Observation pack · Clare County Council

Lehinch , Co Clare

to construct an agricultural entrance along with site drainage and associated site works

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 25 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660604 · 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: 2,959 m²
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 10 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/2660604/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660604 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 21 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

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
2560823	Conditional	19 Feb 2026	0	47 m	to install flood lighting consisting of 8 No. 18m lighting poles to serve the existing playing field and all associated site works
25296	Conditional	3 Nov 2025	1	92 m	of the converted shed for use as a spare bedroom for the occupants of the main dwelling, for PERMISSION to extend the shed with a linked storage area and a new building for use as a hobby room /pottery shed and all associated and ancillary site works
2560264	Conditional	29 Oct 2025	1	379 m	to construct a dwelling house, garage, driveway, wastewater treatment system, upgrade of existing entrance and all associated site works
2460387	Conditional	13 Aug 2025	0	376 m	for modifications to the existing dwelling which include the removal of the existing rear extension, the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, the construction of a new two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, a single storey car port to the side of the proposed two storey extension and associated site works
23396	Conditional	23 Oct 2023	1	127 m	for development which will consist of (1) PERMISSION for a new dwellinghouse and domestic garage / garden store (2) New sewage treatment system (3) Construct a new entrance onto the public road and (4) All associated site works and services
22609	Refused	31 Mar 2023	0	402 m	to (a) alter site boundaries previously granted under Planning Permission Ref: P04/422, (b) RETAIN existing pod structure and associated ancillary works as playhouse/home office/gym ancillary to the main use of the dwelling house (c) close up entrance to pod structure from main road and (d) to provide for all ancillary works
221147	Conditional	16 Feb 2023	0	474 m	for the following a) the construction of single storey extension to the front of house, b) construction of a porch to the rear and c) alteration to first floor dormer window to front of house, d) internal modifications e) alterations to elevations together with f) all associated site works
211396	Conditional	25 Feb 2022	0	237 m	to RETAIN alterations previously development (approved under planning ref P00-398) comprising of (i) Additional roof light on the front elevation of existing dwelling. (ii) patio walls to rear of existing dwelling. (iii) domestic garage / storage building as constructed. (iv) alterations to site boundaries an all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 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.