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Observation pack · Clare County Council

Quilty , Quilty West , Co. Clare

for two dwelling houses, ancillary domestic shed, vehicular access onto public road, connections to services, landscaping and ancillary site works

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 15 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660631 · full record
Authority
Clare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
2
Floor area
780 m²
Site area
3,171 m²
Received
28 Sept 2026
We first saw it
7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due
22 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/2660631/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660631 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 2 Nov 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
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.quilty settlement plan20 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 Devquilty settlement plan20 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Clare County Council development plan zoning—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
2660150Conditional23 Jul 2026131 mfor development which will consist of demolitions, alterations and extension to the existing single storey, 3 bedroom house to create a 2 storey, 4 bedroom house. The works will include the demolition of the existing sun room and side extension, modification of the existing house, the addition of a new dormer storey, side extension and associated site works
2560713Conditional24 Apr 20261457 mpermission to retain & complete renovation and improvement works to an existing stone cottage, and all associated site development works and services
25156Conditional9 Jul 20250105 mto construct an extension to existing burial ground and associated site works
25152Refused27 Jun 2025171 mto alter and extend the existing building, granted permission under reference P23/319, by creating a first floor area with a dormer roof, changing the ground floor internal layout and fenestration and all other associated site and ancillary works
2460651Conditional18 Mar 202505 mto refurbish, reroof, reconfigure and interconnect Rose & Mutton Cottage, part demolish an existing rear extension and construct a new rear extension and all associated site works
2440Refused25 Sept 20241457 mfor development, the development will consist of removing part of existing stone building and building a dwelling house c/w ancillary site works
24169Conditional1 Jul 2024031 mof the sunroom and the garage/kitchen extension to the existing dwelling & all other associated site and ancillary works
23588Refused11 Jan 20241471 mto build a new dwelling house, connect to services & all other associated site and ancillary works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
321006—Refused3 Apr 2025457 m
316703—Other27 Jul 202371 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

  • 28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
  • 28 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.