RefusedCommercialDecided 17 May 2021

Airport Road, Tullyvarraga, Shannon

Construction of a discount foodstore and a two-storey cafe/restaurant in Shannon.

20311 · Clare County Council · Lodged 18 May 2020

Reference: 20311
Authority: Clare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 18 May 2020

Summary

AI-generated

The development consists of a single-storey discount foodstore with off-licence use (1,837 sq.m) and a two-storey cafe/restaurant (350 sq.m) with a terrace. The project includes 106 parking spaces, signage, an ESB substation, and a relocated bus shelter on a 1.04-hectare site.

Commercialretailrestaurantsupermarket

Floor area: 2,187 m²

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 development at this site located to the north of the airport road (r471) tullyvarraga, shannon, co clare. The development will consist of the construction of a single storey discount foodstore (to include off licence use) with a gross floor area 1,837 sq. M. (net retail area 1,336) and a 2 storey café /restaurant (c. 350sq. M) with terrace fronting onto the airport road. The development includes the erection of 1 no. Free standing double sided internally illuminated totem sign, 5 no. Internally illuminated gable signs (all elevations), 1 no. Internally illuminated, free standing entrance sign and 1 no. Entrance glass sign. The proposed development will be served by 106 no. Car parking spaces (including 5 disabled spaces and 2 electric vehicle spaces). Vehicular/pedestrian access to the site will be provided from a new distributor and internal road layout served by a new entrance from the r471. The proposed development includes the construction of a single storey esb substation, lighting, all landscaping (including boundary treatment), relocation of bus shelter (on airport road), and site development and drainage works on a site of c. 1.04 hectares

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Mixed UseUC

“The use of land for ‘mixed use’ developments shall incl. the use of land for a range of uses, making provision, where appropriate, for primary and secondary uses e.g. commercial/retail development as the primary use with residential dev. as secondary”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

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 plan

Built & 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

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
56 Rossbracken, Shannon, Clare	Mar 2025	€196,000	321 m
37 Town Court, Shannon, Clarenot full market price	Oct 2025	€54,800	384 m
6 Tola Park, Shannon, Clare	Jul 2025	€230,000	387 m
44 Rossbracken, Shannon, Co. Clarenot full market price	Sept 2025	€74,000	387 m
71 Block C, Bru Na Sionna, Shannon Town Centre	Sept 2025	€201,000	405 m
Apt A 16, Bru Na Sionna, Bunratty	Mar 2026	€170,000	448 m
37 Bru Na Sionna, Shannon Town Centre, Shannon	Jun 2025	€150,000	448 m
32 Radharc Doire, Smithstown, Shannonprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€286,344	450 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 received18 May 2020
Further information requested16 July 2020
Further information received13 April 2021
Decision due17 May 2021
Decision issued17 May 2021
Appeal submitted3 June 2021
Appeal decided21 September 2022

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.