Circular Road/Old Post Office Lane, Kilkee, Co. Clare
Retention of the conversion and sub-division of buildings into four apartments.
2560650 · Clare County Council · Lodged 23 October 2025
- Reference
- 2560650
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 23 October 2025
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 1 m²
Summary
AI-generatedRetention permission is sought for the change of use and sub-division of a dwelling house into two apartments, a former butcher shop into one apartment, and a former storage shed into one apartment. The application also includes elevational changes and physical sub-division of private amenity spaces.
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
Planning permission for (a) elevational changes to the converted storage shed; (b) physical sub-division of the private amenity space to create individual private amenity areas; (c) alterations to the floor plan of the sub-divided dwellinghouse; and retention permission for (1) the change of use and sub-division of the dwelling house to two no. Apartments; (2) the change of use of the former butcher shop to one no. Apartment; (3) the change of use of the former storage shed to one no. Apartment; (4) elevational changes to the converted dwelling house and the converted storage shed; (5) all associated 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 Kilkee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bar, O'curry Street, Kilkee | Jul 2025 | €200,000 | 70 m |
| Devonshire House, Strand Line, Kilkee | Sept 2025 | €400,000 | 88 m |
| Snugville Flat B, Church Road, Kilkee | Feb 2025 | €215,000 | 93 m |
| 9 The Strands, Circular Rd, Kilkee | Jan 2026 | €295,000 | 157 m |
| Strand Line, Kilkee, Clare | Jun 2026 | €475,000 | 166 m |
| 9 St Patrick's Terrace, Kilkee, Co Clare | Aug 2025 | €65,000 | 186 m |
| 25 Gort An Clochar, Kilkee, Clare | Mar 2026 | €240,000 | 220 m |
| 29 Saint Patricks Terrace, Kilkee, Co Clare | Feb 2025 | €180,000 | 227 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 received23 October 2025
- Decision due17 December 2025
- Decision issued15 December 2025
- Grant issued27 January 2026
- Permission expiry26 January 2031
In the area
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- RefusedAt this site
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- GrantedAt this site
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16888ClareLodged 21 Nov 2016Change of use
- Awaiting decision40 m away
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- Granted40 m away
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- Awaiting decision40 m away
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221023ClareLodged 10 Nov 2022Change of use
- Granted50 m away
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- Granted50 m away
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211102ClareLodged 20 Oct 2021Retention
- Granted60 m away
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