Lehinch

448 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lehinch, from 1 m² to 81,711 m² (8.17 ha, 20.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 85 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 277 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 65 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Community (Education)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  to retain the rear annex building which is auxiliary to the main dwelling house along with associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660502

• 13 May 2026N/a

  to demolish the existing dwelling house, construct a new replacement dwelling house, new boundary walls, revised entrance and parking area and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660309

• 8 Apr 2026Conditional

  for (a) demolition of an existing dwelling and (b) the construction of a new detached dwelling, (c) new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2690

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  a) to renovate an existing single storey house including elevational changes and overall height changes; b) to construct a new single storey extension to the side and rear of the house; c) to construct a new two storey extension to the rear of the house; d) to construct a new patio and external landscape areas; e). all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660023

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  to install flood lighting consisting of 8 No. 18m lighting poles to serve the existing playing field and all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560823

• 16 Sept 2025Conditional

  of the converted shed for use as a spare bedroom for the occupants of the main dwelling, for PERMISSION to extend the shed with a linked storage area and a new building for use as a hobby room /pottery shed and all associated and ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25296

• 3 Jul 2025Refused

  for the construction of 3no. houses, connections to existing public services, private access drive and all associated site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 2560413

• 24 Jun 2025Conditional

  for development which will consist of a single storey rear extension, refurbishment of the existing dwelling including external window rooflight additions and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560377

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional

  for development, the development will consist of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house c/w ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25198

• 13 May 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, driveway, wastewater treatment system, upgrade of existing entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560264

• 14 Jan 2025Refused

  to extend the existing dwelling house, build a garage, relocate the entrance & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 254

• 8 Nov 2024Conditional

  to change the roof profile and the roof finish of the existing house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460557

• 3 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the development which will consist of modifications to exterior and internal alterations to part of an existing storey and half dwelling house to provide new secondary entrance to front with bay window; 2 no. new windows to side (West) gable wall; new winter garden and associated structure to rear, new dormer window to rear, alterations to existing roof to accommodate dormer and 3 no. new rooflights; along with new garden gate and steps to front boundary

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460479

• 27 Aug 2024Conditional

  to (a) carry out alterations & extensions to existing dwelling house (b) construct domestic shed (c) construct tiered walls & landscaping to front of site together with all ancillary site development works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460403

• 25 Aug 2023Conditional

  to construct an extension to the existing dwelling and retention permission to RETAIN the existing storage shed to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360331

• 17 Jul 2023Conditional

  of as constructed extension to dwelling comprising extension to living room

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2360255

• 12 Jul 2023Conditional

  for development which will consist of (1) PERMISSION for a new dwellinghouse and domestic garage / garden store (2) New sewage treatment system (3) Construct a new entrance onto the public road and (4) All associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23396

• 20 Jun 2023N/a

  to RETAIN as constructed extension to dwelling comprising extension to living room.

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2360220

• 11 May 2023N/a

  Pl. Ref. No. 20/144. The development will consist of (1) Permission for a new dwelling house and domestic garage / garden store (2) New sewage treatment system (3) Construct a new entrance onto the public road and (4) All associated site works and services

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23278

• 5 May 2023Conditional

  to build 2 no. two storey houses, connect to services & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Outline permission, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 23260

• 13 Mar 2023Conditional

  of two velux rooflights front and rear and for minor modifications to house/ shed

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2360062

• 19 Dec 2022Conditional

  for the following a) the construction of single storey extension to the front of house, b) construction of a porch to the rear and c) alteration to first floor dormer window to front of house, d) internal modifications e) alterations to elevations together with f) all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221147

• 20 Jul 2022Conditional

  to replace the existing flat roof with a pitched roof on the projection of the front of the building & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22656

• 3 Jun 2022N/a

  the development which will consist of a dwelling house with proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22494

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of the demolition of an earlier extension of 5sqM and the development of a single storey extension of 30sqm to the rear of the existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22451

The 25 most recent of 71 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lehinch.

Recorded monuments

• CL023-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL023-056 Fulacht fia
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL023-057 Earthwork
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in pasture. According to local information this was the site of a ringfort, clearly visible until around 1995 when the building of houses caused the site to be levelled. It was apparently more visible than the ringfort (CL023-058----) c. 300m to the SW. Not visible at ground level and not visible on available aerial imagery. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 November 2025

• CL023-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Ennistimon District Hospital, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway to former Ennistymon Union Workhouse complex, built 1842, now in use as gateway to nursing home. Comprising three tooled limestone cut-stone piers with sandstone cappings, having square-headed pedestrian gate to left and set in coursed Liscannor stone boundary walls. Workhouse demolished, c. 1925.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lehinch.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Lehinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Lehinch · An Leithinse

Area

1,062,824 m² (106.28 ha, 262.63 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmanaheen, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Ennistimon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ennistimon electoral division: 2,514 people in 934 households; 63% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnacullia South, Attycristora, Cloonaveige, Crag, Deerpark West, Dough

Placenames

Lehinch on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.