Bridgetown National School , Bridgetown , Co. Clare

Dec 23 2024

Application Received

Feb 21 2025

Decision

Feb 25 2025

Decision Due

Apr 01 2025

Granted

Mar 31 2030

Expiry (if required)

Submitted: 23 / 12 / 2024
Clare County Council
Application Type:
PERMISSION
Application Status:
APPLICATION FINALISED
Council Decision:
CONDITIONAL (Granted)

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Development Description:

for the construction of a multi use games area (MUGA), associated side fencing and netting, artificial grass surface, floodlighting and all associated ancillary and incidental works

Nearby Applications:

Distance:	Received:	Decision:	Development Address:	Development Description:
870m	02/06/2026	N/A	Fahy Beg , Bridgetown , Co Clare	to retain partially constructed detached dormer dwelling house and permission for completion of same, onsite wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to necessary services, construction of new entrance detail together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works	Details...
1.9km	02/06/2026	N/A	Main Street , O'Briens Bridge , Co. Clare V94 C4VC	for construction of two storey extension to the rear of the existing semi-detached dwelling together with all associated incidental and site works	Details...
1.9km	14/05/2026	N/A	Main Street , O'Briensbridge , Co. Clare	to demolish existing house and erect a replacement house, connect to existing septic tank and all associated site works	Details...
2.3km	24/04/2026	N/A	Kildoorus , Clonlara , Co. Clare	to construct an extension to farmyard consisting of a new cattle shed with an underground slurry storage tank	Details...
1.7km	10/02/2026	CONDITIONAL	Cappakea , O'Briensbridge , Co. Clare	to construct an extension to farmyard consisting of a cattle shed with underground slurry storage tank	Details...
870m	21/01/2026	N/A	Fahy Beg , Bridgetown , Co. Clare	to retain partially constructed detached dormer dwelling house and permission for completion of same, onsite wastewater treatment system and percolation area, connection to necessary services, construction of new entrance detail together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works	Details...
2.6km	19/12/2025	N/A	Montpelier and Fairyhall , Limerick.	1. Raw Water Intake & Pumping Station site (RWI&PS) which will consist of: a Bankside Intake Chamber, Raw Water Pumping Station Building, 2 no. Microfiltration Buildings, Electricity Substation, (Totalling 3,165m² Gross Floor Area (GFA), maximum building height of 10.9m over finished ground level); 4 no. surge vessels; associated below ground tanks; 670m access road from the R494; 16 no. car parking spaces; telemetry mast (14.0m height); landscaping, lighting, and other ancillary above and below ground works; on a c. 4.1 ha permanent site at Garrynatineel and Kilmaglassderry, Co. Tipperary, and associated re-profiling works to the Parteen Basin. 2. Raw Water Rising Mains (RWRM) which will consist of twin steel underground pipelines (each 1,500mm diameter) extending 2km from the pumping station at the RWI&PS site to the Raw Water Balancing Tanks at the head of the proposed Water Treatment Plant, laid at a minimum depth of cover of 1.2m above crown of pipe. 3. Water Treatment Plant site (WTP) which will consist of: 2 no. Raw Water Balancing Tanks, 3 no. Water Treatment Module Buildings, 2 no. Sludge Dewatering Buildings, 2 no. Sludge Storage Buildings, Chemical Dosing Manifold Building, Chemical Dosing Building, High Lift Pumping Station, an Electricity Substation, Washwater Settlement building, Control and Visitor Building (Totalling c. 53,300m² GFA, maximum building height of 15.6m over finished ground level); associated pumping stations, lagoons, attenuation pond, above and below ground tanks, 5 no. surge vessels; 640m access road from the R445; 50 no. car and 4 no. coach parking spaces; telemetry mast (14.0m height); ground and roof mounted PV panels; landscaping, lighting, and other ancillary above and below ground structures and works; on a c.31 ha permanent site at Incha Beg, Knockadromin and Greenhills, Birdhill, Co. Tipperary. 4. A single 1,600mm diameter steel underground treated water pipeline (covering a distance of approximately 37km in County Tipperary) extending in a generally north-eastern alignment between the proposed Water Treatment Plant and the proposed Break Pressure Tank, laid at a minimum depth of cover of 1.2m above crown of pipe. 5. Break Pressure Tank (BPT) site which will consist of: a below ground covered Break Pressure Tank (volume 13,776m3); control building (c. 800m² GFA, 7.5m height); 794m access road from the L1064; 10 no. car parking spaces; telemetry mast (14.0m height); ground and roof mounted PV panels; Bat	Details...
2.2km	12/12/2025	CONDITIONAL	Within the townlands of Woodpark TD and Leitrim TD , near Bridgetown , Co. Clare	the proposed development, on an overall site of 3.58 hectares, will consist of: A co-located Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Compound with associated internal access tracks; Access to the proposed BESS compound will be from the R466 local road and will consist of the use of an existing quarry entrance in the townland of Leitrim which will be upgraded as permitted as part of the Fahy Beg Wind Farm (under Clare County Council Ref: 23148 & ACP Ref 317227); Installation of grid code compliance equipment to facilitate an under-the-fence connection to the adjacent Fahy Beg 38kV substation. The grid code compliance equipment will include: Backup Generator, Neutral Earthing Resistor (NER), Auxiliary House Transformer, Marshalling Kiosks; 3 no. spare parts