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Public land off Camden Lock, Ringsend, Dublin 4

South East Inner City · Dublin City

Publicly owned land. Held by Waterways Ireland

Site area
1.27 ha (3.15 acres)
Zoning
R3
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Why this site

  • Publicly owned land
    Publicly owned land · Held by Waterways Ireland · 1 Apr 2023 · source
  • Underused site
    Underused site · About 93 m² of buildings on 1.27 ha (plot ratio 0.01, 1 storey max) · 26 Sept 2026 · source

Planning on this site

  • 5396/22 · grant permission · lodged 8 Dec 2022
  • DSDZ4991/22 · grant permission and rete · lodged 5 Oct 2022
  • DSDZ4806/22 · application declared inva · lodged 8 Sept 2022
  • DSDZ3781/20 · grant permission · lodged 23 Nov 2020

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 53.34296, -6.23022 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
49

Appeals

Total
6
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, 26 Sept 2026; acp, 25 Sept 2026; bcms, 25 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, 25 Sept 2026; moderngov, 25 Sept 2026; npad, 26 Sept 2026; rzlt, 25 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 (12)

Objective textPlan idFetched atCodeLabelMeaning
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028DCC_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026———
Zone Z14 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028DCC_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026———
Docklands SDZ (ZD02)DCC_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026———
Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028DCC_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026———
Zone Z11 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028DCC_DP_OWN11 Sept 2026———
Z11: Waterways Protection: To protect and improve canal, coastal and river amenities.DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026G3High amenityProtected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
Z11: Waterways Protection: To protect and improve canal, coastal and river amenities.DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026G3High amenityProtected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
Z11: Waterways Protection: To protect and improve canal, coastal and river amenities.DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026G3High amenityProtected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.
Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services.DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026G5Open space and amenityLand zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected.
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026R2Existing residentialAn established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'…
Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs): To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-us…DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026R3Rural clusterA small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.
Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs): To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-us…DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-202811 Sept 2026R3Rural clusterA small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 26 Sept 2026; rzlt, 25 Sept 2026

Constraints

Available
Yes
Buffer m
50
Opw flood extent nearby
Yes
Opw flood map url
https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/

Kinds (3)

KindLabelCount
nhaNatural Heritage Area (incl. proposed)1
niahNIAH-recorded building3
radonRadon risk area1

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.flood_cfram, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.nha, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.niah, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 11 Sept 2026

Homes planned nearby

Radius m
1,000

Totals

Sites
10
Homes
2,545
Started
1,559
Sites started
5
Unbuilt
576
Sites unbuilt
2
Lapsing
81
Sites lapsing
2
Lapsed
329
Sites lapsed
1
Sites appealed
0
Started pct
61
Not started
657

As of

Computed at
2026-09-26T06:08:07+00:00
Sites in table
4,173

Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 25 Sept 2026; npad, 26 Sept 2026

Public land nearby

Radius m
1,000

On site (1)

CodeLabelDetailObserved at
public_landPublic land (LDA register)Held by Waterways Ireland1 Apr 2023

Sources: lda_lands, 11 Sept 2026; moderngov, 25 Sept 2026

Transport and schools

Radius m
1,000
Stop count
44
Facility count
4

Stops (10)

AgencyStop idNameDistance m
nta8220DB000355Ringsend Depot228
nta8220DB000392Ringsend Village231
nta8220DB000356Ringsend Village260.9
nta8220DB000395Ringsend Road355.6
nta8220DB000354Ringsend Road422
nta8220B1064213Arena441.7
nta8220DB007623The Point443.4
nta8220DB007557Hanover Quay453.7
nta8220DB000391St Brendan's Ctgs528.5
nta8220DB007512John Rogersons Quay565.6

Sources: gtfs, 25 Sept 2026; schools, 11 Sept 2026

Other sites nearby

Figures as of 24 Sept 2026. Sources: acp (25 Sept 2026); bcms (25 Sept 2026); constraints (11 Sept 2026); constraints.flood_cfram (11 Sept 2026); constraints.nha (11 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (11 Sept 2026); consult (25 Sept 2026); gtfs (25 Sept 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (25 Sept 2026); npad (26 Sept 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (11 Sept 2026); rzlt (25 Sept 2026); schools (11 Sept 2026); zoning (26 Sept 2026).

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