Observation pack · Clare County Council
Bridgetown , O'Brien's Bridge , Co. Clare
for the construction of five new dwellings, utilizing vehicular entrance, pedestrian access and footpaths granted under Planning Reference No. P23/60425 and Individual wastewater treatment systems with percolation areas including ancillary site works
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
- 2660627 · 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
- 1 m²
- Site area
- 1.28 ha
- Received
- 24 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
- 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/2660627/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660627at 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O2 Green belt | Village Growth Area: The areas identified as village growth areas allow for the sustainable compact growth of large villages, providing opportunities for small scale Cluster type housing etc | bridgetown settlement plan | 20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029 |
| P1 Rural | Agriculture: This zone is for the use of land for agricultural purposes and farming-related activities and to preserve the amenity of the town or village setting. | bridgetown settlement plan | 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
- Recorded monument × 1R124817
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2460671 | Conditional | 21 Feb 2025 | 0 | 102 m | for the construction of a multi use games area (MUGA), associated side fencing and netting, artificial grass surface, floodlighting and all associated ancillary and incidental works |
| 2360425 | Conditional | 12 Jul 2024 | 4 | 0 m | for the construction of 4 new dwellings, new vehicular entrance, pedestrian access, footpaths and individual wastewater treatment systems with percolation areas including ancillary site works. |
| 23148 | Refused | 3 May 2023 | 0 | 7 m | for development of a wind farm in the townlands of Fahy Beg, Fahy More North, Ballymoloney, Ballyknavin (Ed O'Briensbridge), Balllyquin More, Woodpark and Leitrim, Co Clare together with the development of an underground grid connection cable to the national grid. The underground grid connection is located primarily within the public road within the townlands of Leitrim, Fahy More South, Ballybrack, Aharinaghmore, Tooreen (Ed Cloghera) Aharinaghbeg, Knockdonagh, Roo East, Blackwater, Rosmadda West, Parkroe, Lackyle (Ed Ballyglass) and Castlebank, Co Clare. Temporary accommodation works to facilitate the delivery of wind turbine components to the site will be required in the townland of Ardataggle, Co Clare. The development will consist of: Construction of 8 no. wind turbines with a blade tip height range from 169m to 176.5m, a hub height range from 102.5m to 110m and a rotor diameter range from 131m to 138m; Erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast to a height of 100m above ground level; Construction of 1 no. onsite 38kV electrical substation to ESB Networks (ESBN) specifications and associated compound including Welfare facilities, Electrical infrastructure, Parking, Wastewater holding tank, Rainwater harvesting tank, Security fencing and all associated infrastructure, services and site works including landscaping in the townland of Woodpark; Installation of medium voltage electrical and communication cabling underground between the proposed turbines and the proposed on-site substation and associated ancillary works; Construction of turbine foundations and crane pad hardstanding area; Construction of new site tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; Upgrading of existing tracks and associated drainage infrastructure where necessary; Access to the proposed wind farm site will be from the R466 local road and will consist of the use of an existing quarry entrance in the townland of Leitrim which will be upgraded, as well as the creation of 1 no. new permanent site entrance on the Fahymore local road in the townland of Ballyquin More, and the use of 1 no. existing field entrance which will be upgraded, in the townland of Ballymoloney. The site entrances shall be used for both construction and operation of the proposed wind farm; All associated drainage and sediment control; Installation of new watercourse and drain crossings; Reuse and upgrading of existing internal watercourse and drain crossings; 2 no. temporary construction site compounds and |
| 211372 | Conditional | 22 Apr 2022 | 1 | 495 m | the development will consist of one two-storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, new site entrance, driveway and all associated site 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 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.