Housing Update – January 31st

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Every Wednesday, I will update you here on the social houses that are available via Clare County Council.

As always, it is vital that you register with Clare County Council’s housing section for their Choice Based Letting site, where you are able to register your interest for a property. You can contact the housing section on (065) 6821616.

Please note: Some weeks, no properties come online and therefore there will be no housing update.

Ennis

Address: Apartment 11, Pairc na Coille, Showgrounds Road, Ennis, Co. Clare

Details: Two-bed, ground floor apartment

  •  1 en-suite bedroom
  •  Kitchen/dining/living area
  •  Level access shower/bathroom
  •  Gas heating
  •  Onsite parking to the front of the property 

 

Lisdoonvarna

Address: 28 Rooska, Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare

Details: One-bed, bungalow

  • Kitchen/Dinning/Living Area
  • Level Access Bathroom
  • Heating:  Air to Water
  • Shared Parking at front of property
  • Back Garden
  • Steps at Front and back of House

 

Miltown Malbay

Address: 8 Lus na Si, Mullagh Road, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare

Details: Two-bed, bungalow

  • Kitchen/Dining/Living Area
  • Bathroom- Level Access Shower
  • Heating:  Air to Water
  • Shared Parking at front of property
  • Back Garden
  • Shed at the rear of house

Housing Update – January 24th

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Every Wednesday, I will update you here on the social houses that are available via Clare County Council.

As always, it is vital that you register with Clare County Council’s housing section for their Choice Based Letting site, where you are able to register your interest for a property. You can contact the housing section on (065) 6821616.

Please note: Some weeks, no properties come online and therefore there will be no housing update.

Ennis

Address: Dun na hInse, Lahinch Road, Ennis, Co. Clare

Details: Three-bed, semi-detached (two houses available)

PROPERTIES ARE  MADE AVAILALBE BY NOVAS
  • Kitchen/dining area
  • Sitting room
  • 3 bedrooms
  • Bathroom
  • Oil heating
  • Back garden

 

Ennis

Address: Ballymoneen, Ennis, Co. Clare

Details: Three-bed, semi-detached

PROPERTY IS MADE AVAILABLE BY NOVAS

  • 3 bedroom
  • Kitchen/dining/living area
  • Main bathroom – Shower in bath
  • Parking in driveway
  • Oil Heating

 

Ennis

Address: Fergus Park, Ennis, Co. Clare

Details: Three-bed, semi-detached

PROPERTY IS MADE AVAILABLE BY NOVAS

  • Kitchen/dining/living area
  • Bathroom
  • Front garden
  • On Street Parking
  • Oil Heating

 

Kilrush

Address: 31 Riverwood, Kilrush, Co. Clare

Details: One-bed, top floor apartment

This property is being made available through an Approved Housing Body, Inis Housing Association CLG

  • 1 bedroom
  • 1 bathroom with a walk in wet-room shower.
  • Gas heating
  • Fully furnished
  • Kitchen/dining /living area
  • Access to property is via a stairway only – there is no lift
  • On site parking available

Housing Update – January 17th

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Every Wednesday, I will update you here on the social houses that are available via Clare County Council.

As always, it is vital that you register with Clare County Council’s housing section for their Choice Based Letting site, where you are able to register your interest for a property. You can contact the housing section on (065) 6821616.

Please note: Some weeks, no properties come online and therefore there will be no housing update.

Ennis

Address: Cuan an Chláir, Cahercalla Road, Ennis, Co. Clare

Details: Two-bed, mid-terrace bungalow

This property is being made available by Cuan an Chlair

  • Kitchen/dining/living area
  • Level access bathroom
  • Heating: Air to Water
  • Own door entrance
  • Driveway
  • Back garden
  • Parking available

 

Shannon

Address: 50 Dromcuilin, Shannon, Co. Clare

Details: Three-bed, ground floor apartment

This property is being made available by TORC Sustainable Housing

  • No of bedrooms- 3
  • Kitchen/Dining area
  • Separate Living area.
  • Bathroom –Shower over bath
  • Gas heating
  • Communal parking available.
  • Back garden
  • Side gate entrance with access to rear garden

