Existing Filling Station, Bunratty West, Bunratty Co. Clare
Major redevelopment of an existing filling station in Bunratty.
2460665 · Clare County Council · Lodged 20 December 2024
- Reference
- 2460665
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 20 December 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves decommissioning and removing existing fuel tanks, a car wash, a canopy, and fuel pumps. It proposes a change of use of a storage area to customer toilets, installing new underground tanks, new dispenser islands with a canopy, EV charging spaces, and a new ESB substation.
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
- Is sought for the proposed works
- Removal from site and decommissioning of existing 3 no. Overground fuel tanks and existing underground fuel tanks
- Removal from site of existing washing machines facility and removal of unauthorised disused manual car wash
- Removal of existing forecourt canopy and 4 no. Fuel pumps
- Proposed change of use from storage area to customer toilets, on the ground floor of the existing building, to include minor changes to elevations
- Construction of new 3 no. Dispenser pump islands, dispensing fuel on each side, with new canopy over
- Installation of new underground fuel tanks, and all associated fuel pipework, off-fill points and vents and installation of new truck/hgv fuelling pump
- Alterations to existing parking areas to provide new car parking layout, with provision of ev charging spaces and bicycle stands
- Construction of new esb sub-station
- Concrete slab surfacing, asphalt surfacing and associated drainage with the provision of new class a petrol interceptor
- Alterations to existing site entrances, to provide 2 no. Vehicular site entrances to and from the site from public road, including alteration/extension of existing front boundary wall
- Construction of all associated site features including public lighting and all associated ancillary site works. Planning permission for retention is also sought for the existing works as constructed
- Existing totem sign
- Existing signage on front and side (east) elevation of amenity building
- Existing block boundary walls along eastern and western site boundaries
- Existing single-storey storage rooms to rear of amenity building, as constructed
- Change of use from tea room use to residential use to provide 1 no. Apartment at first floor level, inclusive of access stairs, as constructed
- Change of use from storage areas to retail area at ground floor level of existing amenity building, as constructed
- Existing outdoor seating areas, as constructed
- Elevational changes to existing elevations, as constructed
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 Bunratty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dun Ri, Bunratty, Clare | Jun 2026 | €412,000 | 220 m |
| 35 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €401,233 | 236 m |
| 30 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Jan 2026 | €361,234 | 236 m |
| 37 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €409,692 | 236 m |
| 2 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €351,982 | 236 m |
| 29 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Jan 2026 | €401,233 | 236 m |
| 33 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Jan 2026 | €361,233 | 236 m |
| 34 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €409,691 | 236 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 received20 December 2024
- Further information requested20 February 2025
- Further information received13 August 2025
- Decision due24 September 2025
- Decision issued24 September 2025
- Grant issued7 November 2025
- Permission expiry6 November 2030
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