73-home scheme proposed at Clonlara, Co. Clare

In context

It is one of 31 housing scheme applications Clare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,598 nationally. Of the 3,043 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to Clare County Council until 23 November 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council is due to decide by 14 December 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

How to make a submission

The development description, as lodged

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

for construction of Residential & Mixed Use Development totalling 3 No. Commercial Units & 73 Residential Units including 67 No. Dwellings & 6 No. Apartments. Residential Development to consist of 56 No. Dwellinghouses to compromise of (12 No. 3 Bed & 8 No. 4 Bed Semi-detached, 12 No. 2 Bed & 22 No. 3 Bed Terraced Houses, 2 No. Single Storey 2 Bed Terrace House). Permission is Also sought for Mixed use Development to Consist of 3 No. Commercial units & 11 No. Dwellinghouses & 6 No. Apartments, including shop unit with yard & 6 No. First Floor 1 Bed Apartments & 11 No. 3 Bed Terraced townhouses, including car parking, partial removal of existing boundary wall, new paved plaza & associated work, Hard & soft landscaping, Bin Stores & Bike Parking. Permission for new connections to public services including water & foul sewerage including associated plant. Permission is also sought for vehicular and pedestrian entrances, access roads, cycle paths, footpaths, landscaping works, parking areas, boundary treatments & all ancillary site works. Permission is also sought for preparatory works for provision of land to local authority for purposes of Public Park & Playground in land zoned OS2. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) shall be submitted to the Planning Authority as part of this application.