Ballymaley Business Park Gort Road, Ennis, Co.Clare
Change of use of an existing building to a retail warehouse and associated site alterations in Ennis.
2360085 · Clare County Council · Lodged 24 March 2023
- Reference
- 2360085
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 24 March 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves changing the use of an existing building from cash and carry wholesale, storage, and distribution to a retail warehouse. It also includes elevational alterations, signage, parking layout changes, and the removal of a porch, guard house, two sheds, and a fence.
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Official record
Development description
For the following development: a) to carry out alterations to existing building elevations including signage, b) carry out alterations to existing site layout, including alterations to the parking layout, circulation routes within the site and parking space numbers, c) removal of existing porch, guard house, two sheds and existing fence, d) provision of bicycle shed and bin store, e) for change of use of existing building to retail warehouse from previously granted cash and carry wholesale, storage and distribution, storage outlet unit
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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
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.
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Timeline
- Application received24 March 2023
- Decision due18 May 2023
- Decision issued17 May 2023
- Grant issued20 June 2023
- Permission expiry19 June 2028
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