Public land at Balcurris
Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart · Fingal
Publicly owned land. Held by Dublin City Council
- Site area
- 19.07 ha (47.13 acres)
- Zoning
- C1.2
- Townland
- Balcurris
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Why this site
- Publicly owned land
Planning on this site
- F26A/0453E · grant permission · lodged 29 May 2026
- FW25A/0341E · grant permission · lodged 14 Aug 2025
- FW25A/0327E · invalid application · lodged 7 Aug 2025
- FW25A/0318E · invalid application · lodged 29 Jul 2025
- FW25A/0179E · grant permission · lodged 29 Apr 2025
- FW25A/0040E · grant permission for retention · lodged 10 Feb 2025
- FW24A/0456E · grant permission · lodged 5 Nov 2024
- FW23A/0099 · refuse permission · lodged 30 Nov 2023
Planning applications within 500 m (on Planning Register)
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.40686, -6.27768 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most Dublin land is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.
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Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 8
Appeals
- Total
- 0
- Tagged
- 0
Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 25 Sept 2026; acp, 25 Sept 2026; bcms, 24 Sept 2026
Deadlines running
- Radius m
- 250
- Count
- 0
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 25 Sept 2026; consult, 24 Sept 2026; moderngov, 24 Sept 2026; npad, 25 Sept 2026; rzlt, 18 Sept 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Available
- Yes
- On site
- Yes
- Note
- This land is on an RZLT map — the owner is liable for an annual 3 % tax.
Zones (16)
| Objective text | Plan id | Fetched at | Code | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone Z6 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| Z6: Employment/Enterprise: To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | C2.1 | Economic development and employment | Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here. |
| Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… |
| Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… |
| Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… |
| RW - Retail Warehousing: Facilitate the sale of bulky goods within high quality settings and highly accessible locations, with an emphasis on exemplar sustai… | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| RD - Road: N/A | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| GE - General Employment: Facilitate opportunities for compatible industry and general employment uses, logistics and warehousing activity in a good quality p… | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| RD - Road: N/A | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| OS - Open Space: Provide recreational and amenity resources for urban and rural populations subject to strict development controls. Only community facilities… | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| OS - Open Space: Provide recreational and amenity resources for urban and rural populations subject to strict development controls. Only community facilities… | FINGAL_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| RW - Retail Warehousing: Provide for retail warehousing development | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | C1.2 | Retail warehousing | Zoned for bulky-goods retail warehousing — large sheds, large car parks. |
| GE - General Employment: Provide opportunities for general enterprise and employment | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | C2.1 | Economic development and employment | Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here. |
| OS - Open Space: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | G4 | Open space | Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such. |
| OS - Open Space: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities | Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029 | 11 Sept 2026 | G4 | Open space | Open space and recreational amenity, to be preserved as such. |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 19 Sept 2026; rzlt, 18 Sept 2026
Constraints
- Available
- Yes
- Buffer m
- 50
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
Kinds (3)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| epa_licence | EPA-licensed facility | 2 |
| radon | Radon risk area | 1 |
| smr | Recorded monument | 1 |
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.epa_licence, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 11 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 4
- Homes
- 188
- Started
- 154
- Sites started
- 3
- Unbuilt
- 34
- Sites unbuilt
- 1
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites lapsed
- 0
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 82
- Not started
- 34
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-09-19T06:05:22+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,168
Sites (4)
| Source | Council | Ref | Name | Address | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| application | DCC | 4853/22 | Site know as site 19 | Site know as site 19, Ballymun, Dublin 11 | 34 |
| shd | DCC | ABP-305538 | Poppintree Industrial Estate | To the north of Poppintree Industrial Estate, bounded by St Margarets Road to the north, and Balbutcher Lane to the south east, Dublin 11. (www.hamptonwood.ie) | 129 |
| application | DCC | 3623/19 | Balbutcher Lane Lower | Site at Balbutcher Lane Lower to the North & East, Belcare Drive to the south, and existing house to the west, Ballymun, Dublin 11 | 13 |
| application | FINGAL | FW19A/0151 | Northwood Avenue a | Lands at the southwestern corner of the junction of Northwood Avenue a | 12 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 24 Sept 2026; npad, 25 Sept 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
On site (1)
| Code | Label | Detail | Observed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| public_land | Public land (LDA register) | Held by Dublin City Council | 1 Apr 2023 |
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 35
- Facility count
- 2
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8220DB008020 | IKEA Ballymun | 69.2 |
| nta | 8220DB007698 | IKEA Ballymun | 200.3 |
| nta | 8220DB007277 | Baile na Laochra | 210.3 |
| nta | 8220DB007276 | Baile na Laochra | 226.1 |
| nta | 8220DB007191 | Balbutcher Way | 264.4 |
| nta | 8220DB004683 | Balbutcher Drive | 270.4 |
| nta | 8220DB008240 | IKEA Ballymun | 284.5 |
| nta | 8220DB007192 | Balbutcher Way | 376.5 |
| nta | 8220DB006253 | Balbutcher Drive | 418.2 |
| nta | 8220DB008244 | Hampton Wood | 449.3 |
Schools (2)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 19583I | ST JOSEPHS SENIOR N S | DCC | 722.1 |
| school_primary | 19431I | ST JOSEPHS JNR | DCC | 775.5 |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land at Ballymun-Finglas · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Public land at Balcurris · Publicly owned land
- Public land at Silloge · Publicly owned land
- Public land at Silloge · Publicly owned land
- Public land at Poppintree · Publicly owned land
- Public land at Ballymun-Finglas · Publicly owned land
Figures as of 24 Sept 2026. Sources: acp (25 Sept 2026); bcms (24 Sept 2026); constraints (11 Sept 2026); constraints.epa_licence (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (11 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (11 Sept 2026); consult (24 Sept 2026); gtfs (18 Sept 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (24 Sept 2026); npad (25 Sept 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (11 Sept 2026); rzlt (18 Sept 2026); schools (11 Sept 2026); zoning (19 Sept 2026).
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