Tenure
How a residential scheme is owned and occupied - build-to-rent, student accommodation, social and Part V, or private sale - which shapes its client, standard and programme.
Two apartment blocks can look identical yet be completely different jobs depending on tenure. Build-to-rent (BTR) is held and let by an institutional landlord; purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) serves students; social and Part V housing is delivered for or transferred to the State; private housing is built for sale. Each tenure has its own client type, fit-out specification, procurement route and delivery timeline.
Tenure tells you who the buyer is and how the scheme will be delivered. A build-to-rent landlord, a university, a local authority and a private housebuilder are very different customers with different specifications.
PlanningLeads classifies residential schemes by tenure signals in the planning record - build-to-rent, student accommodation, social and Part V, and private - so you can filter to the housing that fits your business, at area level.
Common questions
Housing built to be retained and rented out by a single landlord rather than sold unit by unit - usually apartments held by an institutional owner.
A requirement under the Planning and Development Act 2000 for a portion of housing developments to be provided for social and affordable housing.
Purpose-built student accommodation - residential schemes designed specifically to house students.
Built for quantity surveyors & estimators: Price every public-works bid against what Irish contracts actually award at.
This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Planning rules carry conditions and exceptions - always verify a specific case against the official source or a planning professional before acting.