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Bunratty Castle Hotel, Bunratty, Co Clare

Upgrade, repair, and extension of Bunratty Castle Hotel following fire damage.

211185 · Clare County Council · Lodged 10 November 2021

Reference: 211185
Authority: Clare County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 10 November 2021

Summary

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The development at Bunratty Castle Hotel (a Protected Structure) involves the rationalisation, upgrade, and repair of part of the hotel following fire damage. Works include a single-storey rear extension, infilling an internal courtyard, removing selected walls, and various elevational changes, increasing the floor area from 1,377 sq m to 1,559 sq m.

Alterationshotelprotected structurerenovationextension

Floor area: 1,559 m²

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Official record

Development description

For development at a 3.078 ha site at bunratty castle hotel, bunratty, co. Clare v95 dw9n (a protected structure). The development will consist of the rationalisation, upgrade and repair (principally required as a result of fire damage) of part of the existing hotel resulting in an increase in gross floor area from c. 1,377 sq m to c. 1,559 sq m. The works proposed principally include: the removal of selected internal and external walls, and external structures (c. 123 sq m); the reconfiguration of selected internal spaces; the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the hotel (c. 119 sq m); the provision of a new extended (c. 13 sq m) frontage to bar/bistro with full height doors and an entrance lobby with retractable awning on the southern elevation; the infilling of an internal courtyard to provide an internal extension (c. 56 sq m); the removal of two bedrooms and an office at first floor level to provide a double height space below (c. 97 sq m); removal of external fire escape stairs; reinstatement of blocked up window; insertion of a new window in lieu of the existing door opening to fire escape stairs; and all associated elevational changes. The development will also include the removal of a water storage tank and enclosure on roof; removal of proprietary metal steps on roof; the provision of an extension to the external terrace to the southern elevation (c. 93 sq m); reconfiguration of the existing car parking resulting in an increase in the number of spaces from 141 no. To 153 no. ; bicycle parking spaces; boundary treatments and landscaping; and all associated site and development works above and below ground

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

CommercialLC

“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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
25 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€493,392	225 m
24 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€361,234	230 m
23 Church Hill, Bunratty, Clareprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€361,233	235 m
20 Church Hill, Bunratty, County Clareprice excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€335,154	252 m
12 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€506,608	271 m
19 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€484,582	271 m
13 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€361,233	275 m
18 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€484,582	279 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.

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Application received10 November 2021

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