Watermarque Building Part refurbishment
The Watermarque Building, Ringsend, Dublin 4 · South East Inner City · Dublin City
Stalled build. commenced 10 Feb 2020, no completion certificate, planned end May 2020
- Site area
- 0.43 ha (1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
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Why this site
- Stalled build· started, no progress
Planning on this site
- WEB1742/26 · grant permission · lodged 31 Mar 2026
- 4846/23 · grant permission · lodged 27 Nov 2023
- 4702/22 · grant permission · lodged 22 Aug 2022
- 4556/22 · application declared inva · lodged 27 Jul 2022
- 2089/20 · grant permission · lodged 22 Jan 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 53.34134, -6.23027 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
- 52
Appeals
- Total
- 5
- 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
- No
Zones (6)
| Objective text | Plan id | Fetched at | Code | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone Z14 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| Zone Z6 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028 | DCC_DP_OWN | 11 Sept 2026 | — | — | — |
| Zone Z9 - 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. |
| 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. |
| 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-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | R3 | Rural cluster | A 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 (1)
| Kind | Label | Count |
|---|---|---|
| radon | Radon risk area | 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.flood_cfram, 11 Sept 2026; constraints.radon, 11 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Totals
- Sites
- 11
- Homes
- 1,880
- Started
- 894
- Sites started
- 6
- Unbuilt
- 576
- Sites unbuilt
- 2
- Lapsing
- 81
- Sites lapsing
- 2
- Lapsed
- 329
- Sites lapsed
- 1
- Sites appealed
- 0
- Started pct
- 48
- Not started
- 657
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-09-26T06:08:07+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,173
Sites (11)
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
Council items (3)
| Council | Committee | Meeting at | Item no | Title | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC | Monthly Council Meeting | 6 Jul 2026 | 5(b) | Proposed refurbishment and adaptive reuse of a 3-storey vacant office building at 14/15 Fitzwilliam Quay, Dublin 4. | part8 |
| DCC | South East Area Committee | 8 Jun 2026 | 2 | Presentation - 2nd Notification of Proposed Part 8 refurbishment and adaptive reuse of 3-storey vacant office building to provide 15 no. 1 bedroom apartments… | part8 |
| DCC | South East Area Committee | 8 Jun 2026 | 2. | Presentation - 2nd Notification of Proposed Part 8 refurbishment and adaptive reuse of 3-storey vacant office building to provide 15 no. 1 bedroom apartments… | part8 |
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 51
- Facility count
- 9
Stops (10)
| Agency | Stop id | Name | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| nta | 8220DB000355 | Ringsend Depot | 193.1 |
| nta | 8220DB000392 | Ringsend Village | 195.4 |
| nta | 8220DB000356 | Ringsend Village | 245.1 |
| nta | 8220DB000395 | Ringsend Road | 340 |
| nta | 8220DB000354 | Ringsend Road | 422.5 |
| nta | 8220DB000391 | St Brendan's Ctgs | 445.9 |
| nta | 8220IR0135 | Grand Canal Dock | 507.8 |
| nta | 8220DB000357 | Irishtown Rd | 533.8 |
| nta | 8220DB007557 | Hanover Quay | 534.2 |
| nta | 8220DB000371 | Irishtown Rd | 568.3 |
Schools (9)
| Kind | Ref | Name | Council | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| school_primary | 15253N | ST PATRICKS GIRLS NS | DCC | 379.3 |
| school_primary | 03917V | NAOMH PADRAIG BOYS | DCC | 404.1 |
| school_postprimary | 70200D | Ringsend College | DCC | 497.2 |
| school_primary | 18282M | SN PAROISTE MAITIU NFA | DCC | 753.2 |
| school_primary | 18569J | ST DECLANS SPECIAL SCH | DCC | 846 |
| school_primary | 20103V | JOHN SCOTTUS NS | DCC | 901.5 |
| school_postprimary | 60500J | Marian College | DCC | 941.4 |
| school_primary | 20545H | St Christopher's NS | DCC | 960.7 |
| school_primary | 15995L | Star of the Sea | DCC | 996.2 |
Other sites nearby
- Pfizer, Watermarque Building - Ringsend Road · Stalled build
- Residential land at South East Inner City · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Public land at South East Inner City · Publicly owned land
- Residential land at South East Inner City · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Residential land at South East Inner City · On the RZLT map, no permission
- Public land at South East Inner City · Publicly owned land
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.radon (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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