39-43 Merrion Square East

South East Inner City · Dublin CityNew

39-43 Merrion Square East, Dublin 2, D02 NP96 & D02 R997

52Worth a lookStalled build· started, no progress

Granted with no commencement: commenced 16 Jun 2023, no completion certificate, planned end Dec 2023

1 more reason

0.26 ha zoned O2 (Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic) · source, 14 Dec 2022

Area: 0.26 ha
Zoning: O2

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What could be built

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What it might be worth

Indicative, not a valuation

Planning history

Planning on and around the site

Radius m: 250

Near

Years: 5
Total: 67

Appeals

Total: 11
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

Similar schemes nearby

Base rate from past decisions nearby, not a prediction for this site

Radius m: 2,000
Years: 5
Min units: 10
Homes granted: 1,810

Base rates (2)

Label	N	Of	Text
Applications for 10+ homes granted	21	28	21 of 28 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted
Appealed schemes granted by the Commission	6	13	6 of 13 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Schemes (10)

Council	Ref	Type	Decision	Units	Address
DCC	WEB1019/26	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	27	Site bounded by numbers 11 & no. 32 Hanover Lane, Dublin 8
DCC	WEB5590/25	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	189	1-6 Beresford Street, Dublin 7, D7T611. The site is bounded by Cuckoo Lane to the north, George's Hill to the east, Marys Lane to the south and Beresford St…
DCC	WEB1433/26	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	12	13-18, Fegan's, Chancery Street & 1-1a St. Michans Place, Dublin 7 D07A275
DCC	WEB5004/25	Permission	EXTENSION OF TIME	17	33 Wexford Street, Dublin 2, D02 EC59, 6 Liberty Lane, Dublin 8, D08 PC3F, 6A Liberty Lane, Dublin 8, D08 FX66, Dublin 2

Base rate from past decisions nearby, not a prediction for this site. Small N means a wide range: treat anything under 10 decisions as anecdote. Sources: acp, 25 Sept 2026; npad, 25 Sept 2026

What's happening nearby

100 recent events

Recent activity within 250 m

25 Sept 2026 Commencement notice · 248 m
Work commenced at Forcourt, Sandwith Street & Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Dublin 2, D02 X489
source
24 Sept 2026 Construction started and not completed
commenced 16 Jun 2023, no completion certificate, planned end Dec 2023
source
10 Sept 2026 Commencement notice · 199 m
Work commenced at 27 Fitzwilliam Lower, Dublin 2, D02KT92 under WEB2815/24
source
24 Aug 2026 Appeal received by the Commission · 166 m
ACP 501947: Demolition of rear return and outhouse, construction of extension with internal and alterations to existing dwelling and
source
29 Jul 2026 New application · 144 m
WEB2878/26: application received — CHANGE OF USE i) change of use of building from office to tourist hostel with all associated revisions to the internal l
source
16 Jul 2026 New application · 248 m
WEB2763/26: application received — the demolition of the existing single-storey and two-storey extensions to rear of existing dwelling and the construction
source

Zoning, services and constraints

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 (4)

Objective text	Plan id	Fetched at	Code	Label	Meaning
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028	DCC_DP_OWN	11 Sept 2026	—	—	—
Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028	DCC_DP_OWN	11 Sept 2026	—	—	—
Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with th…	DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028	11 Sept 2026	O2	Green belt	Zoned to protect the open land between urban areas. Development is strongly resisted.
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

More detail

On the market

Radius m: 1,000
Years: 3

All sales

Count: 813
Median price: 495,000
First sale: 2023-09-26
Last sale: 2026-09-17

New build

Count: 46
Median price: 756,998
Min price: 150,000
Max price: 1,450,000

Sales are from the Property Price Register (new dwellings, VAT-exclusive where flagged). Positions are geocoded from addresses, not surveyed. Source: ppr, 25 Sept 2026

Sources

Site record (commencement) · as of 26 Sept 2026
Granted, no commencement (stalled) · as of 16 Jun 2023
Zoning · as of 14 Dec 2022
npad · as of 25 Sept 2026
acp · as of 25 Sept 2026
lda_lands · as of 11 Sept 2026
consult · as of 25 Sept 2026
moderngov · as of 25 Sept 2026
rzlt · as of 25 Sept 2026
Planning applications: as of 22 Sept 2026 — National planning feed (NPAD); descriptions are truncated at source and applicants are organisations only, where a council register publishes them.
Appeals: as of 18 Sept 2026
Permitted, not started: as of 26 Sept 2026 — Grants of 10+ homes since 2017; 'not started' means no matched commencement notice.
RZLT map: as of 11 Sept 2026 — Latest annual RZLT edition per council; parcels under 0.1 ha are left out.
Zoning: as of 11 Sept 2026 — Generalised zoning (MyPlan GZT) and council layers; Dublin councils only for now.
Council land disposals (s.183): as of 18 Sept 2026 — Only disposals the council minutes locate on a map are shown; the last three years.
Public land: as of 11 Sept 2026 — The LDA's register of relevant public land.

