Observation pack · Clare County Council

114 Cahercalla Estate , Ennis , Co. Clare V95 WA2A

to construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house along with all associated site works and services

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660589 · 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: 46 m²
Site area: 362 m²
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 2 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/2660589/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660589 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 13 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:ennis-and-environs	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:ennis-and-environs	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:ennis-and-environs, CLARE CL-001:DP:ennis-and-environs · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
CLARE CL-001:DP:ennis-and-environs	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
CLARE CL-001:DP:ennis-and-environs	—	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
2660248	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	6	383 m	for the refurbishment, extension and reconfiguration of 2 substandard dwelling houses and for the construction of 4 new detached dwelling houses, new entrance and access road, footpaths, boundaries, connections to public sewer and stormwater, ancillary services along with all associated site works
26157	Conditional	30 Jul 2026	0	209 m	to construct a detached garage, and to extend the width of the existing vehicular entrance, with all associated site works
2660112	Conditional	7 Apr 2026	1	476 m	to demolish existing single storey annex, construct single storey ancillary living accommodation extension to existing private dwelling house and all associated site works
25372	Unconditional	3 Feb 2026	1	198 m	to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P20/626 to demolish an existing single storey dwelling and to construct a replacement dormer style dwelling with all associated site works
2560688	Conditional	8 Jan 2026	1	401 m	for development which will consist of (1) The demolition of an existing sunroom. (2) Alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling house. (3) The construction of a new garage. (4) Alterations to the existing site entrances. (5) All ancillary site works
2560382	Conditional	23 Dec 2025	0	70 m	to (a) Reconfigure existing site layout to provide for (i) widened entrance, (ii) two-way traffic access, (iii) reposition existing pitch and change from grass to synthetic, (iv) new parking layout with additional parking, (v) path to pitch perimeter, (b) Provision of new netting and associated posts to pitch area; (c) Provision of new dug outs, (d) New boundary treatment to part of site with ball retrieval gates, (e) Upgrade existing floodlighting system and associated works, (f) Provision of 3 no. padel ball courts, (g) Provision of mens shed, (h) Extension and refurbishment to existing clubhouse, (i) Retention of existing storage containers, (j) All required ancillary site works to facilitate the proposed development
2560629	Conditional	9 Dec 2025	0	166 m	to retain development at this site. The development will consist of the retention of the change of use from a swimming pool to 2 No single bedroom town houses each with a kitchen/living space and bathroom. Retention also is sought for incorporating part of the old swimming pool into the kitchen of the existing dwelling
25286	Conditional	31 Oct 2025	1	432 m	to alter and extend existing dwelling house by constructing a two storey side and rear extension along with associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317144	—	Refused	8 Dec 2025	379 m
313217	—	Refused	23 Jan 2025	198 m
319358	—	Refused	23 Jan 2025	222 m
318275	—	Other	5 Nov 2024	395 m
316590	—	Other	11 Aug 2023	212 m
315294	—	Granted with conditions	7 Jul 2023	327 m
311569	—	Granted with conditions	30 Nov 2022	429 m
312516	—	Withdrawn	27 Mar 2022	355 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

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 Sept 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.