Prelaunch Land intelligence for Ireland
LandScope is being built to help you compare land against your project—bringing planning policy, infrastructure changes and site constraints together, with the evidence to decide where to look closer.
Now inviting design partners to shape the first release: assessing land you already have in mind.
Why it matters
A changing picture of land
A planning revision, infrastructure plan or new constraint may change which land deserves attention. Those signals arrive in different places.
LandScope is being built to connect them to the parcels they affect, so you can see where a closer look is warranted.
A new signal is a reason to investigate, not a verdict on whether a site is viable.
Explore a project briefExplore how your capacity and land requirements shape an initial assessment.
Worked example / Galway · Solar · Export
A solar project in east Galway.
See how the shortlist responds to your requirements.
Enter a capacity of at least 1 MW and an area of at least 0.1 ha. The result keeps the last valid requirements.
What changes
B and C clear the example capacity requirement. B has the shorter computed road route.
20 MW corresponds to 21.1 MVA at a 0.95 power factor. The usable-area minimum is 4 ha.
Hover or focus on a reading to trace the words behind it.
Illustrative assessment of a fixed set of sites. No live search or replacement candidates; ownership, legal access and connection terms remain unverified.
LandScope is being built to find land against your strategy—and explain its potential through connected planning, infrastructure, policy and constraint signals.
3candidates carried forward
80 cadastral title extents in view · 10 assessed
Illustrative export screen · 20 MW · 4 ha minimum
Product preview · In development · Illustrative signals on real title mapping.
One project, as an exampleSolar · East Galway · 20 MW · 4 ha minimum
Shaped by the brief aboveThe worked example draws a real area of interest on an interactive map, which needs JavaScript. Turn JavaScript on to see the map and the figures it produces.
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Static view. The interactive map could not start. This is the same computed map as a still image; the imagery and Compare imagery need the interactive version.
Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar GeographicsCadastral title extents, roads, hydrography, buildings © Tailte Éireann
Land Registry mapping is not conclusive as to the exact legal boundary or extent of a registered property.
The search01 / 03
LandScope is being built to search across parcels and rank them against your strategy—or bring the same intelligence to land you already have in mind.
Solar is one example. The intended workflow adapts to the land strategy you bring.
Planning intelligence / illustrative record
A sample dwelling refusal cites landscape and visual impact.
Connect the reason, conditions and appeal history to your proposed use and the parcel’s setting.
The question to resolveDoes the same landscape issue apply here—and could design or mitigation address it?
Infrastructure intelligence / illustrative figures
The sample capacity range for B covers the example’s demand.
Connect capacity evidence, planned reinforcement and delivery timing to the project decision.
The question to resolveWhich connection route, upgrade milestones, costs and terms would actually apply?
Policy intelligence / intended capability
Connect development-plan wording, zoning and amendments to the parcel, proposed use and policy in force at the time.
The question to resolveDoes the applicable policy support the proposal, limit it or leave an interpretation open?
No parcel-specific policy finding is shown in this preview.
Constraint intelligence / illustrative overlaps
In this sample, exclusions remove some parcels; a flood overlap leaves A with a review flag.
Distinguish hard constraints from matters that need investigation, and assess the land left available for the project.
The question to resolveWhat usable ground remains, and which constraints need specialist review?
A nearby record is not automatically relevant. The relationship to the parcel has to be established.
Know why a parcel surfaced, how it compares with alternatives and what needs to happen before you commit.
The sample assessment
The sample ranking is B → C → A. Its limited calculation is available below.
The preview above describes the intended product. This fixed Galway calculation demonstrates a narrower set of rules: usable area, illustrative capacity, review flags and road distance. Planning interpretation and policy do not change its ranking. It is not a live search or a verified development recommendation.
Evidence ledger Every datum, its class, its source and its limits
| Datum | Class | Source | Retrieved | Method | Limits & unknowns |
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Illustrative planning figures for solar, battery and wind projects, 2019–2025. These are sample counts, not published statistics or a site search.
Parcels, roads, water and buildings: Tailte Éireann.
Source geometry
Start with the mapped properties.
The map contains 80 registered-property shapes. Ten enter this example’s assessment after boundary and size checks.
