21744: For the change of use of a ground floor commercial unit and first floor apartment building into three apartments including all associated layout and elevational changes
Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co Clare
DecisionRefused
Decided06 September 2021
Application typePERMISSION
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Chief Executives OrderSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 2022f8dc-b383-45b0-a2cd-56435f24fae3.PDF / Document 563915Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / Fa609d2f-03fe-4b9d-bef5-837db3f5fae0.PDF / Document 563916Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 80fb5cac-456b-4a23-98f0-66bbd3892d0e.PDF / Document 563917Source PDF
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