Observation pack · Clare County Council

Ieverstown House The Square Main Street , Sixmilebridge , County Clare

to retain all changes made to the building including the removal and replacement of windows, removal of the front door side lights, a section of stone wall, roof slates, roof barges, and alterations made to the single story outbuilding along with ancillary site works Protected Structure: RPS No: 469

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 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: 2660599 · full record
Authority: Clare County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 874 m²
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 8 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/2660599/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660599 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 19 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
M2 Major town centre	Mixed Use: The use of land for ‘mixed use’ developments shall incl. the use of land for a range of uses, making provision, where appropriate, for primary and secondary uses e.g. commercial/retail development as the primary use with residential dev. as secondary	sixmilebridge settlement plan	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
M2 Major town centre	Mixed Use: The use of land for ‘mixed use’ developments shall incl. the use of land for a range of uses, making provision, where appropriate, for primary and secondary uses e.g. commercial/retail development as the primary use with residential dev. as secondary	sixmilebridge settlement plan variation no 1	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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Clare County Council development plan zoning	—	25 Oct 2026, 23:00	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 3
house · house · Ieverstown House
Recorded monument × 3
Historic town · Bridge · R123726

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660474	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	0	76 m	for development comprising the amendment of the permitted development Granted under Clare County Council Planning Reg. Ref. No.: 24/60298 and currently under construction, at a site of approximately 0.2170 hectares at Main Street (R471), Ieverstown Townland, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare. The proposed development only relates to external and internal amendments to the permitted Lidl Licenced Discount Foodstore building and consists of: Amendments to the permitted exterior and external elevations comprising: A change in stair construction material at the loading bay from precast concrete to steel; the addition of a secure enclosed bin cage at the loading bay area; the addition of 2 no. fire escape doors along the western elevation; replacement of lower section of glazing along the western elevation with insulated spandrel panel; the repositioning of the permitted fire exit along the eastern elevation; the repositioning and enlargement of permitted external plant on the northern gable plant area; and erecting of plant area access ladder along the eastern elevation. Reconfiguration of the permitted internal ground floor layout (1,973 sq m Gross Floorspace) comprising: An increase in the net retail floorspace from permitted 995 sq m to 1,062 sq m; an increase in the Customer WC area from 5 sq m to 6.5 sq m; the removal of the freezer lobby and the repositioning of freezer; and the subsequent repositioning of the chiller, IT Room and sluice area and associated reduction in storage and delivery area
2660345	Conditional	21 Jul 2026	1	224 m	for the development which consists of a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing single-storey building, with associated site works
2560700	Conditional	20 Jan 2026	1	78 m	to demolish existing building comprising office and Laundry room and erect a replacement building comprising residential apartment with office and laundry rooms and connect to existing services and associated site works
2560696	Refused	16 Jan 2026	1	101 m	to retain all changes made to the building including the removal of the derelict chimneys and the replacement of the slate roof along with ancillary site works
2460298	Conditional	8 May 2025	0	0 m	for development which will consist of: the construction of a single storey, discount foodstore with ancillary off-license sales area and a gross floor area of 2,290sqms (1,499sqms net sales area). Construction of surface level car parking spaces, including electrical vehicle (EV) charging spaces and pre-wiring other spaces to accommodate future EV parking; cycle stands; trolley bay canopy; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments including retaining structures; site lighting; mechanical plant area; roof mounted photovoltaic panels; all advertising signage including a “flagpole” sign at the entrance. Vehicular access and egress for the foodstore is from Main Road; on site drainage infrastructure including SUDS measures; connection to existing foul and surface water drains. The development also includes an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing point at the south west corner of the site. All other associated works required to complete the development. The application site includes a water pump and perimeter wall with railing and access gate which will be integrated into the layout of the development. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.
23514	Conditional	22 Aug 2024	0	96 m	to construct a new industrial / warehouse unit, including car parking spaces and all ancillary site works
24115	Conditional	30 Jul 2024	0	470 m	for demolition/refurbishments/alterations to existing derelict dwelling and the construction of a two-storey extension at rear of same. Provision of rainwater harvesting system and associated site development works
2460260	Conditional	26 Jul 2024	0	66 m	of pergola to the front of their cafe and extension to rear of their cafe and for Permission to extend and close in existing kitchen store area between the kitchen and rear extension and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320454	—	Other	25 Sept 2024	0 m
320444	—	Other	25 Sept 2024	0 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

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.