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14 Oak Drive, Carlow Town
Planning submitted for a two-storey rear extension to an existing semi-detached house. Well-defined job, likely 10–14 weeks on site. Good margin, straightforward spec. This project is likely to generate construction work in the coming months.
A single planning application can mean months of work across multiple trades.
Outside Tullow, Co. Carlow · Planning submitted
Planning submitted for a new single-storey dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works on a greenfield site. Straightforward self-build — the kind of job a small builder can manage start to finish.
By the time you see a sign on a site, everyone already knows.
Every project starts with a planning application — submitted weeks or months before any work begins.
By the time the signs go up, the neighbours are talking, and the tender is issued — the best contractors are already in conversations with the client.
FirstOnSite lets you see projects at planning stage, giving you time to:
See planning applications usually within days of submission — weeks before signs go up or word gets around.
Choose the counties and project types you want. No noise, no irrelevant jobs from the other side of the country.
One email a day with new opportunities. Read it over your coffee, follow up before your competitors hear about it.
Every alert tells you what the project is, what trades are likely needed, and whether it's worth pursuing.
Every day we scan planning applications across Irish councils, automatically.
Each application is assessed for what work is involved and which trades are likely needed.
One email each morning with new opportunities that match your trade and your area. Nothing else.
Most planning websites show you every application. FirstOnSite focuses on the ones that could become real work for builders and trades.
"My dad ran a roofing business for years. Finding work meant building relationships, spending time chasing jobs, and hoping they'd pick you — with no guarantee they would, and no guarantee you'd get paid if they did.
I built FirstOnSite because builders deserve an easier way to spot the right opportunities earlier — and spend less time chasing the wrong ones."
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We pull directly from Irish council planning portals and the national planning database. All information is publicly available — we just find it faster and present it in a way that's useful to builders.
Usually within days of a planning application being submitted. That's weeks or months before work starts on site — plenty of time to make introductions and position yourself.
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