Observation pack · Clare County Council

Shanballysallagh , Tubber , Co. Clare H91 P827

for 1) The change of use from industrial to industrial training purposes (2) The erection of a climbing frame/tower for training purposes and (3) The erection of associated signage

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 21 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660670 · 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: 3,629 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 7 Dec 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/2660670/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660670 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 17 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
C2.2 Economic development and employment	Industry: The use of land for industry uses shall be taken to include the use for industrial processing or manufacturing of a scale and nature where there is significant goods manufacturing and related uses.	tubber 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.	tubber settlement plan	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
C2.2 Economic development and employment	Industry: The use of land for industry uses shall be taken to include the use for industrial processing or manufacturing of a scale and nature where there is significant goods manufacturing and related uses.	tubber 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.	tubber 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 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560296	Conditional	27 Aug 2025	1	411 m	for the construction of a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and new entrance including ancillary site works
23110	Conditional	14 Jun 2023	0	466 m	to construct a temporary modular school building consisting of 2 no main stream classroom, 2 SET rooms and a principal's office together with an onsite sewage treatment system with all necessary ancillary services. The new school building to remain in use until a new permanent school building is constructed and ready for occupation, this will be the subject of a separate planning application
211090	Conditional	3 Dec 2021	0	7 m	to erect 715.00 m2 or 143.29 kW of photovoltaic panels on the roof of existing commercial building with all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
13 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.