Observation pack · Clare County Council

Portdrine , Cratloe , Co. Clare

(a) Retention permission for the dormer style dwelling as constructed, with the inclusion of a basement level floor plan, revised elevational treatment, with an overall floor area of 397.94sq/m differing in that granted under planning reference No. P00/1705 (b) Retention permission for the installation of an effluent treatment system, with raised percolation area, differing in design to that granted under planning reference No. P00/1705

Observations close 10 Dec 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660713 · full record
Authority: Clare County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 398 m²
Site area: 2,822 m²
Received: 5 Nov 2026
Decision due: 8 Jan 2027

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/2660713/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660713 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 10 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
O2 Green belt	Cluster: These are the smallest type of settlement in the hierarchy and their character reflects traditional building patterns with a loose collection of rural wellings, clustered around one or more focal points.	portdrine cluster	20 Apr 2023 → 19 Apr 2029
O2 Green belt	Cluster: These are the smallest type of settlement in the hierarchy and their character reflects traditional building patterns with a loose collection of rural wellings, clustered around one or more focal points.	portdrine cluster	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	Distance	Description
2660301	Conditional	24 Jul 2026	423 m	for the construction of a garage/workshop, associated concrete area and site works
2560366	Conditional	31 Jul 2025	373 m	the development will consist of retaining the existing 21.5 metre-high monopole telecommunications structure and PERMISSION to construct a 3.5-metre extension to the existing 21.5 metre-high monopole telecommunications structure (overall height to be 25-metre), carrying antennae and dishes, along with ancillary finial and all ancillary works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323494		Granted with conditions	9 Dec 2025	373 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 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
5 Nov 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Clare County Council before relying on it.