Back Road, Kilrush, Co Clare
Conversion of a protected convent into 30 apartments and construction of 20 semi-detached houses.
21239 · Clare County Council · Lodged 18 March 2021
- Reference
- 21239
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 18 March 2021
- Residential units
- 50
- Floor area
- 196750 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThis major development involves converting and extending existing structures of a protected convent to create 30 apartments, including installing lifts and altering floor levels. The project also includes demolishing an outbuilding and constructing 20 new semi-detached houses with a service road.
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 convert and extend existing convent structures, to upgrade existing stairways, relocate part of internal partitions, install 2no lifts, revise floor levels, revise part elevations, to include 30no apartments, to demolish part of existing outbuilding, reduce part of ground levels, to construct 20no semi-detached dwellings, service road, new entrance and to upgrade/ extend existing ancillary services. The convent is a protected structure (rps 861)
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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 Kilrush 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Dooneen Park, Kilrush, Clare | Jan 2026 | €200,000 | 69 m |
| Moyasta, Kilrush, Clare | Aug 2025 | €375,000 | 214 m |
| Donogrogue, Killimer, Kilrush | Jul 2025 | €100,000 | 214 m |
| Birrenfadda, Cranny, Kilrush | Sept 2025 | €70,000 | 214 m |
| Ougherard, Cross, Kilrush | Jul 2025 | €136,000 | 214 m |
| 8 Nagles Terrace, Kilrush, Clare | Jun 2026 | €150,000 | 218 m |
| Hector St, Kilrush, Clare | Dec 2025 | €263,000 | 279 m |
| 6 St Josephs Terrace, Kilrush, Clare | Aug 2025 | €87,000 | 280 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 March 2021
- Further information requested11 May 2021
- Further information received8 October 2021
- Decision due11 November 2021
- Decision issued11 November 2021
- Grant issued16 December 2021
- Permission expiry15 December 2026
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