Observation pack · Clare County Council

Heathmount , Cratloe , Co. Clare

to demolish existing damaged dwelling and construct new dwelling along with all associated ancillary works on existing site

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660550 · 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: 222 m²
Site area: 1,940 m²
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 18 Oct 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/2660550/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660550 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 28 Sept 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
2660280	Conditional	22 Jun 2026	1	0 m	of the following alterations to approved planning permission P03-670 on existing site located at Heathmount, Cratloe, Co Clare a)changes to elevations and floor plans to existing dwelling b)existing garage.
2460489	Conditional	6 Mar 2025	1	471 m	for (i) to RETAIN embankment as constructed and (ii) Permission to construct a dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
2460527	Conditional	17 Dec 2024	1	0 m	of stonework finish to front elevation, rear ground floor extension area, first floor habitable area and raised roof ridge height including all ancillary works at existing site
22628	Conditional	5 Sept 2022	1	462 m	(i) Chead Coinneála do chlaífort mar a tógadh é agus (ii) Chead chun teach cóaithe príobháideach, garáiste scoite, córas cóireála fuíolluisce agus na hoibreacha suímh go léir a bhaineann leis a thógáil

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322174	—	Refused	31 Jul 2025	471 m
314676	—	Refused	3 Jul 2024	461 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

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
24 Aug 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.