Observation pack · Clare County Council

St Flannan's Cathedral , Killaloe , Co. Clare

the development will consist of 1 no. external universal access ramp and an internal timber screen and lobby inside the main door; incorporating a draught lobby, WCs, access ramp and servery. St Flannan's Cathedral is a protected structure RPS no. 153

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 2 days 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: 2660551 · 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: 4,541 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/2660551/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660551 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
2660746	Conditional	21 Sept 2026	0	298 m	the construction of a single storey flat roof extension and for the construction and PERMISSION for the completion of a single storey flat roof extension all to an existing dwelling
2660158	Conditional	7 May 2026	1	204 m	to convert the attic space with associated changes to the elevations and erect an extension to the rear bedroom, kitchen over two floors and all associated site works
2664	Conditional	6 May 2026	1	331 m	for an extension to the side and the rear of dwelling house
2660145	Conditional	30 Apr 2026	1	281 m	to construct a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling (Previously Granted Retention Permission, planning ref 25/60497) together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
2660093	Conditional	17 Apr 2026	1	243 m	of the following: an extension to the existing dwelling and the construction of a detached short term accommodation unit to the rear
2560793	Refused	16 Feb 2026	1	313 m	to erect an extension comprising accessible bedroom and WC to the rear of the house and all associated site works
2560717	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	1	138 m	for change of use of a former takeaway premises to residential use and the removal of unsound extensions to the rear of the building, including all associated site works
2560723	Refused	20 Jan 2026	1	204 m	to erect a 3rd floor storage room and viewing deck to front, erect an extension to the rear comprising bedroom, kitchen and storage over 3 floors and alter height and shape of existing windows to front and rear and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
310495	—	Granted with conditions	17 Nov 2021	187 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.