Local Electoral Area · Offaly County Council

Construction leads in Birr

344 planning applications and commencement notices in Birr in the last twelve months, across 45 electoral divisions. 371 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Offaly planning register and the national building control register.

344

Leads, 12 months

371

On site now

€528m

Pipeline value

Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022

Every lead in Birr, on the map

Pro opens the map filtered to this area: every site pinned, scored and sized, with the area shading, trade filters and alerts for new filings.

Top trades in Birr

The work the last twelve months of filings call for, by trade.

Roofing

262 leads

Masonry & Blockwork

259 leads

Carpentry & Joinery

254 leads

Electrical

253 leads

Groundworks & Enabling Works

252 leads

Plumbing & Heating

240 leads

Flooring

219 leads

Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining

218 leads

The housing stock in Birr

9,635 households in Census 2022, set against the national figure (the dark tick). Older homes on oil and solid fuel are where retrofit demand sits.

Age and occupancy

Built before 198047.7%Ireland 41.7%

Built before 191912.5%Ireland 8.6%

Built 2011 or later5.8%Ireland 7.9%

Vacant homes9.1%Ireland 7.7%

Holiday homes1.3%Ireland 3.2%

Central heating fuel

Oil44.7%Ireland 40.9%

Mains gas0.5%Ireland 34.5%

LPG0.4%Ireland 0.7%

Electric7.6%Ireland 12.4%

Solid fuel (coal, peat, wood)44.5%Ireland 9.4%

Other fuel1.4%Ireland 1%

No central heating0.9%Ireland 1.2%

Renewable energy source34%Ireland 25.7%

Tenure

Owner occupied76.6%Ireland 68.9%

Private rented11.8%Ireland 18.8%

Social rented9%Ireland 10.4%

Pobal deprivation score

-5.21

Relative affluence below the national average (0). A household-weighted mean of Electoral Division scores. Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022, CC BY 4.0.

Source: CSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Shares are rolled up from each electoral division, weighted by households (dwellings for vacancy).

Recent planning applications in Birr

Every Offaly application, by week

Who is building in Birr

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

1Beech Avenue Properties Limited6 applications
2Nua Healthcare Services5 applications
3Fitzpatrick & Heavey Homes Ltd5 applications
4Canbe Limited5 applications
5LUMCLOON ENERGY LIMITED4 applications
6ROMAQUIP LTD3 applications
7Bord na Móna Energy Limited3 applications
8Harmony Solar Offaly Limited3 applications

Electoral divisions in Birr

Aghancon
Ballincor
Banagher
Barna
Birr Rural
Birr Urban
Broughal
Cangort
Cloghan
Clonmacnoise
Cullenwaine
Derrinboy
Derryad
Doon
Dromoyle
Drumcullen
Dunkerrin
Eglish
Ettagh
Ferbane
Gallen
Gorteen
Hinds
Huntston
Kilcolman
Kilcormac
Killooly
Killyon
Kinnitty
Knockbarron
Lea
Letter
Lumcloon
Lusmagh
Mounterin
Mountheaton
Moyclare
Roscomroe
Seirkieran
Shannonbridge
Shannonharbour
Shinrone
Srah
Templeharry
Tulla

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Lead figures count planning applications and commencement notices received in the last twelve months inside this area's boundary; pipeline value is the estimated build value behind them. Applicant names of private individuals are never shown; organisations only. Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann National Statistical Boundaries 2022, CC BY 4.0.

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