The Creamery Bar, Bunratty East tld., Bunratty Co.Clare V95 CC85
Renovation and extension of The Creamery Bar in Bunratty, including a new bar/restaurant extension and a refurbished coffee shop.
2560756 · Clare County Council · Lodged 2 December 2025
- Reference
- 2560756
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 2 December 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development includes internal layout modifications and a new bar/restaurant extension with external terraces. It also proposes the refurbishment of the existing Keg Room into a tea, coffee, and merchandise outlet, alongside a new service building and pedestrian access.
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
To carry out - a number of internal layout modifications within the existing building, - construct a bar / restaurant area extension with associated external terrace areas, - remove the various existing service yard structures to the north, - construct a new service and keg room building, service yard wall, bin compound wall and universal access wc, - refurbish and reuse the existing keg room building as a tea / coffee / snack / merchandise outlet at ground and first floor level (public road level) and to construct a storage room extension at ground floor level and a new shopfront / entrance extension, balcony and stairs at first floor level (public road level) and a new pedestrian access and crossover from the public footpath on the old limerick / shannon road (l3126). - install new signage, new connections to existing site services and all associated site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“The use of land zoned for ‘commercial’ purposes shall be taken to include the use of the lands for commercial and business uses including offices, service industry, warehousing and the facilitation of enterprise/retail/office type uses as appropriate”
National zoning type: Commercial, retail
Objective set by the Bunratty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Castle Gardens, Bunratty, Co Clare | Mar 2025 | €220,000 | 242 m |
| 25 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €493,392 | 296 m |
| 24 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €361,234 | 304 m |
| 23 Church Hill, Bunratty, Clareprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €361,233 | 311 m |
| 7 Dun Ri, Bunratty, Clare | Jun 2026 | €412,000 | 315 m |
| 12 Church Hill, Bunrattyprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €506,608 | 332 m |
| 20 Church Hill, Bunratty, County Clareprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €335,154 | 333 m |
| 11 Church Hill, Bunratty, County Clareprice excludes VAT | Dec 2025 | €462,555 | 336 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 received2 December 2025
- Decision due4 February 2026
- Decision issued4 February 2026
- Grant issued9 March 2026
- Permission expiry8 March 2031
In the area
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