GrantedRetentionDecided 12 August 2025

Rine, Quin, Co Clare

Retention of a converted garage as a separate home, plus plans to extend it, relocate the entrance, and subdivide the property.

2560368 · Clare County Council · Lodged 22 June 2025

Reference: 2560368
Authority: Clare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 22 June 2025
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 51 m²

Summary

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This application seeks retention permission for a converted domestic garage used as a separate residential unit in Quin. It also seeks permission to alter and extend this unit, relocate the shared vehicular entrance, and subdivide the property into three separate residential plots.

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Official record

Development description

A to retain detached converted domestic garage for continued use as a separate residential unit and to provide separate connections to services b permission to alter and extend the same residential unit including provision of ancillary garden shed in lieu of existing garden shed proposed to be demolished. C relocate the vehicular entrance to the residential unit referred to above, which also serves the existing main house and access to applicants farmland at the rear, including proposed access to the (yet to be constructed house) previously granted permission under planning ref 22/457. D permission is also sought to subdivide the property into 3 separate plots for residential use ( excluding the farmland to the rear)

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Existing ResidentialRS

“The obj. for land zoned ‘existing residential’ is to conserve & enhance the quality and character of the areas, to protect residential amenities and to allow for small scale infill development which is appropriate to the character and pattern of Dev”

Objective set by the Quin 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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Feighquin, Quin, Co Clare	Mar 2026	€470,000	111 m
Feighquin, Quin, Clarenot full market price	Jul 2025	€350,000	176 m
7 Cnoc Na Caithne, Quin, Clare	Jun 2026	€362,000	226 m
23 The Park, Quin, Clare	Jun 2025	€296,000	295 m
34 The Park, Quin, Ennis	May 2025	€137,134	314 m
32 The Park, Quin, Ennis	May 2025	€397,826	320 m
Feigquin, Ennis, Co Clare	Jun 2025	€280,000	324 m
2 Moinear Na Darach, Quinprice excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€298,678	338 m

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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 received22 June 2025
Decision due16 August 2025
Decision issued12 August 2025
Grant issued17 September 2025
Permission expiry16 September 2030

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