Public land off St Steevens Gate, Thomas Street, Dublin 8
South West Inner City · Dublin City
Publicly owned land. Held by Dublin City Council
- Site area
- 0.52 ha (1.29 acres)
- Zoning
- G5
Watch it and we’ll email you when anything changes: a new application, a decision or a deadline. The full site page adds the score, what could be built, an indicative land value and who to talk to.
Why this site
- Publicly owned land
Planning on this site
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 53.34398, -6.28955 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.
New development sites in Dublin City, every Monday
The week's new sites: permission running out, council selling land, derelict or stalled. Each with its source. Free while in beta.
Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full
Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Total
- 40
- Years
- 5
Appeals
- Total
- 3
- 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
- Count
- 0
- Radius m
- 250
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 25 Sept 2026; consult, 26 Sept 2026; moderngov, 25 Sept 2026; npad, 26 Sept 2026; rzlt, 25 Sept 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- On site
- No
- Available
- Yes
Zones (8)
| Plan id | Fetched at | Objective text | Code | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | — | — | — |
| DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | Zone Z7 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | — | — | — |
| DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | — | — | — |
| DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | Z7: Employment (Heavy): To provide for the protection and creation of industrial uses, and facilitate opportunities for employment creation including Port Re… | C2.2 | Economic development and employment | Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here. |
| DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity, open space and ecosystem services. | 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. |
| DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design chara… | M2 | Major town centre | The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments. |
| DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities. | M3 | Neighbourhood centre | A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing. |
| DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities. | M3 | Neighbourhood centre | A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing. |
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
- Buffer m
- 50
- Available
- Yes
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
Kinds (4)
| Kind | Count | Label |
|---|---|---|
| epa_licence | 4 | EPA-licensed facility |
| niah | 4 | NIAH-recorded building |
| radon | 1 | Radon risk area |
| smr | 8 | Recorded monument |
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.niah, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 11 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-09-26T06:08:07+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,173
Totals
- Homes
- 4,282
- Sites
- 26
- Lapsed
- 257
- Lapsing
- 399
- Started
- 3,450
- Unbuilt
- 176
- Not started
- 575
- Started pct
- 81
- Sites lapsed
- 5
- Sites lapsing
- 1
- Sites started
- 14
- Sites unbuilt
- 6
- Sites appealed
- 0
Sites (15)
Applicants (4)
| Name | Homes | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| HPREF HSQ Investments Limited | 399 | 1 |
| Sales Limited | 51 | 1 |
| Focus Housing Association CLG | 49 | 1 |
| Sumberry Limited | 15 | 1 |
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)
| Code | Label | Detail | Observed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| public_land | Public land (LDA register) | Held by Dublin City Council | 1 Apr 2023 |
Council items (3)
| Council | Kind | Title | Item no | Committee | Fetched at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC | part8 | South Central Area Matters 1. Housing Maintenance Report. 2. 2nd Notification under Part 8 Planning and Development Regulations 2001. Proposed redevelopment … | 5 | South Central Area Committee | 11 Sept 2026 |
| DCC | part8 | South Central Area Matters | 5. | South Central Area Committee | 11 Sept 2026 |
| DCC | part8 | South Central Area Matters | 5. | South Central Area Committee | 11 Sept 2026 |
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 76
- Facility count
- 3
Stops (10)
| Name | Agency | Stop id | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| James's Street | nta | 8220DB001941 | 74.9 |
| James's Street | nta | 8220DB001996 | 85.1 |
| Watling Street | nta | 8220DB001940 | 258.7 |
| Watling Street | nta | 8220DB001997 | 277.5 |
| James's Luas | nta | 8220DB001995 | 284.4 |
| Heuston Station | nta | 8220B1354001 | 306.1 |
| Heuston Station | nta | 8220DB004413 | 314.9 |
| Heuston Station | nta | 8220DB004425 | 316.4 |
| Heuston Station | nta | 8220B1354201 | 323.8 |
| Heuston | nta | 8220GA00386 | 332.2 |
Schools (3)
| Council | Ref | Kind | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC | 20429F | school_primary | ST. JAMES'S PRIMARY SCHOOL | 401.8 |
| DCC | 20430N | school_primary | Canal Way Educate Together National School | 402.6 |
| DCC | 60410I | school_postprimary | C.B.S. James Street | 402.6 |
Other sites nearby
- James's Street and the corner of Steeven's Lane · Permitted, not started
- Residential land off St Steevens Gate, Thomas Street, Dublin 8 · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Mixed-use land off St Steevens Gate, Thomas Street, Dublin 8 · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Steelworks Site at 32A · Permission expired unbuilt
- 23 James's Street Dublin 8 · On the derelict sites register
- Residential land off Phoenix View, Jamess Street, Dublin 8 · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
Figures as of 24 Sept 2026. Sources: acp (25 Sept 2026); bcms (25 Sept 2026); constraints (11 Sept 2026); constraints.epa_licence (11 Sept 2026); constraints.niah (11 Sept 2026); constraints.radon (11 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (11 Sept 2026); consult (26 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).
Own land in South West Inner City? Tell developers →
More in Dublin City: development land · publicly owned land