Merchants Quay, Leadmore West, Kilrush Co. Clare V15 N126
Retention of a light engineering workshop, cladding, fencing, storage, and parking within the curtilage of a protected structure.
25172 · Clare County Council · Lodged 30 May 2025
- Reference
- 25172
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 30 May 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks retention for a light engineering workshop in an old seaweed factory building, along with new side cladding and access doors. It also requests retention for existing palisade fencing, entrance gates, a storage area, and car parking, all located within the curtilage of a protected structure.
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
Of the following works: a) retention of the light engineering workshop in the old seaweed factory building. B) retention of the new side cladding and access doors to old sea-weed factory building. C) retention of the existing palisade fencing and entrance gates. D) retention of the existing storage area. E) retention of the existing carparking. Please note that these works will be carried out within the curtilage of an existing protected structure
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Lands zoned for ‘enterprise’ shall be taken to include the use and development of land for high end research and development, business science and technology-based industry, financial services, call centres/telemarketing, software development etc.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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.
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 Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co. Clare | Jan 2026 | €197,000 | 75 m |
| Morven, Merchants Quay, Kilrush | Jan 2026 | €275,000 | 139 m |
| 44 Beal An Inbhir, Kilrush, Clare | Aug 2025 | €220,000 | 178 m |
| 46 Beal An Inbhir, Leadmore West, Kilrush | Oct 2025 | €300,000 | 183 m |
| 12 Island View, Kilrush, Co Clarenot full market price | Dec 2025 | €70,000 | 271 m |
| Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co Clare | Mar 2026 | €137,000 | 303 m |
| 4 Island View, Kilrush, Clare | Jun 2026 | €290,000 | 305 m |
| Leadmore West, Kilrush, Clare | Dec 2025 | €173,000 | 310 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 received30 May 2025
- Further information requested18 July 2025
- Further information received16 January 2026
- Decision due26 February 2026
- Decision issued25 February 2026
- Grant issued2 April 2026
- Permission expiry1 April 2031
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