Corey Stevens & Associates wish to announce that An Bord Pleanála (the planning appeals board) has issued a decision to grant planning permission to Gerard & Martha Kearney for the demolition of an existing guesthouse and commercial development and the construction of a 28-bedroom hotel with 3 long-stay apartments, a restaurant, function room, ancillary accommodation, surface and underground car parking and associated site works at Main Street, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare. (Appeal Ref. PL03.234122)
Sixmilebridge is a thriving and attractive small town which is strategically located within the South Clare economic corridor, 12km from Shannon Airport, 16km from Limerick and 22km from Ennis. It has a vibrant centre with a number of successful businesses and has recently been boosted by the opening of a new railway station on the Limerick to Galway line. The hotel is to be developed on a prominent site on the Main Street, overlooking the Owenogarney River. The Kearney family have operated bed-and-breakfast, fuel merchants and cycling/fishing retail businesses on the site since the late 1980s and now look forward to servicing the local community with this new venture.
No hotel has ever existed in the town; therefore the development will provide much-needed social and accommodation facilities, and will bring large numbers of visitors into the town, benefiting the local business community. It is expected that it will generate at least 50 temporary jobs during construction, and up to 20 permanent jobs once completed.
Corey Stevens & Associates believe that the development of this important riverside site will significantly enhance the character and vibrancy of Sixmilebridge town centre, bringing important social and economic benefits to the local community. We are delighted that An Board Pleanála has seen fit to approve this scheme and that the Kearney family can now see the hotel become a reality. We wish to highlight that the success of the planning application is largely attributable to the vision, patience and positive outlook of our Clients throughout the planning process.
Our Clients would like to sincerely thank the local people and the Elected Representatives who have supported them throughout the planning process. They also wish to acknowledge the vision of Clare County Council in reaching its original planning decision for this landmark facility in the town, thereby giving a vote of confidence to Sixmilebridge. The Kearney family now look forward to the next stage of bringing the development to fruition.