Commencement notices in Clare last month were up by more than a third compared to the same month last year.
Orders for 42 houses were issued to Clare County Council in October.
When local authorities such as Clare County Council receive word a person’s carrying out works or changing use of a building, they’re issued with a commencement notice.
It gives a good idea of the amount of construction activity due to be carried out in a particular area over the next number of months.
Notices for 42 residential units were issued in Clare in October, compared to the 31 in the same month last year.
It’s also a marked increase on the 18 notices issued in this county in September.
Just over 40 percent of the orders given to Clare County Council last month were for one off builds.
Clare had more commencement orders than neighbouring counties of Limerick, Tipperary and Galway City in October.
