Glossary of Terms
Project Stages
Tender – Incorporates projects that will be tendered as plans advance (Pre-tender), projects that are currently out to tender and projects that are currently awaiting the appointment of a contractor or consultancy (Pre-Contract) for the scheme following a tender process.
Contract Awarded – Incorporates projects that have had a main contractor or lead consultancy appointed to the project.
On Site – Incorporates projects that have commenced, an element of the scheme has commenced and when sub-contractors have been appointed to the project.
Planning stages
Plans granted – A recommendation to approve planning
Plans refused – A recommendation to refuse planning
Planning not required – Associated with new tenders
Pre-planning – Plans have not yet been lodged for the scheme
Appeal lodged – Appeals can be lodged within 4-6 weeks of a planning decision
Appeal decision – Planning decision can be overturned or upheld following appeal process
Dates
Start Date – Anticipated commencement of works
Duration – Anticipated contract period of building works
End Date – Anticipated completion of building works
Recall date – When a project will next be researched by the research team
Glossary of Application Types
| Application Filter Types | Definition |
| Outline Permission | Highlighting the proposed use of the site – residential development rather than 10 unit residential development – limited documents |
| Detailed Permission | Full Planning permission and most common – detailed drawings available |
| EOD/FEOD | Extension of original planning permission after 5 year permission has expired |
| Part 8 | Primarily County Council schemes – Housing, Roads, Parks |
| SHD | Strategic housing Developments, old initiative , now being phased out (ROI) |
| SDZ | Strategic development zone applications – mainly for large housing or mixed-use developments – Cherrywood/Adamstown |
| Protected Structure/Listed Building | NI use only Heritage/Conservation projects, (keyword ‘protected structure’ for ROI schemes) |
| Permission Consequent/Reserved Matters | If you lodge outline planning in northern Ireland, this is your full planning application type then |
| Modification | Modification to original plans |
| Part XI | Courts, housing (public projects – ROI) |
| Part 9 | Garda, Military (public projects – ROI) |
| Large Residential Dev | LRD (new initiative to supersede older SHD initiative for large housing developments in ROI |
| SID | Big Civil and Infrastructural projects – ROI |
| PAD/PAN | Pre planning application – NI |
