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Former Dublin City Council Depot, Orchard Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3 · North Inner City · Dublin City
38 homes permitted, not started. 38 homes granted 19 Feb 2025, expires 19 Feb 2030
- Site area
- 0.28 ha (0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Homes permitted
- 38, permission to 19 Feb 2030
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
- 4067/24 · Permitted, not started · 38 homes · granted 19 Feb 2025 · expires 19 Feb 2030
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 53.36239, -6.24376 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
- Total
- 54
- Years
- 5
Appeals
- Total
- 14
- 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
- Count
- 1
- Radius m
- 250
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Basis | Summary | Days left | Deadline at | Deadline kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | signal | Permission 4067/24 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | 1,242 | 19 Feb 2030 | permission_expiry |
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
- Note
- This land is on an RZLT map — the owner is liable for an annual 3 % tax.
- On site
- Yes
- Available
- Yes
Zones (5)
| Plan id | Fetched at | Objective text | Code | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | Zone Z9 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | — | — | — |
| DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | — | — | — |
| DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | Z11: Waterways Protection: To protect and improve canal, coastal and river amenities. | G3 | High amenity | Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area. |
| 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 | Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities. | 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
- Buffer m
- 50
- Available
- Yes
- Opw flood map url
- https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/
- Opw flood extent nearby
- Yes
Kinds (2)
| Kind | Count | Label |
|---|---|---|
| radon | 1 | Radon risk area |
| smr | 1 | 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.flood_nifm, 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
- 2,088
- Sites
- 18
- Lapsed
- 13
- Lapsing
- 1,655
- Started
- 299
- Unbuilt
- 121
- Not started
- 1,776
- Started pct
- 14
- Sites lapsed
- 1
- Sites lapsing
- 2
- Sites started
- 11
- Sites unbuilt
- 4
- Sites appealed
- 0
Sites (15)
| Council | Lat | LEA | Lon | Ref | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.25 | ABP-310860 | Holy Cross College |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.26 | 4062/24 | Turnpike Lane at the rear of No. 59 -69 Drumcondra Road Lowe |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.24 | 2320/21 | Spring Garden Street and Nos. 2 |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.24 | 4067/24 | Dublin City Council Depot |
| DCC | 53.36 | Clontarf | -6.24 | 3657/21 | 17 Richmond Avenue |
| DCC | 53.36 | Clontarf | -6.24 | WEB5185/25 | 47/49 Fairview Strand |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.25 | 2017/21 | 49-53 North Great Charles Street |
| DCC | 53.37 | Clontarf | -6.24 | 5176/22 | Philipsburgh Avenue |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.24 | 4524/19 | Leech Papers |
| DCC | 53.36 | Clontarf | -6.24 | 3295/21 | Richmond Avenue |
| DCC | 53.36 | Clontarf | -6.24 | 3483/22 | 9/9a |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.25 | 2427/21 | Nos. 20-22 Fitzgibbon Street |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.23 | 3265/23 | East Wall Road and Alfie Byrne Road |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.24 | 2213/20 | North Strand Road / Poplar Row |
| DCC | 53.36 | North Inner City | -6.24 | 4331/23 | Poplar Row, North Strand |
Applicants (4)
| Name | Homes | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| CWTC Multi Family ICAV | 1,614 | 1 |
| Ginxo Trading Limited | 46 | 1 |
| Gerard Kelly Holdings Limited | 41 | 1 |
| Vesada Private Limited | 27 | 1 |
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
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 46
- Facility count
- 14
Stops (10)
| Name | Agency | Stop id | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Strand | nta | 8220DB004518 | 175.7 |
| Clonliffe Ave | nta | 8220DB000501 | 187.6 |
| Clonliffe Ave | nta | 8220DB000509 | 201.4 |
| Philipsburgh Ave | nta | 8220DB001484 | 291.3 |
| Philipsburgh Ave | nta | 8220DB001485 | 321.4 |
| North Strand FS | nta | 8220DB000519 | 362.3 |
| Annesley Place | nta | 8220DB008529 | 366 |
| Ballybough Road | nta | 8220DB000510 | 379.4 |
| Melrose Avenue | nta | 8220DB001481 | 392.4 |
| Annesley Br Road | nta | 8220DB000521 | 394 |
Schools (10)
| Council | Ref | Kind | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC | 20153N | school_primary | ST JOSEPH'S ADOLESCENT SCHOOL | 312.4 |
| DCC | 19981U | school_primary | ST MARYS N S | 415 |
| DCC | 14463T | school_primary | ST COLUMBAS N S MXD | 419.9 |
| DCC | 15056L | school_primary | S N SAN VINSEANN CAILIN | 588.6 |
| DCC | 17881G | school_primary | SCOIL UI CHONAILL BOYS SENIORS | 620.3 |
| DCC | 15816I | school_primary | ST VINCENTS INF BOYS | 628.3 |
| DCC | 60440R | school_postprimary | O'Connell School | 657.3 |
| DCC | 60390F | school_postprimary | St Josephs C.B.S. | 692.6 |
| DCC | 18726W | school_primary | St Joseph¿s Primary School, An Edmund Rice School | 741.4 |
| DCC | 19819L | school_primary | ST L O TOOLES 2 SPEC | 821.2 |
Other sites nearby
- Public land at North Inner City · Publicly owned land
- Residential land at North Inner City · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land at Clontarf · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land at North Inner City · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land at North Inner City · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land at North Inner City · On the RZLT map, no permission
Figures as of 25 Sept 2026. Sources: acp (25 Sept 2026); bcms (25 Sept 2026); constraints (11 Sept 2026); constraints.flood_nifm (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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