Guides
Where Dublin development land shows up in public records before it’s sold, and what each signal means. Each guide opens with a live count from the land pages and cites the statute.
Finding land
Where Dublin development land shows up before it is marketed, and how to read each signal.
How to find development land in Dublin before it is marketed
Six public records show a Dublin site may change hands before any agent lists it: a permission running out, one never started, one just expired, a stalled scheme, a derelict entry and a council disposal. What each one is, the law behind it, and today's count in each council.
The signals, explained
Derelict sites, permissions running out and stalled builds: what each means for an owner and a buyer.
Dublin planning permissions running out in the next 12 months, and the 2025 extension rule
Which Dublin housing permissions lapse in the next year without a start, how many homes they carry, and what an owner can still do about it under s.42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the 2025 Amendment Act. The list by council, with expiry dates.
Stalled and unbuilt housing sites in Dublin, site by site
More than 80,000 Dublin homes had planning permission by mid-2026 and fewer than half were built or under construction. The press reports the totals; this is the list. Stalled schemes and permitted-but-unstarted sites in each Dublin council, how we define each, and what the official figures say.
The derelict sites levy and the new Derelict Property Tax, for owners and buyers
A site on a Dublin derelict sites register costs its owner 7% of its market value a year. Budget 2026 announced a Derelict Property Tax, run by Revenue, to replace it. What the 1990 Act says, what is changing, and which Dublin sites are on the registers today.
Buying and ownership
Council land sales, finding the owner, and what to check before you make an approach.
How to buy council land in Dublin, and how to spot a sale before it happens
Dublin's councils sell land mostly on request, not by auction, and every sale goes to the elected members under s.183 of the Local Government Act 2001 first. How a buyer approaches a council, what the members vote on, and the disposal notices in each council over the last three years.
Who owns this site? Finding the owner of land in Ireland for €5
About 90% of land in Ireland is registered with Tailte Éireann, and a plain copy of the folio naming the owner costs €5 on landdirect.ie. How to find it from a map, what the folio tells you, what to do when the land is unregistered, and why reseller sites charge more.
Every week’s new signals, archived: Dublin development land this week.
New development sites in Dublin, every Monday
The week's new sites: permission running out, council selling land, derelict or stalled. Each with its source. Free while in beta.