Observation pack · Clare County Council
Tracklands Business Park , Tobarteascain , Ennis Co. Clare
The development will consist of: a) Amalgamation of two existing ground floor units b) Change of use from Office to Day Care Service for the provision of daytime care for vulnerable persons c) Existing window replaced with new door to South East Elevation and associated works
Observations close 20 Oct 2026 6 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660602 · 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
- 363 m²
- Received
- 15 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 9 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/2660602/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660602at 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 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise: Lands zoned for ‘enterprise’ shall be taken to include the use and development of land for high end research and development, business science and technology-based industry, financial services, call centres/telemarketing, software development etc. | 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.
Source: 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 |
Designations on or near the site
- Recorded monument × 4Rock scribing · Hut site · Mound
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660508 | Conditional | 30 Sept 2026 | 0 | 479 m | for development at a site of approximately 0.2406 hectares, Tobarteascáin Road, Clonroad More Townland, Ennis, Co. Clare. The proposed development only relates to external and internal amendments to the permitted Lidl Licenced Discount Foodstore building Granted Permission as part of an overall mixed-use development by An Coimisiún Pleanála under Plan. Ref. No.: PL03.316029 (Clare County Council Plan. Reg. Ref. No.: 22/33) at the junction of Clare Road (R458) and Tobarteascáin Road, and consists of: Amendments to the permitted exterior and external elevations to the permitted Lidl Licenced Discount Foodstore building comprising: The repositioning of permitted fire escape door, reduction of permitted windows from 3 no. to 2 no. and their repositioning, the repositioning of the 3 no. permitted poster panel displays, and new plant room access door, all along the south-eastern elevation; The removal of plant room access door and change of permitted external brick material finish to painted render finish along the north-eastern elevation; and The removal of 1 no. permitted fire escape door and associated stepped access along the north-western elevation. Reconfiguration of the permitted Lidl Licenced Discount Foodstore building internal ground floor layout (2,214 sq m Gross Floorspace) comprising: An increase in the net retail floorspace from the permitted 1,200 sq m to 1,370 sq m; Reduction in overall Back-of-House facilities to include removal of freezer lobby, reduced storage and warehouse areas; and the Reconfiguration/repositioning of facilities incl. customer circulation area, deposit return scheme and associated storage, chiller/freezer areas, bakery preparation area, IT and Plant Room, staff and customer welfare facilities |
| 2660421 | Conditional | 17 Aug 2026 | 1 | 390 m | for a) to alter, extend & refurbish existing derelict dwelling house (V95 W9VC) b) reconfigure existing vehicular entrance including all associated site works & services |
| 2660403 | Conditional | 12 Aug 2026 | 1 | 165 m | for the Construction of an extension to our existing dwelling to comprise of Kitchen/ Dining, Living Room, Utility, Pantry & Masterbedroom with En-suite & Walk-in-wardrobe. We also intend to apply for permission to relocate Main door to front of dwelling along with internal modifications and including ancillary site works |
| 2560690 | Conditional | 9 Jun 2026 | 0 | 497 m | the development which will consist of the change of use of existing second floor to 24-hour Gym, associated alterations to elevations, external signage, connection to existing services and all ancillary site works |
| 2661 | Conditional | 27 Apr 2026 | 1 | 150 m | to a) convert and extend the existing attached garage bedroom and front porch. b) construct an extension to the rear utility room c) wrap external walls with thermal Insulation including all ancillary services and works |
| 2660111 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2026 | 1 | 445 m | to extend and refurbish an existing dwelling house along with all associated works |
| 25408 | Conditional | 25 Feb 2026 | 0 | 107 m | for change of use of the existing retail building to an indoor sports facility with 6 Padel Courts, changing rooms, toilets, seating / reception area, using the existing entrance and parking area & all associated site and ancillary works |
| 2460652 | Conditional | 6 Feb 2026 | 73 | 376 m | for a development comprising 74 no. residential units, (3 no. detached houses, 36 no. semi-detached houses, 23 no. terrace houses, 12 no. duplex units), ancillary surface car parking, vehicular & pedestrian access to the proposed development from the Tobarteascáin Road, pedestrian access into both Abbey Ville estate and Abbey Court estate to the south, connection to existing public water supply; foul water drainage services including the provision of surface water attenuation and all associated site development works including the raising of land, and landscape works. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500892 | — | Granted with conditions | 3 Jul 2026 | 376 m |
| 500145 | — | Refused | 24 Feb 2026 | 211 m |
| 316029 | — | Granted with conditions | 27 Feb 2025 | 403 m |
| 311285 | — | Granted with conditions | 17 Jan 2022 | 486 m |
| 310559 | — | Invalid | 29 Nov 2021 | 397 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
- 15 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 20 Oct 2026
- 15 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.