Clonlara Community Sports & Leisure Centre, Clonlara, Co Clare V94VXD4
Internal and external alterations to Clonlara Community Sports & Leisure Centre to incorporate a café, gym, and meeting room.
2460250 · Clare County Council · Lodged 29 May 2024
- Reference
- 2460250
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 May 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe development proposes alterations to the ground and first-floor layouts of the leisure centre. This will accommodate a new ground-floor café, a gym and cardio studio across both floors, a new first-floor meeting room, minor internal changes, and new windows.
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Official record
Development description
For alterations to the existing ground and first floor layouts to incorporate a café on the ground floor, gym and cardio studio on the ground and first floors, new meeting room on the first floor, minor internal alterations, modifications to the existing elevations to incorporate new windows, together with all associated ancillary and incidental works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The development of lands for community uses shall be taken to include the use of lands for community, civic, health services, public or educational uses including the provision of schools, community halls, healthcare facilities etc.”
National zoning type: Community facilities
Objective set by the Clonlara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Errina Close, Oireanach, Church Roadprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €572,687 | 156 m |
| 1 Errina Locke, Oireanach ( Errina), Clonlaraprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €440,529 | 216 m |
| 11 The Park, Oireanach, Clonlaraprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €484,581 | 241 m |
| 10 The Park, Oireanach, Clonlaraprice excludes VAT | May 2025 | €475,780 | 248 m |
| 42 Churchfields, Clonlara, Clare | Aug 2025 | €380,000 | 315 m |
| 67 Church Fields, Clonlara, Clare | Jul 2025 | €423,000 | 404 m |
| 71 Churchfields, Clonlara, Clare | Oct 2025 | €390,000 | 439 m |
| Newtown, Clonlara, Clare | Dec 2025 | €310,000 | 496 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 received29 May 2024
- Further information requested22 July 2024
- Further information received5 October 2024
- Decision due1 November 2024
- Decision issued31 October 2024
- Grant issued3 December 2024
- Permission expiry2 December 2029
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