Planning application · Co. Clare
Ballymacaula Drumbiggle, Keelty Circular Road, Ennis Co. Clare
Granted 13 Jan 2026 by the council; appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála
Archived record
This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 25 Jul 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
What and where
300 homes
for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site at Ballymacaula, Drumbiggle, Keelty, Circular Road, Ennis, Co. Clare. The development will consist of 1. The construction of 300 no. houses comprising 14 no. 1 beds, 91 no. 2 beds, 164 no. 3 beds, and 31 no. 4 beds; 2. 1 no. creche/childcare facility; 3. The provision of landscaping, open space and amenity areas, including a linear amenity walkway, footpaths, cycleways and play areas; 4. The provision of 3 no. pedestrian connections to the existing public footpath along the N85, 2 no. pedestrian connections into Ballymacaula View Estate, improvements/upgrades to the pedestrian footpaths along Circular Road including a raised pedestrian crossing and pedestrian footpath provision along part of the Drumbiggle and Cahercalla Roads; 5. All associated infrastructure and services including 1 no. vehicular access onto Circular Road, car and bicycle parking, bin storage, lighting, 3 no. ESB substations, drainage, 1 no. pumping station, boundary treatments. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.ennislrd.ie
- Location
- Keelty Circular Road, Co. Clare Map
- Council
- Clare County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560393
- Applicant
- Glenveagh Homes Ltd
- Agent
- Saoirse Kavanagh
Key facts
- Homes
- 300
- Indicative value
- €30m+PlanningBrief estimate
- Received
- 30 Jun 2025
- Council decision
- 13 Jan 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Further information requested
- Granted by the council
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560393 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
- From the planning documentsRead from Planning Report in the council's file.
- Unit mix
- 14 1 bed, 91 2 bed, 164 3 bed, 31 4 bed
- Site area
- 11.3 ha
- Applicant
- Glenveagh Homes Ltd
- Scope
- The proposed development consists of 300 residential units, an 80-child creche, and associated site works on a 11.3ha site in Ennis, Co. Clare.
How we know this
From the Clare County Council planning register, as last seen on 25 Jul 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.
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