Unit 7 Gort Road Industrial Estate, Gort Road, Ennis Co Clare
Use of the first floor of an industrial unit in Ennis as ancillary office space.
2346 · Clare County Council · Lodged 31 January 2023
- Reference
- 2346
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 31 January 2023
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to use the first floor of Unit 7 at Gort Road Industrial Estate for office space. This office space will be ancillary to the existing production facility on site.
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 use first floor of structure for office space ancillary to the production facility granted under p22-287
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The use of land for light industry shall be taken to incl. uses where the primary activity is the manufacture of a physical product. The use for ind./manufacturing, incubator units, distribution, open storage, transport operating centres etc is accept.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Ard Caoin, Gort Road, Ennis | Jul 2025 | €290,000 | 148 m |
| 53 Ard Caoin, Gort Rd, Ennis | Nov 2025 | €250,000 | 176 m |
| 55 Ard Caoin, Gort Road, Ennis | Aug 2025 | €275,000 | 188 m |
| 68 Ard Caoin, Gort Rd, Ennis | Jan 2025 | €141,000 | 192 m |
| 68 Ard Caoin, Gort Rd, Ennis | Dec 2025 | €191,000 | 192 m |
| 15 Ard Caoin, Gort Road, Ennis | Nov 2025 | €347,000 | 197 m |
| 12 Ard Caoin, Gort Road, Ennis | Apr 2026 | €330,000 | 205 m |
| 85 Ard Caoin, Gort Rd, Ennis | Apr 2025 | €175,000 | 247 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 received31 January 2023
- Decision due27 March 2023
- Decision issued27 March 2023
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