Observation pack · Clare County Council

16 Cregg Ard , Lahinch , Co. Clare

For alterations to the development previously permitted under planning Ref P25/251, consisting of changes to the rear and side extensions previously approved and to the roof of the existing house, and planning permission to construct a garden store to the rear of the house and all associated site works

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660703 · full record
Authority: Clare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 90 m²
Site area: 489 m²
Received: 28 Oct 2026
Decision due: 22 Dec 2026

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/2660703/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660703 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 2 Dec 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
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 Dev	lahinch settlement plan	20 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 Dev	lahinch 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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660537	Conditional	7 Oct 2026		237 m	for development which will consist of an extension to the existing B&B, removal of garden room and mobile home, closing of secondary entrance, construction of a new front boundary wall and provision of parking together with ancillary site works
2660512	Conditional	23 Sept 2026	1	37 m	for development which will consist of: (1) The demolition of an existing sunroom. (2) Alterations and an extension to the existing dwelling house. (3) All ancillary site works
2660430	Conditional	24 Aug 2026	1	24 m	for the construction of extensions to our existing dwelling to comprise of (a) construct flat roofed kitchen/ dining/living room to west side of dwelling with 2 rooflights (b) construct utility on ground floor with en-suite overhead to serve masterbedroom to east side of dwelling with rooflight (c) new dormer window to west facing roof (d) relocate main door (e) make internal modifications to existing dwelling (f) permission to demolish existing west extension and garden shed including ancillary site works
2660409	Conditional	17 Aug 2026	1	37 m	of alterations to approved dwelling house (P22/115 Refers) to include alterations to front and side elevations, alteration to roof profile, addition of rear extension, construction of external deck at second floor level, altered boundary wall treatments and external steps on altered site boundaries together with ancillary site development works
26171	Unconditional	12 Aug 2026	1	319 m	to Extend the Appropriate Period for P21/693 for the following works (1) PERMISSION sought for change of house plan to that approved under Pl. Ref. no. P20/814 to include alteration to elevations
2660201	Conditional	10 Jul 2026	1	127 m	for the renovation, alteration, and extension of the existing dwelling house, including changes to the elevations of the existing dwelling, construction of two-storey & single storey extensions and all associated site works
2690	Conditional	27 May 2026	1	488 m	for (a) demolition of an existing dwelling and (b) the construction of a new detached dwelling, (c) new vehicular entrance and all associated site works
2660129	Conditional	29 Apr 2026	1	109 m	to construct a new stand-alone two-storey ancillary living unit within the garden to the rear of the existing dwelling along with all associated site works and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
502072		pending	8 Sept 2026	37 m
318239		Refused	17 Jun 2024	195 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 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 Dec 2026
28 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.