Observation pack · Clare County Council

St Flannan's Cathedral , Killaloe , Co Clare

the development will consist of 1 no. external universal access ramp and an internal timber screen and lobby inside the main door; incorporating a draught lobby, WCs, access ramp and servery. St Flannan's Cathedral is a protected structure RPS no. 153.

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 3 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2660646 · 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: 4,442 m²
Received: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 29 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/2660646/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660646 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 9 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.
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
G1 Open space with recreation	Open Space: It is intended that lands zoned ‘open space’ will be retained as undeveloped open space, mainly for passive open space related activities. The open space/park areas could contain active play facilities such as children’s play areas etc.	killaloe settlement plan	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
S3 Community infrastructure	Community: The development of lands for community uses shall be taken to include the use of lands for community, civic, health services, public or educational uses including the provision of schools, community halls, healthcare facilities etc.	killaloe settlement plan	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
G1 Open space with recreation	Open Space: It is intended that lands zoned ‘open space’ will be retained as undeveloped open space, mainly for passive open space related activities. The open space/park areas could contain active play facilities such as children’s play areas etc.	killaloe settlement plan variation no 1	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
S3 Community infrastructure	Community: The development of lands for community uses shall be taken to include the use of lands for community, civic, health services, public or educational uses including the provision of schools, community halls, healthcare facilities etc.	killaloe settlement plan variation no 1	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 25 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Clare County Council development plan zoning	—	25 Oct 2026, 23:00	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 3
John Crotty · Saint Flannan's Cathedral (Killaloe) · Abbey House
Recorded monument × 14
Church · Cross-slab · Architectural fragment

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
26130	Conditional	29 Oct 2026	0	265 m	construction of an extension to the side of house, linking the house and domestic garage and converting the garage to living accommodation
2660083	Conditional	29 Oct 2026	0	235 m	the construction of three residential units, which include 2 no. 2-bedroom duplex units and 1 studio, connection to the public services and ancillary site development works, which include works to the boundaries of the neighbouring protected structure (RPS S676)
2660746	Conditional	21 Sept 2026	0	299 m	the construction of a single storey flat roof extension and for the construction and PERMISSION for the completion of a single storey flat roof extension all to an existing dwelling
2660158	Conditional	7 May 2026	1	206 m	to convert the attic space with associated changes to the elevations and erect an extension to the rear bedroom, kitchen over two floors and all associated site works
2664	Conditional	6 May 2026	1	332 m	for an extension to the side and the rear of dwelling house
2660145	Conditional	30 Apr 2026	1	282 m	to construct a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling (Previously Granted Retention Permission, planning ref 25/60497) together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
2660093	Conditional	17 Apr 2026	1	243 m	of the following: an extension to the existing dwelling and the construction of a detached short term accommodation unit to the rear
2560793	Refused	16 Feb 2026	1	314 m	to erect an extension comprising accessible bedroom and WC to the rear of the house and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
310495	—	Granted with conditions	17 Nov 2021	188 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

5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
5 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.