It’s claimed that Clare has a greater excess of residential land than any other county in Ireland.
A report in today’s Irish Independent says Clare County Council has zoned 4,317 hectares of land for residential development, 717% of the amount required to meet demand up until 2016.
In percentage terms, only four local authorities have a greater excess of land zoned for residential land than Clare County Council
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The worst offending county is Roscommon, where nearly 1,200% of the required land is zoned as residential while, by contrast, Limerick City Council has only earmarked half the land it requires for development going forward
