Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedChange of useDecided 2 November 2017

Lissycasey, Ennis, Co Clare

Change of use from retail to a house, with ground and first-floor extensions and roof alterations in Lissycasey.

16836 · Clare County Council · Lodged 28 October 2016

Reference
16836
Authority
Clare County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
28 October 2016
Residential units
1
Floor area
65.91 m²

Summary

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This application seeks to convert an existing retail unit into a private dwelling house. The works include ground and first-floor extensions, roof alterations with dormer windows, a new entrance, and a new water well system.

Change of useconversionextensionretail to residential

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Official record

Development description

  • For the following development
  • Change of use of existing retail to a private dwelling house consisting of a kitchen, dining room, living room, hallway, study, bedroom / ensuite, laundry room, toilet on the ground floor and 3 bedrooms one with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe, bathroom and walk-in hotpress and corridor on the first floor
  • Extensions to ground floor consisting of a front entrance porch and a section onto the master bedroom
  • Extension to first floor overhead the existing single storey flat roof section at the rear of the premises consisting of 2 bedrooms, a bathroom walk-in hotpress and corridor
  • Alterations to existing roofs, windows, doors and building elevations including the construction of dormer windows to front and rear elevations
  • Construction of a 12ft wide entrance including 7ft high piers and plastered blockwalls along eastern site boundary of dwelling house
  • Raising of existing stone walls and piers along northern and eastern site boundaries by 2ft 6ins
  • Construction of pump house and borehole water well system for existing spring well

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Existing ResidentialRS
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

Objective set by the Lissycasey Settlement Plan (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Gleann, Lissycasey, EnnisAug 2025€82,000441 m
Benedin, Lissycasey, Ennisnot full market priceOct 2025€180,000441 m
Lakeview, Lissycasey, ClareJun 2026€158,000441 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received28 October 2016
  2. Further information requested15 December 2016
  3. Further information received15 September 2017
  4. Decision due2 November 2017
  5. Decision issued2 November 2017
  6. Grant issued11 May 2018
  7. Appeal submitted22 November 2017
  8. Appeal decided11 May 2018
  9. Permission expiry10 May 2023

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