Change of use of the car park, granted at 'Cloister Site', Abbey Street

Proposed development

for the change of use of the car park, granted under An Bord pleanala Reference no PL 03.245734 (Clare County Council Ref. No. P15/80, from a private car park limited to use for matches and authorised events associated with the existing Gaelic Athletic Association ground at Cusack Park (Condition no. 7 of An Bord pleanala Reference no. Pl 03.245734 to a commercial car park for use as a both long term and short term stay for members of the public, at The 'Cloister Site Abbey Street, Ennis, Co Clare. The application includes for the completion of associated site drainage surface dressing, landscaping works and the site entrance, which were previously granted under planning permission, An Bord Pleanala Reference no. PL 03.245734 (Clare Co Council Ref. no. P15/80) The proposed development is within and adjacent to a protected structure E35 and E36 and national monument no. CL033-082034. There are Natura 2000 sites within the vicinity of the development and therefore a habitate directive appropriate assessment screening has been carried out.

Planning status

Permission was granted on 21 Jun 2022. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 28 Jul 2027.

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