Kildare has one of the fastest housing completion rates in Ireland

Kildare County Council says it has one of the highest rates of house completions in Ireland.

KCC official Alan Dunney was responding to a claim by Cllr Bill Clear that some 67% of planning permissions across the county have not been activated.

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Mr Dunney told a KCC meeting that 4,100 units were granted permission in 2023 and 2024 and all were acted upon . He said information about  the progress of individual planning applications is available on the KCC planning website.