Merchants Quay, Leadmore West, Kilrush Co Clare V15 N126
Change of use from a seaweed factory to a light engineering facility in Kilrush, including retention of fencing and gates.
2581 · Clare County Council · Lodged 21 March 2025
- Reference
- 2581
- Authority
- Clare County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 March 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks permission to convert a seaweed factory into a light engineering facility at Merchants Quay, Kilrush. It also includes retention permission for existing palisade fencing and an entrance gate. The proposed works will take place within the curtilage of an existing 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
For a change of use from a seaweed factory to a light engineering facility and permission to retain the existing pallisade fencing and entrance gate. 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 | 184 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 received21 March 2025
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