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Observation pack · Clare County Council

Middle Line Ballyminogue , Scariff , Co. Clare

to erect a dwelling house and private garage and to connect to mains water and sewer and all associated site works

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 window closed
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference
2660590 · 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
189 m²
Site area
1,832 m²
Received
9 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
3 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660590/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660590 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 14 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660128Refused29 Apr 20260264 mfor development which will consist of the construction of telecommunications infrastructure comprised of; an 18 metre monopole support structure (21.1m overall structure height to top of omni antennas) carrying antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, together with new ground level equipment cabinets, fencing and all associated site works. The proposal includes the removal of an existing 10 metre wooden pole with emergency services equipment to be replaced onto the new support structure
2560501Refused8 Dec 202510 mto erect a dwelling house and private garage and to connect to mains water and sewer and all associated site works
2560238Conditional23 Jun 20250350 mof new rear site boundary location granted under Planning Permission P19/415 and P24/60195 at existing site
2560160Refused23 May 202510 mto erect a dwellinghouse and private garage and to connect to mains water and sewer and all associated site works
2460440Conditional9 May 20253230 mfor development which will consist of the construction of a two storey building incorporating 3 ground floor apartments, 3 first floor apartments, common areas and access ways, parking, hard and soft landscaping, connection to existing public services along with all other necessary ancillary works
2460195Conditional28 Jun 20240350 mto alter granted planning permission reference P19/415 by subdividing the two storey detached house into two apartments along with all associated works
2360533Conditional9 Feb 20240434 mfor material change of use of existing funeral home into a residential townhouse including all ancillary works
23519Conditional31 Jan 20243264 mof dwelling and entrance as constructed on revised site. Previous Permission granted for 3 dwellings on portion of existing site (Ref: 09-341 refers)

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501419—Granted with conditions25 Sept 2026264 m
322695—Refused15 Oct 2025264 m
319875—Granted with conditions30 Oct 2024264 m
316740—Other9 Aug 2023258 m
314689—Granted with conditions26 Jan 2023264 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

  • 9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
  • 9 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.