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Wood Road , Cratloe , Co. Clare

to RETAIN alterations (including a basement) to the existing dwelling house granted under Planning Reference Number P00-1625 along with all associated works

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 15 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
2660626 · full record
Authority
Clare County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
1
Floor area
114 m²
Site area
1,933 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660626/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660626 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 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.
  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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
O2
Green belt
Cluster: These are the smallest type of settlement in the hierarchy and their character reflects traditional building patterns with a loose collection of rural wellings, clustered around one or more focal points.CL-001:DP:cratloekeel-cluster20 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:cratloekeel-cluster · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
CLARE CL-001:DP:cratloekeel-cluster—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
26192Conditional8 Sept 20261276 mof the following works (A) replacing of an existing flat roof on a porch to the front, and a flat roofed area to the west side of the existing dwelling, with pitched roofs, and (B) the use of the attic area created within the new roof to the side of the dwelling as first floor living accommodation, and for PERMISSION to replace an existing flat roof over a living room to the east side of the dwelling with a pitched roof, make changes to the elevations of the living room area, and use the attic area created within the new roof as first floor living accommodation, all with associated site works
2660401Conditional7 Aug 202612 mto demolish existing damaged dwelling and construct new dwelling on existing site along with all associated works
24164Conditional4 Sept 20241495 mto construct a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
23635Refused1 Mar 20241205 mto construct domestic shed on site with permitted dwelling, planning ref P23-397, plus all ancillary site works
23397Conditional9 Nov 20231211 mto construct dwelling house, domestic shed, entrance, waste water treatment system plus all ancillary site works
2224Conditional27 Jun 20220216 mto demolish existing single storey rear extension and to construct a new single storey rear extension, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
211214Conditional2 Mar 20221495 mto construct dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
211334Conditional16 Feb 20221160 mfor the demolition of part of an existing dwelling house and construction of a new dwelling house, refurbishment of an existing dwelling along with all associated works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.