditional16 Sept 202500 mfor the construction of a 1.0mW PV Solar Farm. The proposed works will consist of a 1.0mW PV Solar Farm located to the north of the existing facility, with an area of approximately 1.91 hectares, comprising of linear arrays of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames (with associated cabling and ducting), a modular substation / inverters, hardcore site access road and all associated site works
24315Conditional22 Nov 2024081 mfor the change of use of a section of the existing western warehouse to production, the extension of the 1st floor office into the existing western warehouse, alteration of existing boardroom and associated works
23602Conditional29 Feb 2024061 mof 2 No external sheds and planning PERMISSION for a new covered bunded area, new refrigeration shed, a new external shed and associated site works
22497Conditional27 Jul 2022050 mfor provision of additional first floor laboratory and office space, associated circulation space and escape / access stairs and new roof plant area at existing permitted eastern warehouse (PL Ref 16/611)

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
  • 11 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.