50+ homes · 5,000+ m² · €10m+

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.

653
Consented large schemes
granted or commenced
371
On site now
commencement notice filed
€13.2bn
Pipeline value
estimated, capped for outliers
12
Counties represented
top authorities below

By sector

  • other332
  • residential245
  • mixed use30
  • industrial12
  • civic12
  • office11
  • hospitality5
  • retail4
  • data centre1
  • agricultural1

Busiest authorities

  • Meath County Council93
  • South Dublin County Council73
  • Dublin City Council55
  • Fingal County Council50
  • Kildare County Council31
  • Wexford County Council29
  • Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council27
  • Wicklow County Council26
  • Clare County Council26
  • Waterford City and County Council23

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.

Donegal County Council1,111 units139on site

Detached bungalow

South Dublin County Council886 units77,515

This Application is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014 (as amended) and relates to Phase 2 of development within the 'Adamstown Boulevard Development

Dublin City Council811 units11,800residentialon site

Construction of residential building Block G, 139 units.

Dublin City Council811 units5,466residentialon site

Block A, St. Vincents Fairview Residential, 58 units.

Meath County Council810 units97,500

a 10 year Planning Permission of a Large-Scale Residential Development on a site of approx 21.9 ha in total and 15.74 ha net developable area respectively, at Lands at Station Roa

Fingal County Council783 units122residentialon site

Construction of 90no. 3 storey dwelling houses

Fingal County Council783 units121residentialon site

Construction of 325 no. dwelling houses and all ancillary works

Dublin City Council779 units6,663residentialon site

The proposed construction of a 8 storey residential block to be known as Block B. 86 units

Cork City Council753 units1,126residentialon site

69-80 Árdan View - Longview Estates, Ballyvolane, Cork comprises the construction of 1no. block of duplex apartments incorporating 12no. residential units. Units as follows: 69-80

Cork City Council753 units1,126residentialon site

81-92 Árdan View - Longview Estates, Ballyvolane, Cork comprises the construction of 1no. block of duplex apartments incorporating 12no. residential units. Units as follows: 81-92

Cork City Council753 units107residentialon site

Construction of addresses 29-39 Rathard Avenue to be completed as part of neighbourhood 2 of Longview Estates (Rathard), and associated site works.

Dublin City Council732 units17,604mixed useon site

The development consists of a mixed-use scheme involving change of use, refurbishment, modifications, alterations and additions to the former Player Wills Factory building (PW1) to

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.

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