Observation pack · Clare County Council

5 Saint Joseph's Terrace , Clarecastle , Ennis

for the following development at the above address: a). to renovate an existing dwelling including elevational changes and rear extensions; b). to construct a new external carport; c). change of use of an existing detached single storey salon to ancillary living accommodation; d). all associated site works and services

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660624 · 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: 21 m²
Site area: 1,722 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 18 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/2660624/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660624 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 29 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
G5 Open space and amenity	Recreation: This category of zoning provides for the use of land for the provision of sports grounds/playing pitches, golf courses, tennis courts and other active indoor and outdoor recreational facilities etc.	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	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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Clare County Council development plan zoning	—	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
2660314	Conditional	6 Jul 2026	1	251 m	to construct an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house along with all associated site works
25400	Conditional	20 Feb 2026	0	379 m	for the following development to the existing dwelling. (a) to demolish the existing private garage and shed (b) to construct a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling along with all associated ancillary works
2560532	Conditional	20 Oct 2025	1	343 m	to alter boundary treatments as previously granted under P22-05 & ABP 313652-22 together with all ancillary site development works
2560005	Conditional	26 Feb 2025	0	182 m	for the construction of a single storey extension to the existing school consisting of two special educational needs classrooms and ancillary accommodation, associated circulation space and all associated services and site development works including additional carparking, sensory garden, play areas, covered canopy and storage shed
24117	Refused	4 Jun 2024	0	414 m	to construct a two storey dwelling house, including all ancillary site works
22808	Conditional	3 Nov 2022	0	492 m	to convert an existing attic to living accommodation with a first floor gable window, install roof windows on the existing roof an carry out alterations to the existing dwelling, along with ancillary works
22354	Conditional	13 Jun 2022	1	176 m	for development which will consist of (a) the revised layout and design for Camogie / LGFA Club changing room facilities as granted previously under planning ref P20/397 to incorporate club shop and referee changing room facility (b) the proposed extension to existing storage shed building to the north to incorporate open shed for machinery storage (c) the proposed construction of a new spectator viewing area along western side of the upper playing pitch and (d) the proposed floodlighting of the upper playing pitch, connection to existing services on site and ancillary site works
22205	Conditional	29 Apr 2022	3	350 m	to a) alter boundaries and extend access roadway previously granted under P19-28 b), construct an additional 3 no. detached dwelling houses and detached sheds together with al ancillary site development works and connections to public services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313652	—	Granted with conditions	22 Sept 2023	350 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.