The Courtyard Guesthouse B&B, Bunratty West, Bunratty
Change of use of part of a guesthouse to a tea room café.
20455 · Clare County Council · Lodged 7 July 2020
- Reference
- 20455
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 7 July 2020
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to convert part of the existing Courtyard Guesthouse B&B into a Tea Room Café for public use between 10am and 5pm daily. The works include internal modifications to create a double door access between the proposed café and the existing dining area.
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 change of use of part of the existing guesthouse b&b to a tea room café, for use by members of the public between the hours of 10am
- 5pm daily, internal modification of building consisting of construction of a double door access between proposed tea room café and existing guesthouse dining area together with associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The use of land zoned for ‘commercial’ purposes shall be taken to include the use of the lands for commercial and business uses including offices, service industry, warehousing and the facilitation of enterprise/retail/office type uses as appropriate”
National zoning type: Commercial, retail
Objective set by the Bunratty Settlement Plan (2023–2029). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dun Ri, Bunratty, Clare | Jun 2026 | €412,000 | 122 m |
| 49 Castle Gardens, Bunratty, Co Clare | Mar 2026 | €325,000 | 210 m |
| 47 Castle Gardens, Bunratty, Co Clare | Aug 2025 | €245,000 | 225 m |
| 34 Castle Gardens, Bunratty, Co Clare | Feb 2026 | €240,000 | 225 m |
| 11 Church Hill, Bunratty, County Clareprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €462,555 | 238 m |
| 1 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €462,554 | 238 m |
| 10 Church Hill, Bunratty, Clareprice excludes VAT | Sept 2025 | €351,982 | 250 m |
| 3 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €351,983 | 255 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 received7 July 2020
- Decision due31 August 2020
- Decision issued21 August 2020
- Grant issued21 September 2020
- Permission expiry20 September 2025
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