Monks Well Premises, Main Street Quin, Co. Clare
Retention of a multi-purpose room at a pub/restaurant and permission for a stretch tent and temporary car park.
2560644 · Clare County Council · Lodged 21 October 2025
- Reference
- 2560644
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 October 2025
Summary
AI-generatedRetention permission is sought for changing a licensed store into a multi-purpose room for an existing bar and restaurant. Permission is also sought for a weather-protecting stretch tent, signage, and a ten-year temporary car park.
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
For (1) retention permission for the change of use from an existing licensed store to a multi-purpose room associated with the existing bar and restaurant areas, including minor changes to elevations (2) permission for development which will consist of the following (a) a stretch tent sound absorbent fabric covering, as weather protection between the existing kitchen and toilet areas and the multi-purpose room. (b) signage associated with the multi-purpose room. (c) a ten-year permission for a temporary car park to serve the existing bar, restaurant and multi-purpose room. (d) ancillary site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The use of land for ‘mixed use’ developments shall incl. the use of land for a range of uses, making provision, where appropriate, for primary and secondary uses e.g. commercial/retail development as the primary use with residential dev. as secondary”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dun Na Manach, Quin, Clare | Mar 2025 | €325,000 | 74 m |
| The Village Inn, Main St, Quin | Nov 2025 | €200,000 | 103 m |
| 31 The Park, Quin, Ennis | Apr 2025 | €227,000 | 104 m |
| 31 The Park, Quin, Ennis | Oct 2025 | €302,000 | 104 m |
| 19 Dun Na Manach, Quin, Clare | May 2025 | €415,000 | 108 m |
| 47 Dun Na Manach, Quin, Clare | Apr 2025 | €345,000 | 136 m |
| 32 The Park, Quin, Ennis | May 2025 | €397,826 | 166 m |
| 34 The Park, Quin, Ennis | May 2025 | €137,134 | 168 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 received21 October 2025
- Further information requested12 December 2025
- Further information received31 March 2026
- Decision due7 May 2026
- Decision issued7 May 2026
- Grant issued9 June 2026
- Permission expiry8 June 2031
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