How do I search planning applications in Co. Clare?

Two ways. The national planning applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Clare County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. 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 (229), Kilkee (100), Shannon (97), Kilrush (84). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.

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.

Planning applications · Co. Clare

Planning applications in Co. Clare: 510 in three years

510 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: the busiest towns, the largest schemes on file, and what to check around one house before you bid.

510

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

of them for 10 homes or more

761

residential units in those large applications

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.

Ennis	229 applications, 4 large
Kilkee	100 applications, 1 large
Shannon	97 applications, 2 large
Kilrush	84 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.

Check one house in Co. Clare

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) lists every planning application within 300 m of the house with status, decision and appeal, checks the property's own planning and building-control file, and shows the zoning of the land around it.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Clare

Co. Clare is one of the five counties in the Defective Concrete Blocks grant scheme (mica). For any house built 1990 to 2015, the report checks the scheme designation and tells you what to ask the seller about block testing.

Planning applications by town in Co. Clare

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 applications map (nationalplanningapplications.ie) carries every council's register on one map: search the address, then look at the streets around it. The planning authority for the towns on this page is Clare County Council; each also runs its own online planning search with the full file, drawings and decision. 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 (229), Kilkee (100), Shannon (97), Kilrush (84). Counts include extensions, one-off houses and changes of use, not only housing schemes.
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

National planning applications map

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