Clare County Council grants permission for 56-home scheme at Quin Gardens, Quin, Co. Clare

In context

It is one of 24 housing scheme applications Clare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 1 August 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Clare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

for a residential development comprising 56 no. residential units, (7 no. detached houses, 46 no. semi-detached houses and 3 no. terrace houses), construction of public footpath to the existing road, ancillary surface car parking, vehicular & pedestrian access to the proposed development, connection to existing public water supply; foul water drainage services including the provision of surface water attenuation and all associated site development and landscape works on lands at Quingardens, Quin, County Clare. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)