12 Orchard Wood, Dromoland, Newmarket-on-Fergus Co Clare
Planning application 22739
DecisionConditional grant
Decided29 September 2022
Application typeRETENTION
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Extracts from the council's own decision documents for this application — 24 pages of searchable text on file.Chief Executives Order2 pages indexed
Order No: CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED) ZO5 3G File Reference Number: P22/739 Name of Applicant: Address: Tom Delaney c/o Hassett Leyden & Associates 4 Bindon Street Ennis Co. Clare Application Received: 16/08/2022 Nature of Application: Retention of upper floor garage. Location...
Final Grant2 pages indexed
COMHAIRLE CLARE CONTAE AN CHLAIR COUNTY COUNCIL Tom Delaney, c/o Hassett Leyden & Associates, 4 Bindon Street, Ennis, Co Clare. 7 November 2022 Re: Planning Ref No P22/739 A Chara, | attach herewith a Grant of Retention Permission subject to 4 No. Conditions in respect of the above planning application. It is...
Planners Report6 pages indexed
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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 / D97b5e35-9706-4048-9047-cab9e9551e6b.pdf / Document 626391Source PDF
- Final GrantSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 533dddb6-dee9-45d7-b9c9-89aecf3dc2a1.pdf / Document 632593Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 4e78dad5-3ddc-4756-8474-f9056eb1d969.pdf / Document 626393Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 9e895a2f-b30a-4b0e-8603-5c19b907c9d1.pdf / Document 626395Source PDF
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