Drumbiggle Road, Nos 1-4 Buttermarket Street and Simm's Lane, Drumbiggle Ennis Co Clare
Demolition of existing structures and construction of 40 apartments, 6 townhouses, a digital hub, and a cafe.
21578 · Clare County Council · Lodged 4 June 2021
- Reference
- 21578
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 4 June 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThis development in an Architectural Conservation Area involves the demolition of existing structures and the construction of 46 residential units (40 apartments and 6 three-storey townhouses). It also includes a digital hub, a single-storey cafe, and associated site works, accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.
- Residential units
- 46
- Storeys
- 4
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Official record
Development description
The development will consist of demolition of existing structures at nos 1-4 inclusive butter market street, and partial removal of the existing wall to the eastern site boundary. Construction of 46 residential units in total comprising a new 4 storey apartment building to drumbiggle road with 30 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 3 no. 1 bedroom apartments, over semi-basement level with 20 car-parking spaces secure bicycle store, bin store and plant room; digital hub at ground floor level; new single storey cafe and digital hub at ground floor to simm's lane; 4 storey apartment building to buttermaket st. Lane with 7 no. 2 bedroom apartments; 6 no. 3 storey terraced town houses to buttermarket street, new substation, 5 new set-down car parking spaces, external hard and soft landscaping, lighting, solar panels, underground services including drainage with attenuation tank and ancillary site works. The site is in an architectural conservation area. A natura impact statement will be submitted with the application
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: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Carmody St, Ennis, Co Clare | Feb 2026 | €390,000 | 50 m |
| 18 Parnell Court, Summerhill, Ennis | Nov 2025 | €178,000 | 114 m |
| 1 Ahernes Tce, Carmody St, Ennis | Feb 2026 | €210,000 | 159 m |
| 3 Summerhill, Ennis, Co Clare | Jun 2025 | €220,000 | 159 m |
| 6 Ahern Terrace, Carmody St, Ennis | Feb 2025 | €150,000 | 182 m |
| 11 Drumbiggle Dr, Ennis, Co Clare | Jan 2026 | €224,000 | 205 m |
| 1st Floor Apt, Upper Market Street, Ennis | Jan 2025 | €180,000 | 206 m |
| 72 Mill House, Cornmarket St, Ennis | Sept 2025 | €187,000 | 208 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 received4 June 2021
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