RefusedCommercialDecided 25 November 2021

Maxol Service Station, Ennis Road, Clarecastle

Refurbishment and expansion of food offerings at Maxol Service Station in Clarecastle.

211045 · Clare County Council · Lodged 1 October 2021

Reference: 211045
Authority: Clare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 1 October 2021
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 1 m²

Summary

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The project includes relocating and refurbishing the café/deli area, changing a play area to restaurant use, and adding a second hot-food takeaway. It also features external seating, new corporate signage, and ventilation equipment.

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Official record

Development description

For relocation and refurbishment of maxol café / deli area, including food preparation and clean-up areas with chiller / freezer rooms (area 65.55sqm); change of use of children's play area to restaurant use (area 48.25sqm); provision of a second hot-food takeaway offering including order/sales counters, kitchen and clean-up area, chiller/freezer rooms, store and supervisor office (area 95.44sqm incorporating change-of-use area 48.25sqm); revised circulation area (area 87.61sqm); revised seating area (area 74.93sqm) and revised maxol back-of-house area including atm room, manager office, staff facilities and electrics room (area 93.62sqm); sale of hot food for consumption both on and off the premises; provision of external customer seating area at northern elevation of forecourt building (26 seats); provision of additional external corporate signage to forecourt building on eastern elevation (area 0.57sqm); installation of dedicated grease trap for the new hot-food area under previously approved parking area at rear of existing forecourt building; provision of an additional m&e switch room (area 12.69sqm) and all necessary air-handling / ventilation / extract-air equipment at rear of existing building; lowering section of stone wall on northern and eastern boundaries to 450mm overall height around maxol id totem sign and all associated site works

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Mixed UseRE

“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: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

Objective set by the Ennis and Environs (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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Ballybeg, Ennis, 2nd House At Same Address	Apr 2025	€275,000	335 m
2 Clareabbey, Clarecastle, Ennis	Jan 2026	€319,000	362 m
Cappanavarnogue, Kildysart, Ennis	Jul 2025	€150,000	409 m
68 Bramble Lane, The Hawthorns, Limerick Rd	Sept 2025	€375,000	447 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

Application received1 October 2021
Decision due25 November 2021
Decision issued25 November 2021
Grant issued17 July 2023
Appeal submitted22 December 2021
Appeal decided2 June 2023
Permission expiry16 July 2028

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