Observation pack · Clare County Council

1 Dun Breandan , Saint Brendan's Road , Lisdoonvarna

to change use of the dwelling at 1 Dun Bhreandan from holiday home to permanent residential use and all other associated site and ancillary works

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26258 · 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: 155 m²
Received: 22 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 16 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/26258/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26258 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 27 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
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:lisdoonvarna-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.

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
CLARE CL-001:DP:lisdoonvarna-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
2660486	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	1	24 m	to revise the red lined site boundaries approved under planning permission 25/60178 at existing site
2660391	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	0	126 m	for the following works, (A) Remove the existing, single storey elements from the front and side of the existing hotel building facing on to the public road, as well as a two storey, and a single storey element to the rear of the building, (B) Construct a new single storey extension to the front and side of the building, facing on to the public road, (C) Construct a two storey extension to the rear of the building, and (D) Change the use, internal layout and elevations of the building, so as to incorporate, a Library / Tourist office, Café, and 4 No. one bedroom apartments, all with associated site works
2689	Conditional	29 May 2026	1	254 m	to subdivide the property known as Marchmont/Cliff Lodge, install a new boundary fence within the property for this purpose, create new connection to public services and for permission to RETAIN the changes to the building previously granted permission under reference P07/2705 and all associated site and ancillary works
2660061	Conditional	27 Apr 2026	1	240 m	to (i) demolish the existing derelict building on site. (ii) construct 3 no. two storey terraced town houses, upgrade existing entrance, connection to public services, provide parking, landscaping, boundary walls, and all associated site works
2560178	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	60	24 m	for the proposed residential development will consist of the construction of 60 no. new residential dwellings comprising of: (a) 26 no. 2 beds, (b) 32no. 3 beds & (c) 2 no. 4 beds. Permission also to include for all associated ancillary site development works including SuDs system, car parking, site access, circulation, boundary and landscaping treatments as well as all utility services connections
2660058	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	0	225 m	is sought to excavate, transport over land and grade 28,540m³ of byproduct in the form of existing inert natural materials such as soil and rock from existing site subject to ongoing planning application reference P2560178 to lands located to the North East of excavation site including all ancillary works
2560097	Conditional	15 Jan 2026	1	460 m	for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house to replace the existing derelict dwelling on site with septic tank discharging to the public sewerage system together with ancillary site works
25339	Conditional	18 Dec 2025	1	109 m	for development: the works are to a protected structure reference RPS No 455. Planning permission will consist of change of use of 9 no. holiday home dwelling houses including 1 no. reception/office previously granted under Planning Reference P04/2594 to 9 no. permanent dwelling town houses including 1 no. residents Multi-Purpose Building and all ancillary works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312049	—	Granted with conditions	4 Apr 2022	182 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

22 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
22 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.