Cork County planning permission: the homes nobody has started
Data updated 13 Nov 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
11,135 homes in 184 sites of 10 or more have been granted permission in Cork County since 2021. A commencement notice was lodged for 52% of them. 5,270 still have a live permission and no start; 806 of those lapse within a year, and 87 have already lapsed.
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By local electoral area 10
| Local electoral area | Sites | Homes permitted | Started | Not started | Lapsing | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobh | 35 | 2,436 | 49% | 1,241 | 332 | 10 |
| Midleton | 40 | 2,804 | 63% | 987 | 56 | 51 |
| Mallow | 10 | 1,065 | 24% | 807 | — | — |
| Bandon - Kinsale | 27 | 1,380 | 50% | 690 | 55 | — |
| Carrigaline | 24 | 1,364 | 49% | 687 | 239 | 12 |
| Fermoy | 16 | 792 | 39% | 480 | 69 | — |
| Macroom | 15 | 478 | 70% | 128 | — | 14 |
| Kanturk | 5 | 231 | 49% | 117 | — | — |
| Bantry-West Cork | 4 | 129 | 23% | 99 | 42 | — |
| Skibbereen-West Cork | 8 | 456 | 93% | 34 | 13 | — |
By year granted
| Granted in | Sites | Homes | Started | Not started | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | 625 | 55% | 196 | 87 |
| 2022 | 45 | 1,931 | 62% | 730 | — |
| 2023 | 40 | 2,336 | 79% | 499 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,607 | 64% | 579 | — |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,948 | 32% | 1,324 | — |
| 2026 | 31 | 2,688 | 28% | 1,942 | — |
Recent years are still open: a permission granted this year has had months, not years, to start.
Work started 93 sites
Not startedNot startedLapsingLapsedStartedUnder appealLargest firstLatest grant firstLapsing soonest
| Site | Homes | Granted | Status | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cois Máigh 26/1193 | 21 | 23 Oct 2026 | Started notice 17 Nov 2026 | Midleton |
| Lavallin 25/5935 | 21 | 24 Apr 2026 | Started notice 12 May 2026 | Cobh |
| Aghada at Aghada Upper Co.Cork . 22/4225 | 21 | 23 Feb 2023 | Started notice 24 Oct 2023 | Midleton |
| Inchydoney Hotel Apartments Inchydoney Island Clonakilty Co. 24/130 | 20 | 14 Jun 2024 | Started notice 22 Jan 2025 | Skibbereen-West Cork |
| No 31-50 Glenwood Fermoy Townland Fermoy Co Cork 23/5436 | 20 | 17 Oct 2023 | Started notice 5 Sept 2024 | Fermoy |
| Knockgriffin 25/6447 | 19 | 5 May 2026 | Started notice 28 May 2026 | Midleton |
| Knocknagarrane & Roundhill Old Chapel Bandon Co. Cork 24/4165 | 19 | 20 Sept 2024 | Started notice 16 Dec 2024 | Bandon - Kinsale |
| Cois Máigh Mogeely Co Cork 23/4466 | 19 | 24 Oct 2023 | Started notice 29 Nov 2023 | Midleton |
| Barnahely Ringaskiddy Co.Cork 22/5633 | 18 | 3 Mar 2023 | Started notice 24 Mar 2023 | Carrigaline |
| Newtown Bantry Co. Cork 21/533 | 18 | 16 Aug 2022 | Started notice 23 Dec 2024 | Bantry-West Cork |
| Co. Cork 21/6713 | 18 | 6 Apr 2022 | Started notice 8 Mar 2024 | Carrigaline |
| Main Street Killeagh Gardens Killeagh Co Cork 21/7461 | 17 | 3 Feb 2023 | Started notice 15 Apr 2024 | Midleton |
| Knocknagarrane 25/6346 | 16 | 11 Feb 2026 | Started notice 14 Oct 2026 | Bandon - Kinsale |
| Gort Alainn Dromatimore Aghabullogue Co Cork 22/5828 | 16 | 2 Jun 2023 | Started notice 18 Sept 2024 | Macroom |
| Ard Aoibhinn Laherfineen Inishannon Co.Cork 22/6741 | 15 | 6 Oct 2023 | Started notice 3 Jan 2024 | Bandon - Kinsale |
| Saint Patrick's Boys National School 25/6701 | 14 | 23 Mar 2026 | Started notice 1 May 2026 | Skibbereen-West Cork |
| Glenbeg 23/5721 | 14 | 24 Nov 2023 | Started notice 5 Jul 2024 | Kanturk |
| Castle Court Whitechurch Co. Cork 21/7400 | 14 | 14 Oct 2022 | Started notice 24 Oct 2022 | Cobh |
| Lisnagar Demense Rathcormac Co. Cork 23/5043 | 13 | 8 Sept 2023 | Started notice 21 Mar 2024 | Fermoy |
| No's 5 21/6805 | 13 | 14 Jun 2022 | Started notice 1 Feb 2023 | Mallow |
| Dromdaleague Drimoleague Co. Cork 24/363 | 12 | 23 Jun 2025 | Started notice 24 Aug 2026 | Bantry-West Cork |
| Knocklaun Cork Road Knockgriffin 23/5744 | 12 | 1 Mar 2024 | Started notice 18 Apr 2024 | Midleton |
| Cooline Ballyvoloon Cobh Co. Cork 22/5726 | 12 | 2 Jun 2023 | Started notice 5 Jul 2023 | Cobh |
| Ros Álainn Gurteenroe Macroom Co. Cork 21/7051 | 12 | 21 Jul 2022 | Started notice 2 Sept 2022 | Macroom |
| Elder Grove Castle Heights 22/4693 | 12 | 4 Jul 2022 | Started notice 25 Jul 2022 | Carrigaline |
| Pairc An Aonaigh Killeagh Rd Mogeely Co. Cork 21/4602 | 12 | 3 Jun 2021 | Started notice 15 Mar 2022 | Midleton |
| Ard Abhainn Gogganstown Knockraha Co Cork 22/5216 | 11 | 18 Oct 2022 | Started notice 10 Mar 2023 | Cobh |
| Ard Chriocha Dromadda Beg Ladysbridge Co. Cork 25/5079 | 10 | 17 Dec 2025 | Started notice 23 Feb 2026 | Midleton |
| Harbour Heights 24/5270 | 10 | 4 Mar 2025 | Started notice 2 Apr 2025 | Carrigaline |
| Lagile Killeagh Co.Cork 22/6256 | 10 | 16 Jun 2023 | Started notice 10 Oct 2024 | Midleton |
| Mitchelstown Mart Georges Street 22/4751 | 10 | 11 May 2023 | Started notice 4 Oct 2024 | Fermoy |
| Barleyfields Farranastig Whitechurch Co. Cork 22/4333 | 10 | 15 Nov 2022 | Started notice 3 Jan 2023 | Cobh |
| Curraheen Rosscarbery Co. Cork 22/150 | 10 | 5 Jul 2022 | Started notice 12 Sept 2022 | Skibbereen-West Cork |
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How it is counted
- A site is one grant of permission for 10 or more homes since 2021: 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 2021 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 = 'CORKCO' 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 13 Nov 2026, 23:02
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database (NPAD) | CC BY 4.0 | 13 Nov 2026, 23:02 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála case list | CC BY 4.0 | 13 Nov 2026, 23:02 | open |
| Building Control Management System commencement notices | CC BY 4.0 | 13 Nov 2026, 23:02 | open |
Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 13 Nov 2026. Status (started, lapsing, lapsed) moves with the calendar between builds.
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