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Planning permission in Co. Clare: register, 509 applications

509 planning applications were lodged within 2 km of the centres of 4 towns in Co. Clare in the last three years, 10 of them for ten homes or more (761 units). Below: how to search the Co. Clare register, the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

Check one house in Co. Clare

509 planning applications around 4 towns in Co. Clare in three years, 10 for ten homes or more.

One specific house in Co. Clare: planning applications within 300 m of that Eircode, the house's own planning file, flood zone, radon, BER, sale history. Thirty-eight checks in all, each linked to the public record.

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509

planning applications within 2 km of 4 town centres in the last three years

10

of them for 10 homes or more

761

residential units in those large applications

How to search planning applications in Co. Clare

Short answer: open the National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie, type the address or Eircode, and every application lodged with any council appears as a dot you can click. For the full file (drawings, reports, conditions, appeal) go to the council’s own register, Clare County Council. Both are free.

  1. National map first. Search the address on the National Planning Application Map (MyPlan.ie), then zoom out to the 300 m around it. Each dot is an application with its reference number, description and decision.
  2. Then the council register. Search by the reference number, the address or a map area on the Clare County Council register.
  3. Clare County Council: search planning applications. The council uses the shared ePlanning system, so the search works the same way as in 22 other councils: search by reference, by address, by date range or by drawing a box on the map.
  4. Zoning last. The MyPlan.ie zoning map shows what the land around the house is allowed to become under the current development plan, which the register cannot tell you until someone applies.

For a house you are about to bid on, the paid report does all three for the Eircode: every application within 300 m with its decision, the house’s own planning and building-control files, and the zoning of the fields around it.

Where the planning office is busiest in Co. Clare

Applications lodged within 2 km of each town centre since 2023, from the national planning register. A high count means an active town, not necessarily housing estates: extensions, one-off rural houses, shopfronts and retention applications all count.

Ennis226 applications, 4 large
Kilkee103 applications, 1 large
Shannon97 applications, 2 large
Kilrush83 applications, 3 large

Largest schemes on file in Co. Clare

Applications for ten homes or more near the towns above, largest first, with the status recorded on the register when this page was built:

  • 300 units, Ennis, lodged 2025-06, application finalised (Clare County Council): 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
  • 171 units, Ennis, lodged 2026-07, further information (Clare County Council): for a Large-Scale Residential (LRD) at the former Our Lady's Hospital building and grounds (RPS 845) within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) , measuring approximately 4.9 hectares on lands at Gort Road, Dulick, E
  • 73 units, Ennis, lodged 2024-12, application finalised (Clare County Council): for a development comprising 74 no. residential units, (3 no. detached houses, 36 no. semi-detached houses, 23 no. terrace houses, 12 no. duplex units), ancillary surface car parking, vehicular & pedestrian access to the
  • 54 units, Ennis, lodged 2025-05, withdrawn (Clare County Council): for a development comprising 54no. residential units, (4no. detached houses, 8no. semi-detached houses, 18no. Terrace houses and 24no. Duplex units), ancillary surface car parking, vehicular & pedestrian access to the pr
  • 42 units, Kilrush, lodged 2025-12, application finalised (Clare County Council): to construct 42 no. dwelling houses comprising 2 no. 4 bedroom detached houses, 16 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses, 10 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses, 6 no. 3 bedroom terraced houses, 4 no. 2 bedroom semi-detached
  • 38 units, Kilkee, lodged 2024-01, withdrawn (Clare County Council): for development at a 1.35 hectare site at Dough Kilkee Co Clare located North of Moonin Estate. The site is accessed from an unnamed local road to the south of the site. The development will consist of: a) Construction o
  • 28 units, Shannon, lodged 2024-04, application finalised (Clare County Council): for development which will consist of (a) the construction of 13 no. two storey dwelling houses, (b) 15 no. two storey dwelling houses with optional additional attic bedroom accommodation. Total no. of 28 houses (c) all
  • 27 units, Shannon, lodged 2026-07, further information (Clare County Council): the development will consist of (a) the construction of 27 no. two-storey dwelling houses, (b) 6 no. two storey dwelling houses, with optional additional attic bedroom accommodation (C) 6 no single storey dwelling houses

A permission that is granted but not yet built is invisible at a viewing. The register shows it. So does the zoning map for the fields around the house, which says what they are allowed to become.

Other checks for Co. Clare

Co. Clare is in the Defective Concrete Blocks grant scheme (mica and pyrite in blocks), and the whole county is covered. For a house here, the report flags the scheme and tells you what to ask the seller about block testing.

Other checks for Co. Clare

Planning applications by town in Co. Clare

Other counties

GuidePlanning search before buying a house: the three files that matter

Questions people ask

How do I search planning applications in Co. Clare?
Two ways. The National Planning Application Map on MyPlan.ie carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for Co. Clare is Clare County Council; each runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision, on the shared ePlanning.ie system. For a house you are buying, the 300 m around it matters more than the town count.
Which towns in Co. Clare have the most planning activity?
By applications within 2 km of the town centre in the last three years: Ennis (226), Kilkee (103), Shannon (97), Kilrush (83). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
Do I need planning permission for an extension in Co. Clare?
The rules are national, not local. Since 27 July 2026 an extension to the rear of a house is exempt up to 45 square metres (40 before that date), counting every earlier extension, with limits on height, distance from boundaries and the garden left over (at least 25 square metres). Anything to the front, or beyond those limits, needs permission from the council. A Section 5 declaration from the council confirms in writing whether a specific job is exempt. Details in the guide on the 2026 planning exemptions.
Does planning permission nearby change what a house is worth?
A granted permission for a large scheme behind the house can take light, a view or parking, and it means construction traffic for two years. It can also add a school or a shop. Read the description, the decision and the appeal status before you bid. The report lists every application within 300 m of the Eircode with that detail, and checks the house's own planning and building-control file.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.