 

Sixmilebridge

Address: Garna House, Main Street, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare

Details: Multiple apartments available – 1, 2 and 3-bed ground and top floor

  • Kitchen/Dining/Living area.
  • Bathroom
  • Electric heating (storage) only
  • Apartment has flooring throughout.
  • Access to first floor apartments is via stairs – there is no lift in the apartment complex.
  • There is no designated parking available.
  • No Front or rear garden
  • Bin Storage- Yes
  • Pets are not permitted

Housing Update – January 10th

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Every Wednesday, I will update you here on the social houses that are available via Clare County Council.

As always, it is vital that you register with Clare County Council’s housing section for their Choice Based Letting site, where you are able to register your interest for a property. You can contact the housing section on (065) 6821616.

Please note: Some weeks, no properties come online and therefore there will be no housing update.

Ennis

Address: 13 Pairc na Coille, Showgrounds Road, Ennis, Co. Clare

Details: Two-bed, bungalow

LEASE UNTIL 4TH DECEMBER, 2035

  • 1 Ensuite
  • Level Access Shower/Bathroom
  • Kitchen/Dining Area
  • Sitting Room
  • Gas Heating
  • Property is Furnished
  • Parking to the front of the property.
  • No pets permitted

 

Ennis

Address: 70 Upper O’Connell Street, Ennis, Co. Clare

Details: Three apartments – 1-bed first floor; 1-bed ground floor; 2-bed top floor

  • Access to apartments is via a 4-digit code
  • Kitchen/Dining/Living area
  • Bathroom –Shower only, no bath
  • Air to water heating
  • Apartment has fitted units, cooker, hob and fridge/freezer
  • Apartment has flooring throughout and carpet in the bedroom
  • Access to first floor apartments is via stairs – there is no lift in the apartment complex
  • There is no designated parking available.
  • No Front or rear garden
  • Bin Storage- Yes

Clarity urgently needed on rules around wind turbine setback distance

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  • Turbine-to-house rules clear, but reverse not so much
  • Has potential to hugely negatively impact rural areas

 

Fianna Fáil TD for Clare Cathal Crowe is calling for clarity to be issued on the 500-metre setback rule for wind turbine developments, as it pertains to new house builds.

The current uncertainty has the potential to negatively impact on the potential for rural building, unless certainty is issued by the appropriate authorities, Deputy Crowe feels.

“I’m calling on the Office of the Planning Regulator to immediately clarify the setback distances for wind turbines,” said Deputy Crowe.

“At the moment, the national planning guidelines for wind energy date back to 2006 and are hugely outdated. A newer version of these guidelines is needed to provide clarity for the wind energy sector and also to provide protection for local communities.

“As a rule of thumb, wind turbines are generally set back a distance of 500m from the nearest residence.

“This buffer is for safety reasons but also to ensure that turbines don’t have a visual overbearing insofar as neighbouring dwellings are concerned.

“I’ve attended a number of community meetings in Co. Clare over the last three years and we are seeing a long litany of applications for new wind farms being queued up at this time.

He continued: “A major concern that I have is that the setback distance has the potential to work in reverse – by this I believe that, if a turbine cannot be constructed within 500m of an existing house, surely a house cannot be constructed within 500m of an existing turbine.

“The cumulative effect of this could be devastating in a rural area like East Clare, where approximately 80 wind turbines could be built over the coming years.

“If each of these turbines had a setback distance of 500m, you would have an unworkable situation whereby there would be many intersecting setback radiuses of 500m, thereby potentially prohibiting people building dwellings anywhere between them.

“In summary, the setback distance from turbine to house is somewhat clear – but there’s very little clarity in how the reverse of this might work.

“For this reason, the Office of the Planning Regulator needs to clearly articulate position on this, so that communities in rural Ireland aren’t sleep walking into scenarios whereby large sections of their communities are essentially blocked from future development for housing.”

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