Wales
PSC Pipeline tracks public sector construction schemes across all 22 Welsh local authorities at RIBA Stage 0 to 2, before procurement starts. This page shows what we found in Wales this year, and how early we found it.
01 · Found in 2026
Schemes added to the PSC portal between 1 January and 5 October 2026.
49
Public sector schemes found in Wales
£11m
Typical scheme value (median)
92%
Found at RIBA Stage 0 to 2
27
Public sector clients with live schemes
02 · Where the work is
Civic, community and leisure and education led the way with 12 schemes each, with health and blue light level behind them. Most of it had not reached the planning system when we picked it up.
£940m of capital schemes identified across 16 local authority areas.
27 clients: 13 councils, five health boards and trusts, three universities and colleges, two police forces, a fire and rescue service and three others. Public bodies with schemes on the portal:
Wrexham County Borough Council
Conwy County Borough Council
North Wales Police
Powys County Council
Cardiff Council
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
South Wales Police
Carmarthenshire County Council
03 · How early we see it
Every scheme on the portal is logged with the RIBA stage it was found at. In Wales this year, 45 of 49 were picked up at Stage 2 or earlier.
88% had no planning application when we found them.
04 · What a record tells you
Each PSC Pipeline record covers the client, the scope, the RIBA stage, the budget and funding position, procurement intentions, programme, planning status and risks, plus the consultant team where one has been appointed.
At RIBA Stage 0 to 2, how much of that is known varies from scheme to scheme. That is the trade-off of being early. An incomplete picture in time to act beats a complete one once the opportunity has gone.
Northvale Primary School expansion
Illustrative record, fictional scheme
RIBA 1
Client
Northvale Borough Council
Scope
Two-form entry expansion with a new teaching block, hall and external works
Budget and funding
£14m to £16m, capital programme and basic need grant
Procurement
Two-stage design and build through a framework, route due at cabinet
Programme
Design 2027, start on site 2028, complete 2029
Planning
Pre-application advice requested
Risks
Live school site, ground investigation outstanding
Consultant team
Architect and cost consultant appointed, M&E to follow
05 · Coverage
Subscribers choose the regions they follow. A Wales subscription covers every public sector scheme we find in these local authority areas, with updates each week.
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
Figures on this page are for schemes added to the PSC portal between 1 January and 5 October 2026. Values are client-stated budgets at the time of capture and are rounded.
Five minutes on what a typical PSC Pipeline record shows, and what your team can do with it.
