Observation pack · Clare County Council

Clon Road , Ennis , Co Clare V95 Y33W

to construct a vehicle entrance with one parking space to the front of existing dwelling, with all associated site works

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 26247 · full record
Authority: Clare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 549 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: —
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/26247/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26247 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.
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.
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.
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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26100	Conditional	4 Jun 2026	0	74 m	of shed and site layout and all associated site and ancillary works
25290	Refused	3 Feb 2026	0	0 m	to construct a vehicle entrance with 2 No. parking spaces to the front of existing dwelling with all associated site works
2560272	Conditional	4 Jul 2025	1	94 m	to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, and all associated site works and services
2460602	Conditional	22 Apr 2025	0	0 m	of a new entrance gate to rear of existing dwelling house from Friar's Close
2360415	Conditional	8 Nov 2024	0	284 m	for 1. Demolition of existing buildings 2. Construction of a two storey/part three-storey extension to existing buildings comprising classroom accommodation & new PE hall 3. Proposed hurling wall & 4. Proposed new vehicular entrance, cycle & car parking, landscaping, boundary treatment, drainage, plant & related works 5. Minor alterations to existing buildings. This application includes a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS)
24282	Conditional	25 Oct 2024	0	217 m	of the two storey extension to the rear of the dwelling, the new window to the gable of the original dwelling & all other associated site and ancillary works
2360421	Conditional	6 Mar 2024	0	42 m	for (a) to change the use of the existing building from photography studio to a dwelling house; (b) to alter, renovate & extend the existing building; (c) to construct a private garage, and (d) all associated site works
2360140	Conditional	14 Aug 2023	0	189 m	for the construction of 12 no. social housing units consisting of 2 blocks of 2 bedroom apartments with all associated ancillary site works and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322570	—	Invalid	20 May 2025	0 m
320445	—	open	19 Jul 2024	314 m
316271	—	Split	14 Aug 2023	148 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

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 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.