GrantedAlterationsDecided 10 March 2025

Vandeleur Walled Garden & Gardeners Yard, Vandeleur Walled Garden & Visitor Centre, Feagarroge Kilrush Co Clare V15 E735

Restoration and additions to the Vandeleur Walled Garden and Gardener's Yard in Kilrush.

248015 · Clare County Council · Lodged 6 December 2024

Reference: 248015
Authority: Clare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 6 December 2024

Summary

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The project involves restoring and adding to the historic walled garden and yard. Works include building a new wall and gates, installing a storage container, and rebuilding the greenhouse adjacent to a protected structure.

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Development description

To carry out the following development: restoration and additions to existing walled garden and gardener's yard. The proposed development will include: a) the construction of a new wall and entrance gates to the existing gardener's yard. B) the installation of a prefabricated storage container in the existing gardner's yard. C) the demolition and rebuilding of the existing greenhouse in the walled garden. D) all ancillary site works. In accordance with the habitats directive, appropriate assessment screening has been carried out on this project. An environmental impact assessment (eia) screening determnation has been made and concludes that there is no real liklihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and and eia is not required. This development proposes works adjacent to the exterior of a protected structure, rpss no: 876 niah no: 20301212k27 which would materially affect the character of a protected structure. The development is also within the demesne of kilrush house/ vandeleur estate rps no: 873 niah no: 20301212 as noted in the clare county development plan 2023-2029 volume 4

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TourismTR

“Land zoned for tourism development shall be used for a range of structures and activities which are primarily designed to facilitate tourism development”

National zoning type: Tourism and related

Objective set by the Kilrush Settlement Plan (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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Application received6 December 2024
Decision due23 March 2025
Decision issued10 March 2025

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