Armada Hotel, Spanish Point, Miltown Malbay
Installation of a tourist accommodation cabin at the Armada Hotel in Spanish Point.
2084 · Clare County Council · Lodged 13 February 2020
- Reference
- 2084
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 13 February 2020
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 16.75 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal is to construct and install a cabin to be used as short-term tourist accommodation. The cabin will be ancillary to the existing Armada Hotel Complex and includes the installation of a wastewater storage tank.
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
To construct/install a cabin to be used as short-term tourist accommodation ancillary to the existing armada hotel complex and to install a waste water storage tank along 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 Spannish Point 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Cottage, Leagaurd South, Spanish Point | Dec 2025 | €655,000 | 265 m |
| Breaffa South, Miltown Malbay, Ennis | Dec 2025 | €375,000 | 339 m |
| 14 Westpark, Spanish Point, Clare | Mar 2025 | €400,000 | 412 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 received13 February 2020
- Further information requested27 March 2020
- Further information received22 September 2020
- Decision due29 October 2020
- Decision issued28 October 2020
- Grant issued28 November 2020
- Permission expiry27 November 2025
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- Awaiting decisionAt this site
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