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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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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
Planning reference
2560393
Agent
Saoirse Kavanagh

Key facts

Homes
300
Indicative value
€30m+PlanningBrief estimate
Received
30 Jun 2025
Council decision
13 Jan 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested
  3. Granted by the council

Outlook

What happens next

The council's decision was appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála. The appeal decides the outcome, and building work cannot start before it.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description
  • Crèche or childcare facilityNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

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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