Clare: homes with planning permission that nobody has started
Data updated 19 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
3,413 homes in 92 sites of 10 or more have been granted permission in Clare since 2017. A commencement notice was lodged for 57% of them. 1,179 still have a live permission and no start; 128 of those lapse within a year, and 251 have already lapsed.
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By year granted
| Granted in | Sites | Homes | Started | Not started | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 100 | 100% | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | 217 | 73% | 0 | 59 |
| 2019 | 9 | 280 | 61% | 0 | 108 |
| 2020 | 9 | 254 | 86% | 0 | 36 |
| 2021 | 8 | 340 | 81% | 50 | 13 |
| 2022 | 8 | 206 | 55% | 78 | 15 |
| 2023 | 12 | 350 | 92% | 27 | — |
| 2024 | 12 | 349 | 64% | 124 | — |
| 2025 | 9 | 452 | 58% | 188 | — |
| 2026 | 13 | 865 | 11% | 712 | 20 |
Recent years are still open: a permission granted this year has had months, not years, to start.
Who holds the permissions 30 named
The organisation named on the grant, ranked by homes permitted and not started. Names are on 88% of the homes in this council; a company that only appears in a council without a name source is not here. Private individuals are never named.
| Applicant | Sites | Homes permitted | Started | Not started | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenveagh Homes Limited | 1 | 300 | 0% | 300 | — |
| UGP Shannon SC Limited | 1 | 95 | 0% | 95 | — |
| Woodhaven Developments Limited | 11 | 339 | 73% | 81 | 10 |
| Datcha Construction Limited | 8 | 390 | 73% | 73 | 31 |
| Coast to Coast Energy Solutions Limited | 1 | 61 | 0% | 61 | — |
| Summit Developments | 1 | 60 | 0% | 60 | — |
| Custy Construction Limited & John Talty Construction Limited | 1 | 55 | 0% | 55 | — |
| Drumquin Construction Limited | 2 | 81 | 33% | 54 | — |
| Eko Integrated Services Limited | 2 | 66 | 0% | 46 | 20 |
| Co-operative Housing Ireland | 1 | 44 | 0% | 44 | — |
| Keogh Homes Limited | 4 | 140 | 70% | 42 | — |
| Ahaclare Developments Limited | 1 | 40 | 0% | 40 | — |
| Darvin Trading Company Limited | 1 | 16 | 0% | 16 | — |
| Yellow Bay Limited | 1 | 14 | 0% | 14 | — |
| Ballycasey Property Developments Limited | 1 | 14 | 0% | 14 | — |
| Lidl Ireland GmbH | 1 | 14 | 0% | 14 | — |
| Inis Housing Association CLG | 1 | 13 | 0% | 13 | — |
| Clare County Council | 10 | 248 | 82% | 0 | 45 |
| Shannon Commerical Properties | 1 | 135 | 100% | 0 | — |
| KPH Construction | 1 | 101 | 100% | 0 | — |
| Bunratty Acquisitions Limited | 2 | 61 | 100% | 0 | — |
| Ahaclare Development Limited | 1 | 60 | 100% | 0 | — |
| Wiskin Property Developments Limited | 1 | 60 | 100% | 0 | — |
| Gildoc Limited | 3 | 56 | 100% | 0 | — |
| Harcon Contractors Limited | 1 | 56 | 100% | 0 | — |
| TIGL Ireland Enterprises Limited | 1 | 53 | 0% | 0 | 53 |
| Callanan and Walsh Construction Limited | 1 | 48 | 100% | 0 | — |
| Finn Properties Limited | 1 | 48 | 100% | 0 | — |
| JLS Developments Limited | 2 | 46 | 100% | 0 | — |
| DTW Construction Limited-Mr Tom Walsh | 1 | 40 | 100% | 0 | — |
Permission, no start 23 sites
Not startedNot startedLapsingLapsedStartedUnder appealLargest firstLatest grant firstLapsing soonest
| Site | Homes | Granted | Status | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymacaula Drumbiggle 2560393 | 300 | 25 Jun 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Phoenix House 2560358 | 95 | 9 Sept 2025 | Not started lapses in 4 years | |
| Tobarteascáin Clonroad More 2460652 | 73 | 7 Jul 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Gortgarraun Td. 2560171 | 61 | 26 Mar 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| St.Brendan's Road 2560178 | 60 | 30 Apr 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Ballymaley & Ballycorey 2460667 | 55 | 17 Jul 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Doire na mBláth Tulla Road Roslevan 2560402 | 54 | 21 Jul 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Back Road 21239 | 50 | 16 Dec 2021 | Lapsing lapses in 3 months | |