Only complete title extents inside the study window enter the assessment. These are registered-property shapes, not confirmed development sites.
— title extents intersect the window; — sit wholly inside it; — are at least 2 ha gross and assessed after a 12 m setback.
A cadastral title extent is a registered-property polygon, not a field boundary, ownership record or confirmed developable site. Land Registry mapping is not conclusive as to its exact legal boundary or extent.
Constraints & selection
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The example removes sites with exclusion overlaps or too little usable ground. A review flag keeps a question open.
This example applies illustrative exclusion and review rules. They do not establish a legal prohibition.
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A, B and C retain their source geometry and their identity through the decision.
Usable ground
Is there enough usable ground?
The dashed outlines show the area left after the example’s setbacks and exclusions. Compare it with your minimum.
Dashed outlines are the computed developable areas after a 12 m setback and hard stops. The rendered outline is the geometry used in the screen, computed in Irish Transverse Mercator from Tailte Éireann title extents.
All three sit on slopes under 2% and clear of peat in this illustrative scenario. An area threshold is not confirmation that a project fits.
Road access is not a grid connection. — —
Connection evidence
Does the sample capacity cover the project?
B and C meet the example’s capacity requirement. A remains uncertain.
Illustrative grid figures. These are not available capacity or connection offers.
Solid lines show power lines; dotted lines show each site's illustrative connection to its nearest station.
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The station, headroom and firmness figures here are illustrative. A real assessment would need dated, sourced connection evidence; queue position, contracted headroom and curtailment remain for a connection enquiry.
Road distance
Closer on the map can mean further by road.
The routes follow the mapped road network to one reference point chosen for this example.
The reference point is not a surveyed entrance. These routes do not confirm legal access or a grid connection.
Shortlist order
B and C clear the 21.1 MVA requirement. B leads on the shorter computed road route.
A reason to investigate further. Ownership, legal access and connection terms still need checking.
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A shortlist is a decision to investigate, not a development consent.
Open a candidate above for its area, capacity, access and review evidence. The evidence ledger records each data class, its source and its limits.
INTENDED WATCH SCOPE
04 AFTER THE SHORTLIST
LandScope is being built to watch published changes around the parcels you choose, then surface the ones that matter to your brief.
ILLUSTRATIVE SCENARIO CANDIDATE C
Suppose a published network plan advances a nearby reinforcement. C may warrant another look, but a planned upgrade is not available capacity or a connection offer.
Illustrative scenario only. No live alert or confirmed upgrade is shown.
Inspect a real source05 / The evidence
This separate example uses a real council notice. Inspect the wording, dates and limits behind one finding.
Variation No. 1 notice of making
The wording behind the finding
Part C: Rectification of Land use Zoning Map for Oranmore.
The finding
Galway County Council adopted a change to its development plan on 16 February 2026. Its notice identifies a correction to Oranmore’s zoning map.
What still needs checking
Whether the corrected map affects your site, and which plan wording applies. This notice alone does not establish what can be built on a parcel.
Real source. Demonstration reading.This shows how evidence can be inspected. It is not a live site recommendation.
Where LandScope starts, who it’s for, and what to expect from this demonstration.
Not yet. LandScope is in development.
The first focus is helping teams assess land they are already considering. Discovery and monitoring are longer-term capabilities; the examples here are not live searches or alerts.
No. Your project sets the brief.
The renewable project on this page is a worked example. LandScope is being designed for different kinds of land decisions, with relevant evidence and screening rules for each use case.
Galway first. Ireland is the ambition.
Galway is the first worked geography. Coverage will expand as parcel links, source coverage and screening rules are validated. This demonstration does not offer a nationwide search.
It helps you decide where to look closer.
A shortlist is an initial screen against your brief. Planning consent, connection terms, ownership, access and site conditions still need their own checks. It is not a confirmation that a site can be developed.
The capacity and area you enter stay in your browser.
They update this fixed demonstration locally. Changing them does not submit your requirements to LandScope or run a live land search.
A mapped title extent is not an ownership record.
This demonstration does not provide owner names, exact legal boundaries or land control. Those require separate, authorised checks.
Bring a land decision you are working through. Help shape how LandScope brings together the evidence, constraints and open questions your team needs to assess it.
For teams finding, comparing or watching land in Ireland.