Public land at South West Inner City
South West Inner City · Dublin City
Publicly owned land. Held by Irish Museum of Modern Art
- Site area
- 16.97 ha (41.93 acres)
- Zoning
- G5
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Why this site
- Publicly owned land
Planning on this site
- 4610/22 · refuse permission · lodged 4 Aug 2022
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 53.34348, -6.30219 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
- 6
Appeals
- Total
- 7
- 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, 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, 25 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 (5)
| Objective text | Plan id | Fetched at | Code | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | G5 | Open space and amenity | Land zoned to stay open — parks, playing fields, amenity corridors. Built development is very hard to justify, which also means the view is protected. |
| Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design chara… | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | M2 | Major town centre | The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments. |
| 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'… |
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)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| niah | NIAH-recorded building | 21 |
| radon | Radon risk area | 1 |
| smr | Recorded monument | 17 |
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.niah, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 11 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 13
- Homes
- 2,063
- Started
- 1,447
- Sites started
- 9
- Unbuilt
- 15
- Sites unbuilt
- 1
- Lapsing
- 399
- Sites lapsing
- 1
- Lapsed
- 202
- Sites lapsed
- 2
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 70
- Not started
- 414
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-09-19T06:05:22+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,168
Sites (13)
Applicants (3)
| Name | Sites | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| HPREF HSQ Investments Limited | 1 | 399 |
| Cherry Core Limited and Jasmine Perfection Limited | 1 | 189 |
| Sumberry Limited | 1 | 15 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 25 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 Irish Museum of Modern Art | 1 Apr 2023 |
Council items (2)
| Council | Committee | Meeting at | Item no | Title | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC | South Central Area Committee | 10 Dec 2025 | 5. | South Central Area Matters | part8 |
| DCC | South Central Area Committee | 21 May 2025 | 4. | South Central Area Matters | part8 |
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 81
- Facility count
- 5
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8220DB001994 | Mount Brown | 295.8 |
| nta | 8220DB001944 | Old Kilmainham | 326.2 |
| nta | 8220DB001993 | Old Kilmainham | 340.5 |
| nta | 8220DB001943 | Mount Brown | 347.4 |
| nta | 8220DB001452 | Islandbridge | 445.1 |
| nta | 8220DB001471 | Islandbridge | 465.7 |
| nta | 8220DB002640 | Kilmainham G | 473.9 |
| nta | 8220DB001377 | Hybreasal House | 509.5 |
| nta | 8220DB001369 | Mayfield Rd | 513.4 |
| nta | 8220DB001378 | Mayfield Rd | 520.6 |
Schools (5)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 19151C | ST JOHN OF GOD SP SCH | DCC | 558.7 |
| school_primary | 19589U | GAELSCOIL INSE CHOR | DCC | 645 |
| school_primary | 20429F | ST. JAMES'S PRIMARY SCHOOL | DCC | 871.7 |
| school_primary | 20430N | Canal Way Educate Together National School | DCC | 917.3 |
| school_postprimary | 60410I | C.B.S. James Street | DCC | 917.3 |
Other sites nearby
- Public land at South West Inner City · Publicly owned land
- Public land at South West Inner City · Publicly owned land
- 6 Rowserstown Lane Dublin 8 · On the derelict sites register
- Heuston South Quarter · Permission runs out within a year
- Mixed-use land at South West Inner City · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land at South West Inner City · On the RZLT map, no permission
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.niah (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (11 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (11 Sept 2026); consult (25 Sept 2026); gtfs (25 Sept 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (25 Sept 2026); npad (25 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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