Ireland's large-scale construction projects
The consented schemes big enough to carry a main contractor and package procurement, taken from the public planning register of all 31 authorities and refreshed weekly. Plus the strategic-infrastructure and environmentally-assessed projects that bypass council registers entirely.
By sector
Use class is read from each scheme's public description. Schemes still being classified are counted on their own line rather than folded into a sector.
- residential1,172
- mixed use179
- industrial101
- office59
- hospitality52
- other50
- civic35
- retail15
- agricultural12
- data centre6
- Not yet classified4,334
Busiest authorities
- Dublin City Council665
- Fingal County Council621
- Kildare County Council561
- South Dublin County Council533
- Meath County Council502
- Cork County Council334
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council329
- Wicklow County Council284
- Louth County Council259
- Cork City Council258
A sample of what is consented
The largest schemes by unit count and floor area, in the register's own words. No applicant or agent details: this is organisation-level project data.
a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) - development of a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) scheme on land fronting the Groody Road and Dublin Road, Castletroy, in th
Construction of a three storey residential block (BZ16) to be known as Units 1-12, The Heights at Ballymastone Phase 2 Residential Development, Donabate, Co. Dublin.
Construction of a 46 No. 2 & 3 storey residential dwellings together with associate site works.
Construction of a three storey residential block (BZ09) comprising 10 No. Duplexes and 5 No. Apartments.
Construction of a three storey residential block (BZ23) containing 15 Units comprising of 10 No. Duplexes and 5 No. Apartments
Construction of a eight storey residential development at Block H2, Southwest Gate, Naas Road, Dublin 12
Construction of a eight storey residential development at Block K, Southwest Gate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12
Construction of a residential development ranging from four to seven storeys at Block F, Southwest Gate, Naas Road, Dublin 12.
Construction of a eight storey residential development at Block G, Southwest Gate, Naas Road, Dublin 12.
Construction of a six storey residential development at Block H1, Southwestgate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12.
Construction of a residential development ranging from seven to nine storeys over basement at Block I & J, Southwest Gate, Naas Road, Dublin 12
Construction of a seven storey residential development at Block L, Southwest Gate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12
What counts as large-scale here
- • Any one of three thresholds qualifies a scheme: 50 or more homes, 5,000 square metres or more of floor space, or an estimated value of 10 million euro and above. The three sectors express scale differently, so a single measure would miss most of them.
- • Consented only. A 200-unit application still under assessment is not yet a project anyone can bid on, so it is excluded until it is granted or commenced.
- • Two whole categories sit outside council registers. Strategic-infrastructure projects are consented directly by An Coimisiún Pleanála, and environmentally-assessed schemes span several consent regimes. Both are tracked separately.