| Nos 1-4 Buttermarket Street and Simm's Lane 21663 | 46 | 19 Jun 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Bruachlan 23378 | 44 | 21 Aug 2024 | Not started lapses in 3 years | |
| Holland Street / Holland Drive 22777 | 43 | 24 Oct 2024 | Not started lapses in 3 years | |
| Cappagh Td. Cappagh Road and Soldiers Hill 2560778 | 42 | 18 Aug 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Crusheen Tld 211176 | 42 | 4 Aug 2022 | Lapsing lapses in 11 months | |
| Sixmilebridge TD 2460448 | 40 | 28 Jan 2025 | Not started lapses within a year | |
| Church Road 2460622 | 39 | 11 Sept 2025 | Not started lapses in 4 years | |
| Drumquin 21695 | 22 | 26 Jan 2022 | Lapsing lapses in 4 months | |
| Firhill Gortatogher 2560702 | 21 | 3 Sept 2026 | Not started lapses in 5 years | |
| Carrowkeel West 2360560 | 21 | 8 Jul 2024 | Not started lapses in 3 years | |
| BallyLannidy 22263 | 16 | 11 Jun 2024 | Not started lapses in 3 years | |
| Junction of the Clare Road and Toberteascain Road 2233 | 14 | 14 Jul 2025 | Not started lapses in 4 years | |
| Liscannor 22796 | 14 | 27 Sept 2023 | Not started lapses in 2 years | |
| Dun Aras Avenue 21729 | 14 | 4 Mar 2022 | Lapsing lapses in 5 months | |
| Mountshannon 22269 | 13 | 3 May 2023 | Not started lapses in 2 years |
How it is counted
- A site is one grant of permission for 10 or more homes since 2017: the register's own unit count where the council publishes one, else the count written in the description ("48 no. apartments"). Retention, outline and extension-of-duration applications are not grants of new homes and are left out. Strategic housing developments the Board decided directly (2017–2022) come from its case list.
- Started means a commencement notice on the Building Control Management System names the permission. A notice is lodged 14 to 28 days before work begins, so this is a count of sites where building was formally begun, not of homes finished.
- Not started is a live permission with no notice. Lapsing is one that expires within 12 months; lapsed is past its expiry. The expiry is the register's where it has one, else five years from the grant (s.40 of the Planning and Development Act 2000). An extension of duration granted later is not seen here.
- When a later grant amends an earlier one on the same site (a large-scale residential development revising a strategic housing permission, a scheme quoting its parent reference) only the later one is counted, so one site is one count of homes.
- The Department's 4Dublin pipeline counts every permitted unit from 2016 and reports 41.9% "activated" at Q2 2026; this table counts sites of 10+ from 2017 and starts on the permission itself, so the two will not match to the unit. The point is the map, not the total: which sites, where, and when they lapse.
The SQL behind the table
select la, count(*) as sites, sum(units) as homes, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'started') as started, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'unbuilt') as unbuilt, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'lapsing') as lapsing, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'lapsed') as lapsed from pipeline_site where superseded_by is null and la = 'CLARE' group by la order by homes desc
Sources: National Planning Application Database (NPAD), An Coimisiún Pleanála case list, Building Control Management System commencement notices · fetched 19 Sept 2026, 07:05
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database (NPAD) | CC-BY-4.0 | 19 Sept 2026, 07:05 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála case list | CC-BY-4.0 | 19 Sept 2026, 07:05 | open |
| Building Control Management System commencement notices | CC-BY-4.0 | 19 Sept 2026, 07:05 | open |
Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 19 Sept 2026. Status (started, lapsing, lapsed) moves with the calendar between builds.
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