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Homes with permission, not started, in Offaly live grants, no commencement notice

Live housing permissions with no commencement notice yet, most homes first. None is advertised for sale here.

18 sites with a live housing permission and no start

18 new this week

  • 120 ha in all
  • 806 homes
  • checked 12 Oct 2026

New this week

  1. Arden

    Arden , Tullamore , County Offaly · Tullamore · 4.73 ha · 98 homes · granted 20 Oct 2025 · source

    98 homes granted 20 Oct 2025, expires 06 May 2030

  2. Clara Road

    Clara Road , Tullamore , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 3.31 ha · 98 homes · granted 8 Mar 2024 · source

    98 homes granted 08 Mar 2024, expires 02 Sep 2029

  3. Clara Road

    Clara Road , Tullamore , Co.Offaly · Tullamore · 2.64 ha · 84 homes · granted 15 Jul 2025 · source

    84 homes granted 15 Jul 2025, expires 09 Dec 2030

  4. Townparks & Seffin

    Townparks & Seffin , Birr , Co. Offaly · Birr · 3.45 ha · 58 homes · granted 22 May 2025 · source

    58 homes granted 22 May 2025, expires 21 May 2030

  5. Railway Road Townparks & Seffin

    Railway Road Townparks & Seffin , Birr , Co. Offaly · Birr · 2.64 ha · 20 homes · granted 15 Apr 2025 · source

    20 homes granted 15 Apr 2025, expires 04 Sep 2030

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  1. Accessed Via the Existing Hophill Avenue and the Cedars Residential Estates Church Road , Tullamore

    Accessed Via the Existing Hophill Avenue and the Cedars Residential Estates Church Road , Tullamore , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 3.06 ha · 95 homes · granted 24 May 2023 · source

  2. Arden Road and Adjacent To Arden Lane

    Arden Road and Adjacent To Arden Lane (in the Townland of Arden) , Tullamore , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 4.17 ha · 78 homes · granted 7 Oct 2021 · source

  3. Lumcloon and Falsk

    Lands within the townlands of Lumcloon and Falsk , Gallen , Co. Offaly · Birr · 88 ha · 48 homes · granted 25 Jul 2024 · source

  4. Nos. 15-20 Woodlands Park fronting Burke’s Hill

    Lands to the rear/east of Nos. 15-20 Woodlands Park fronting Burke’s Hill , Townparks , Birr Co. Offaly · Birr · 1.21 ha · 39 homes · granted 9 Feb 2026 · source

  5. Portarlington

    The Former Presentation Convent/School Patrick Street and the Adjoining Parish Lands , Portarlington , Co. Offaly · Edenderry · 1.26 ha · 28 homes · granted 23 Nov 2023 · source

  6. Collins Lane

    Collins Lane , Tullamore , Co Offaly · Tullamore · 0.47 ha · 26 homes · granted 20 Mar 2026 · source

  7. Kilcoursey

    Kilcoursey , Clara , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 1.32 ha · 25 homes · granted 13 Dec 2023 · source

  8. Collins Lane

    Collins Lane , Tullamore , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 0.45 ha · 22 homes · granted 3 Nov 2025 · source

  9. Road

    Road , Rhode , Co. Offaly · Edenderry · 0.70 ha · 20 homes · granted 4 Apr 2025 · source

  10. Daingean Road

    Daingean Road , Puttaghaun Tullamore , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 0.53 ha · 19 homes · granted 3 Aug 2023 · source

  11. Site 2 Axis Business Park

    Site 2 Axis Business Park , Tullamore , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 0.81 ha · 19 homes · granted 27 Nov 2023 · source

  12. Frankford

    Frankford , Kilcormac , Co. Offaly · Birr · 0.80 ha · 19 homes · granted 23 Sept 2026 · source

  13. Abbey Court Kilcoursey

    Abbey Court Kilcoursey , Clara , Co. Offaly · Tullamore · 0.36 ha · 10 homes · granted 20 Nov 2023 · source

Where they are

Source: Planning applications and commencement notices, checked 12 Oct 2026. Each row links to the record it came from.

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What this means for a buyer

A permission gives five years to build (section 40 of the Planning and Development Act 2000), and the s.42 extension needs substantial works before expiry, so an unstarted permission has a clock on it. Some owners got permission to sell with it. Others can't make the numbers work at today's costs. Both may take an offer or a joint venture, and the permission de-risks the planning.

How long planning permission lasts, and extending it (Planning Register)

Who holds these permissions: developers in Offaly

Unbuilt permissions in Offaly, scheme by scheme (Planning Register)

Questions people ask

Are these sites for sale?

Not necessarily, and none is advertised here. The owner has permission and has not started, which is often when a sale or joint venture comes up.

How long does the owner have to start?

Five years from the grant unless the permission says otherwise. Each row shows the expiry date.

Can the permission be extended if nothing has started?

Not under s.42, which needs substantial works before expiry. A 2025 route for unstarted permissions closed to new applications in February 2026.

How do you know nothing has started?

No commencement notice matches the permission on the national building control register. A notice can be missing or mismatched, so treat it as a strong hint, not proof.