'Cloister Site', Abbey Street, Ennis Co Clare
Change of use of a private GAA match-day car park to a public commercial car park in Ennis.
21860 · Clare County Council · Lodged 12 August 2021
- Reference
- 21860
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 12 August 2021
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 1 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to change the use of a private car park, previously limited to GAA match days, to a commercial car park for short and long-term public use. The site is within and adjacent to protected structures and a national monument.
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
For the change of use of the car park, granted under an bord pleanala reference no pl 03.245734 (clare county council ref. No. P15/80, from a private car park limited to use for matches and authorised events associated with the existing gaelic athletic association ground at cusack park (condition no. 7 of an bord pleanala reference no. Pl 03.245734 to a commercial car park for use as a both long term and short term stay for members of the public, at the 'cloister site abbey street, ennis, co clare. The application includes for the completion of associated site drainage surface dressing, landscaping works and the site entrance, which were previously granted under planning permission, an bord pleanala reference no. Pl 03.245734 (clare co council ref. No. P15/80) the proposed development is within and adjacent to a protected structure e35 and e36 and national monument no. Cl033-082034. There are natura 2000 sites within the vicinity of the development and therefore a habitate directive appropriate assessment screening has been carried out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Francis St, Ennis, Co Clare | Mar 2025 | €150,000 | 168 m |
| 23 Park Row, Francis St, Ennis | May 2026 | €355,000 | 178 m |
| Court View, Lifford, Ennis | Feb 2026 | €190,000 | 203 m |
| 12a Bindon Lane, Bank Place, Ennis | Jan 2025 | €200,000 | 280 m |
| 2 Fergus Row, Ennis, Co. Clare | Apr 2025 | €212,000 | 287 m |
| 12 Bank Sq, Bindon Lane, Ennis | Feb 2026 | €197,500 | 298 m |
| 18 Steeles Terrace, Lifford, Ennis | Jun 2026 | €255,000 | 299 m |
| 27 Steels Terrace, Gort Rd, Ennis | Mar 2025 | €272,000 | 343 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 received12 August 2021
- Further information requested5 October 2021
- Further information received9 May 2022
- Decision due21 June 2022
- Decision issued21 June 2022
- Grant issued29 July 2022
- Permission expiry28 July 2027
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