Observation pack · Clare County Council

Caher , Co Clare

for the construction of 1. An Extenstion to existing dweling house 2. Elevation alterations to existing dwelling house 3. Demolition of existing sheds. 4. Installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 15 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26255 · full record
Authority: Clare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 1 m²
Site area: 3,252 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 10 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/26255/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26255 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 21 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
G1 Open space with recreation	Open Space: It is intended that lands zoned ‘open space’ will be retained as undeveloped open space, mainly for passive open space related activities. The open space/park areas could contain active play facilities such as children’s play areas etc.	CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
P1 Rural	Agriculture: This zone is for the use of land for agricultural purposes and farming-related activities and to preserve the amenity of the town or village setting.	CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: The obj. for land zoned ‘existing residential’ is to conserve & enhance the quality and character of the areas, to protect residential amenities and to allow for small scale infill development which is appropriate to the character and pattern of Dev	CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Sources: CLARE CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan, CLARE CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan, CLARE CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
CLARE CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
CLARE CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
CLARE CL-001:DP:caher-settlement-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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
2360267	Conditional	13 Sept 2023	0	28 m	for the development which will consist of the demolition of a single storey storage shed to rear of existing dwelling and construct single storey extension in its place including all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.