shipping containers (measuring 12.2 m (L) x 2.4 m (W) x 2.6 m (H)); and Associated ancillary development. Installation of 32 no. Battery Energy Storage Units comprising metal shipping containers housing batteries (measuring 6 m (L) x 2.4 m (W) and 2.9 m (H) each), and associated ancillary control and ventilation units; Installation of 8 no. Medium Voltage (MV) Inverter Stations comprising metal shipping containers housing the inverter, MV transformer, and an MV-LV room (measuring 6 m (L) x 2.4 m (W) and 2.9 m (H) each); Installation of 1 no. water storage tank (measuring 5.15 m (L) x 4.15 m(W) x 2.58 m (H)); Construction of 250m of new access tracks; Provision of a crane hardstanding area to facilitate lifting operations on site (280m2); Provision of 10 no. car parking spaces (8 no. standard parking spaces, and 2 no. accessible parking spaces); Reprofiling of the existing cut slope embankment with the erection of a gabion basket retaining wall measuring 75m in length and 2.5m in height, and construction of a reinforced fill slope embankment; Underground electrical and communications cabling; Security lighting, CCTV and communications mast; Provision of 150m of Sound reflective barriers; Security fencing and gates; Drainage system including on-site surface water attenuation ponds; Tree felling of 0.19 Ha (1,890m2) to facilitate required clearance for BESS compound, associated earthworks and drainage infrastructure; Removal of 109m of hedgerow to facilitate development of the BESS compound, and replanting of 109m at perimeter locations; and All associated ancillary site development and vegetation clearance works including landscaping and hedgerow reinstatement. The Applicant requests that the development be	Details...
2.2km	17/11/2025	CONDITIONAL	Kildoorus , Clonlara , Co. Clare	for development which will consist of a site boundary amendment to that granted under planning reference 09-261	Details...
2.1km	17/11/2025	CONDITIONAL	Kildoorus , Clonlara , Co. Clare	for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works	Details...
1.7km	01/08/2025	CONDITIONAL	Kilcredaun , Bridgetown , Co. Clare V94 E9WV	of a) enlarged dwelling house from what was granted under P05/1935 b) 1st floor attic conversion c) chimney location, installation of roof windows and fenestration changes d) 2no. domestic sheds along with boundaries as constructed together with all ancillary site development works and services	Details...
1.6km	24/07/2025	CONDITIONAL	O'Briensbridge , Co. Clare	of a garage, (x2) sheds and changes to the dwelling house extension previously granted planning permission under (PL Ref. P07/739)	Details...
2.3km	27/06/2025	CONDITIONAL	Ballybrack , Bridgetown , Co. Clare	to erect a private dwelling house and private garage, store/stable box and install an effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works	Details...
1.9km	11/04/2025	CONDITIONAL	Sandybank , O'Briens Bridge , Co. Clare V94 K6W7	for extensions and alterations to their existing semi-detached house and for a replacement waste water treatment system	Details...
3km	27/02/2025	CONDITIONAL	Montpelier , Castleconnell , Co. Limerick.	a new dormer type house, complete with a domestic garage, effluent treatment system and a new site entrance	Details...
190m	19/02/2025	N/A	Bridgetown , O Briens Bridge , Co.Clare	for the construction of a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and new entrance including ancillary site works	Details...
2.4km	29/11/2024	REFUSED	Ballyquin More and Woodpark , Ballyquin , Co. Clare	for development at the existing Ballyquin Quarry. The development will consist of: (i) The extraction of sand from an area of approximately 16.3 hectares within an overall site area of 97.5 hectares; (ii) The infill and restoration of existing and future quarry voids (38 hectares) using inert soil and stone waste (imported inert greenfield and non-greenfield soils and stone, and river dredge spoil) which will be a soil recovery facility and require a waste management licence or soil and stone by-product (i.e. essentially virgin soil or equivalent to virgin soil and stone, and river dredge spoil) which will be notified to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an Article 27 by-product; (iii) The upgrade of existing quarry infrastructure including site office, weigh bridge, wheelwash, and welfare facilities; (iv) Refuelling area and associated drainage works, comprising 1 No. concrete hardstand area, hydrocarbon interceptor, wetland, inspection chamber and soakaway; (v) 1 No. soil inspection shed (c.875q. m) for the inspection of soil material; (vi) Erection of washplant; (vii) Settlement ponds; (viii) Landscape berms and fencing; (ix) All associated ancillary works. Site access is via the existing entrance off the R466. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Should the inert soil, stone and inert dredge spoil materials be deemed to be a waste, then a Waste Management Licence will be required under Part 5 of the Waste Management Act 1996 (as amended) and an application for a Waste Management Licence will be made to the EPA following a grant of planning permission for the proposed development.	Details...
2.2km	21/11/2024	CONDITIONAL	Kilroughil , Bridgetown , Co. Clare	for a new dwelling, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter, entrance and all associated site works	Details...
1.9km	20/11/2024	CONDITIONAL	Sandybank , O'Briens Bridge , Co Clare V94FY9H	of as-constructed 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling together with all associated ancillary and site works.	Details...

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