Local Electoral Area · Wexford County Council

Construction leads in Wexford

243 planning applications and commencement notices in Wexford in the last twelve months, across 13 electoral divisions. 331 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Wexford planning register and the national building control register.

243
Leads, 12 months
331
On site now
€532m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in Wexford, 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 Wexford

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

Electrical
195 leads
Plumbing & Heating
183 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
177 leads
Masonry & Blockwork
171 leads
Flooring
170 leads
Painting & Decorating
170 leads
Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining
170 leads
Roofing
170 leads

The housing stock in Wexford

11,983 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 198038.9%Ireland 41.7%
Built before 19198.7%Ireland 8.6%
Built 2011 or later8.1%Ireland 7.9%
Vacant homes7.7%Ireland 7.7%
Holiday homes2.7%Ireland 3.2%

Central heating fuel

Oil65%Ireland 40.9%
Mains gas1.8%Ireland 34.5%
LPG1.2%Ireland 0.7%
Electric15.6%Ireland 12.4%
Solid fuel (coal, peat, wood)13.5%Ireland 9.4%
Other fuel1.3%Ireland 1%
No central heating1.7%Ireland 1.2%
Renewable energy source27.1%Ireland 25.7%

Tenure

Owner occupied66.7%Ireland 68.9%
Private rented19.1%Ireland 18.8%
Social rented12.5%Ireland 10.4%
Pobal deprivation score
-3.5

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 Wexford

  1. Clonard Little, Wexford Rural
    Fully serviced dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works
    Lodged
    20260345Received 29 Sept 2026Decision due 26 Oct 2026
  2. Townparks, Wexford Urban No. 3
    Development consisting of works to a protected structure at No. 5 Selskar Street/Lower George's Street, Wexford Town…
    Granted
    20260376Received 7 Sept 2026Decision due 4 Oct 2026
  3. Townparks, Wexford Urban No. 3
    Development consisting of: a) an apartment block of four storeys over lower ground floor level (fronting three storeys at Georges Street Lower)…
    Granted
    20260220Received 1 Sept 2026Decision due 28 Sept 2026
  4. Killeens, Wexford Rural
    Elevational changes to an existing office building and for the addition of 3 no. apartments above ground floor…
    Closed
    20251259Received 28 Aug 2026Decision due 24 Sept 2026
  5. Ardcavan
    Mixed use commercial development of ca. 789.2 sqm at Ardcavan Business Park 2…
    Granted
    20260372Received 22 Aug 2026Decision due 18 Sept 2026
  6. Ardcavan
    Community and emergency services facility (Civil Defence HQ) of ca. 1,009 sqm at Ardcavan Business Park 2, Ardcavan, (ED Ardcavan), Co Wexford…
    Granted
    20260459Received 22 Aug 2026Decision due 18 Sept 2026
  7. Kilmacoe, Ardcolm
    Alter internal layout of existing dwelling house as from that granted (planning application no. 94-1348) and to construct an extension to rear of existing…
    Granted
    20260477Received 21 Aug 2026Decision due 17 Sept 2026
  8. Crosstown, Ardcavan
    Construction of 22 No. dwellings comprising of the following: 6 No. 3 bed dwellings; 8 No. 1 bed own door ground floor apartments…
    Granted
    20260158Received 6 Aug 2026Decision due 2 Sept 2026
  9. Coolcots, Wexford Rural
    Proposed erection of 2no. semi-detached, single-storey, 2-bedroom houses, and all ancillary site works at Coolcotts Lane
    Granted
    20261023Received 30 Jul 2026Decision due 23 Sept 2026
  10. Ferrycarrig, Kilpatrick
    Alterations and extension to existing restaurant to form additional kitchen space together with associated site works. The development is located adjacent…
    Granted
    20261010Received 29 Jul 2026Decision due 22 Sept 2026
Every Wexford application, by week

Who is building in Wexford

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

  1. 1Oakville Homes Ltd13 applications
  2. 2OLI Developments Ltd10 applications
  3. 3Colm Neville Construction Unlimited Company9 applications
  4. 4Carraig Mor Developments Limited9 applications
  5. 5Byrne & Byrne Construction Ltd.9 applications
  6. 6Adamar Developments Ltd7 applications
  7. 7Owen Murphy Construction Ltd6 applications
  8. 8Wexford County Council6 applications

Electoral divisions in Wexford

  • Ardcavan
  • Ardcolm
  • Artramon
  • Carrick
  • Forth
  • Glynn
  • Kilbride
  • Killurin
  • Kilpatrick
  • Wexford No. 1 Urban
  • Wexford No. 2 Urban
  • Wexford No. 3 Urban
  • Wexford Rural

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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