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Label

Text

Applications for 10+ homes granted

21 of 28 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted

Appealed schemes granted by the Commission

6 of 13 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Council

Ref

Type

Decision

Units

Address

DCC

WEB1019/26

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

Site bounded by numbers 11 & no. 32 Hanover Lane, Dublin 8

DCC

WEB5590/25

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

189

1-6 Beresford Street, Dublin 7, D7T611. The site is bounded by Cuckoo Lane to the north, George's Hill to the east, Marys Lane to the south and Beresford St…

DCC

WEB1433/26

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

13-18, Fegan's, Chancery Street & 1-1a St. Michans Place, Dublin 7 D07A275

DCC

WEB5004/25

Permission

EXTENSION OF TIME

33 Wexford Street, Dublin 2, D02 EC59, 6 Liberty Lane, Dublin 8, D08 PC3F, 6A Liberty Lane, Dublin 8, D08 FX66, Dublin 2

Objective text

Plan id

Fetched at

Code

Label

Meaning

Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

DCC_DP_OWN

11 Sept 2026

—

Zone Z8 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

DCC_DP_OWN

11 Sept 2026

—

Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas: To protect the existing architectural and civic design character, and to allow only for limited expansion consistent with th…

DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028

11 Sept 2026

Green belt

Zoned to protect the open land between urban areas. Development is strongly resisted.

Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.

DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028

11 Sept 2026

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'…

Source	Application id	Council	Ref	Name	Address
application	86,493	DCC	3164/23	62-64 Fenian Street and Bass Place	62-64, Fenian Street, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 9 & 10 Bass Place and Nos. 1-3 Sandwith Street Upper, Dublin 2
application	85,263	DCC	WEB2536/25	generally bound by James Place East and Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2	0.461 ha landholding, generally bound by James Place East and Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2
application	85,964	DCC	WEB2305/24	Pembroke known as 55 Lad Lane	site at Pembroke known as 55 Lad Lane, Pembroke Row, Dublin 2
application	72,028	DCC	3452/21	17 Pearse Square	17 Pearse Square, Dublin 2 D02 A338
application	88,661	DCC	3067/21	Nos. 39-43	To the rear of Nos. 39-43, Merrion Square East (Protected Structures) D02NP96, D02 R997 and off Stephen's Place, Dublin 2
application	87,967	DCC	DSDZ2668/19	Sir John Rogerson's Quay Development	20-24, Sir John Rogerson's Quay (A Protected Structure), 25-27 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, 1-5, 11/11a, 12-14 Lime Street, Lime Court & at 8-10 Hanover Street …
application	87,988	DCC	DSDZ3545/19	Ropemaker Place	The (former) An Post Depot, Cardiff Lane and Hanover Street East, Dublin 2 (which is now known as 'Ropemaker Place')
application	86,811	DCC	4778/19	located at Brunswick Villas	(0.2695 ha) located at Brunswick Villas, Shaw Street, Townsend Street and Spring Garden Lane, Dublin 2
application	80,607	DCC	3080/19	Corner of Sandwith Street and Boyne Street	Corner of Sandwith Street and Boyne Street, Dublin 2
application	83,479	DCC	4807/19	Nos 2	Nos 2, 3 and 4, Wilton Place, Dublin 2
application	81,914	DCC	3932/22	Scruffy Murphy's Public House	Former Scruffy Murphy's Public House, 1/2 Power's Court, Dublin 2, D02 EK50
application	69,398	DCC	3900/20	Fenian Street and site to rear facing Denzille Lane	24-25, Fenian Street and site to rear facing Denzille Lane, Dublin 2
application	87,537	DCC	5010/22	Catholic University School	Catholic University School (CUS), 89, 90, 91 & 92, Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2
application	77,763	DCC	4826/19	Shaw Street and Brunswick Villas	site bounded by Shaw Street and Brunswick Villas, Dublin 2, D02 EV97
application	84,849	DCC	3000/21	Nos124 & 125 Baggot Street Lower	Site at Pembroke Lane and to the rear of Nos124 & 125 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2

Name	Sites	Homes
Esprit Investments Limited	1	27
Le Favre Merrion Holdings Limited	1	19
Peter McVerry Trust CLG	1	12

Council	Committee	Meeting at	Item no	Title	Kind
DCC	South East Area Committee	9 Feb 2026	5	Planning and Development Matters	part8
DCC	South East Area Committee	9 Feb 2026	5.	Planning and Development Matters	part8

Agency	Stop id	Name	Distance m
nta	8220DB000493	Holles Street	125.9
nta	8220DB004684	Holles Street	137.6
nta	8220DB000409	Holles Street	163.5
nta	8220DB000410	Mount Street Lower	180.5
nta	8220DB000492	Mount Street Lower	200.6
nta	8220DB007391	Merrion Sq South	222.9
nta	8220DB000750	Fitzwilliam Street	280.4

Kind	Label	Count
niah	NIAH-recorded building	20
radon	Radon risk area	1

Name	Note
Uisce Éireann wastewater treatment capacity register	Wastewater and water supply headroom per plant; check the plant serving this site.
Uisce Éireann pre-connection enquiry	The formal answer on whether a connection is feasible.
ESB Networks capacity heatmaps	Available demand capacity at the nearest substations.

Kind	Ref	Name	Council	Distance m
school_primary	19705T	CATHERINE MC AULEY N SC	DCC	292.1
school_primary	19896G	Scoil Caitriona na mBraithre	DCC	296
school_postprimary	60490J	C.B.S. Westland Row	DCC	472.4
school_primary	20545H	St Christopher's NS	DCC	595.5
school_primary	20539M	Gaelscoil Eoin	DCC	641.9
school_postprimary	60820E	Loreto College	DCC	686.8
school_primary	18569J	ST DECLANS SPECIAL SCH	DCC	699.9
school_postprimary	60540V	Catholic University School	DCC	732.3
school_primary	20103V	JOHN SCOTTUS NS	DCC	788.7
school_primary	11578V	CITY QUAY NS	DCC	922.1

39-43 Merrion Square East

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Schemes (10)

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Zoning, services and constraints

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