Smithstown Industrial Estate, Smithstown, Co Clare
Construction of a car park and truck parking area, with retention of site clearance works.
19965 · Clare County Council · Lodged 11 December 2019
- Reference
- 19965
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 11 December 2019
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks permission to construct a car park extension and an overflow truck parking area with a new entrance. It also seeks retention permission for completed site clearance, excavation, and hardstand creation works.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
For the construction of a car park to rear of kuehne nagel premises to extend existing parking area & permission for the construction of over flow set-down & parking area for trucks including new entrance, gates and boundary fencing & all ancillary site works. Permission is also sought for retention permission for site clearance works including excavation & creation of hard stand areas & associated works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The use of land for light industry shall be taken to incl. uses where the primary activity is the manufacture of a physical product. The use for ind./manufacturing, incubator units, distribution, open storage, transport operating centres etc is accept.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan (2012–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 Radharc An Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €306,600 | 200 m |
| 62 Radharc An Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €306,600 | 200 m |
| 60 Radharc An Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €286,600 | 200 m |
| 61 Radharc An Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €286,600 | 200 m |
| 58 Radharc An Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €321,600 | 200 m |
| 77 Radharc Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Jun 2026 | €414,096 | 311 m |
| 75 Radharc Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Feb 2026 | €436,123 | 363 m |
| 74 Radharc Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €436,123 | 368 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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
- Application received11 December 2019
- Further information requested12 February 2020
- Further information received8 May 2020
- Decision due20 June 2020
- Decision issued9 June 2020
- Grant issued10 July 2020
- Permission expiry9 July 2025
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