Expressions of Interest - Turnkey Developments 2026
CALL TO HOME BUILDERS AND HOUSING DEVELOPERS
To offer houses and apartments with planning permission in unbuilt or partially commenced developments to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council under an advance purchase turnkey arrangement for social and/or affordable housing. This is a scheme primarily to activate un-commenced or stalled housing projects. Priority will be given to high quality projects that deliver earliest, subject to value for money considerations.*
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The following proposal types will be considered by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council:
Turnkey residential units in completed developments, or in developments due for completion in 2026, 2027, 2028 & 2029.
Joint venture arrangements that include delivery of social and/or affordable homes with an Approved Housing Body.
Splitting into phases and across multiple schemes and other arrangements may also be considered.
Any other variant proposal under advanced purchase turnkey arrangements that home builders/developers may wish to put forward for consideration.
Applications will be assessed under the following criteria:
Delivery Programme
Social/Affordable Housing need/suitability at that location.
Value for money.
Quality of design and construction in accordance with Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage requirements.
Interested parties should submit a completed Expression of Interest form (see links below)to housingconstruction@dlrcoco.ie or call 01-205 4373 if you have any questions.
*Housing scheme purchases are subject to the approval of, and engagement with, the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage and any other Government Agencies. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is not obliged to purchase any schemes of houses/apartments submitted as part of this process.
* Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014. If you consider that, any of the information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity specified.
* It is at the discretion of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to assess or not assess any application/proposal received in response to this call.
housingconstruction@dlrcoco.ie