Demolition -Former AIB Bank Centre lands, Junction of Merrion Road and Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

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Former AIB Bank Centre lands, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 Y620

54Worth a lookStalled build· started, no progress

Granted with no commencement: commenced 06 Nov 2018, no completion certificate, planned end Jan 2019

1 more reason

Zoned C2.1 (Z6: Employment/Enterprise: To provide for the creation and protection of enterpr) · source, 14 Dec 2022

Area: —
Zoning: C2.1

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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: 45

Appeals

Total: 16
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, 26 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, 26 Sept 2026; moderngov, 26 Sept 2026; npad, 26 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: 611

Base rates (2)

Label	N	Of	Text
Applications for 10+ homes granted	5	9	5 of 9 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted
Appealed schemes granted by the Commission	4	5	4 of 5 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Schemes (9)

Council	Ref	Type	Decision	Units	Address
DCC	WEB2536/25	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	27	0.461 ha landholding, generally bound by James Place East and Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2
DCC	WEBPWSDZ2596/24	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	40	The A1 Lands in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Sche, the wider site, also includes the lands known as the Former Irish Glass Bott…
DCC	4114/24	Permission	REFUSE PERMISSION	23	15-16 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 AV91 and at part of the site No. 17 Baggot St Lower, Dublin 2, D02 DF78
DCC	PWSDZ3700/24

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, 26 Sept 2026

What's happening nearby

100 recent events

Recent activity within 250 m

24 Sept 2026 Construction started and not completed
commenced 06 Nov 2018, no completion certificate, planned end Jan 2019
source
17 Sept 2026 Commencement notice · 103 m
Work commenced at Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 YW83 under WEB2671/26
source
11 Sept 2026 Commencement notice · 41 m
Work commenced at 6 Serpentine Avenue, Dublin, Dublin 4, D04 H0C9 under 3315/24
source
25 Aug 2026 Commencement notice · 241 m
Work commenced at 41 Serpentine Avenue, Dublin, Dublin 4, D04 W8Y9 under 4559/23
source
27 Jul 2026 New application · 109 m
WEB2858/26: application received — The construction of an external amenity area on an existing landscaped deck at ground floor level, comprising a single s
source
20 Jul 2026 Commencement notice · 144 m
Work commenced at 2 Ballsbridge Park, Dublin, Dublin 4, D04 YW83 under 4729/22
source
10 Jul 2026 New application

Zoning, services and constraints

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Available: Yes
On site: No

Zones (2)

Objective text	Plan id	Fetched at	Code	Label	Meaning
Zone Z6 - 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.

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

More detail

On the market

Radius m: 1,000
Years: 3

All sales

Count: 1,632
Median price: 675,000
First sale: 2023-09-27
Last sale: 2026-09-18

New build

Count: 200
Median price: 660,883
Min price: 56,000
Max price: 82,147,787

Sales are from the Property Price Register (new dwellings, VAT-exclusive where flagged). Positions are geocoded from addresses, not surveyed. Source: ppr, 26 Sept 2026

Sources

Site record (commencement) · as of 27 Sept 2026
Granted, no commencement (stalled) · as of 6 Nov 2018
Zoning · as of 14 Dec 2022
npad · as of 26 Sept 2026
acp · as of 25 Sept 2026
lda_lands · as of 11 Sept 2026
consult · as of 26 Sept 2026
moderngov · as of 26 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

5 of 9 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted

Appealed schemes granted by the Commission

4 of 5 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Council

Ref

Type

Decision

Units

Address

DCC

WEB2536/25

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

0.461 ha landholding, generally bound by James Place East and Mount Street Upper, Dublin 2

DCC

WEBPWSDZ2596/24

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

The A1 Lands in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Sche, the wider site, also includes the lands known as the Former Irish Glass Bott…

DCC

4114/24

Permission

REFUSE PERMISSION

15-16 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 AV91 and at part of the site No. 17 Baggot St Lower, Dublin 2, D02 DF78

DCC

PWSDZ3700/24

Objective text

Plan id

Fetched at

Code

Label

Meaning

Zone Z6 - 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.

Kind

Label

Count

radon

Radon risk area

Source	Council	Ref	Name	Address	Units
application	DCC	WEB2563/24	Sandymount Place	Sandymount Place , Sandymount Avenue, Sandymount,, Dublin 4	69
application	DCC	WEB1204/22	Home Villas	11, Home Villas, Donnybrook, Dublin 4	11
application	DCC	3502/19	Ballsbridge Hotel Site	The Ballsbridge Hotel, Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4	339
shd	DCC	ABP-307197	40 Herbert Park and 10 Pembroke Place	36, 38, 40 Herbert Park and 10 Pembroke Place, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. (www.herbertparkshd.com)	105
application	DCC	2704/21	St. Mary's Home	St. Mary's Home, Pembroke Park and 28A Clyde Lane, Dublin 4	64
application	DCC	3513/20	Donnybrook Road	25-27, Donnybrook Road, 1-3 The Crescent, Donnybrook, Dublin 4	49
application	DCC	5480/22	Baggotrath House	Baggotrath House, Newbridge Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4 (including 11 Newbridge Drive, Sandymount, Dublin 4, D04 C9Y5)	22

Council	Committee	Meeting at	Item no	Title	Kind
DCC	South East Area Committee	14 Sept 2026	1	Part 8 Presentation for Public Realm Improvement Works Northeast side of Sandymount Green, Sandymount, Dublin 4 ( 2nd Notification)	part8
DCC	South East Area Committee	14 Sept 2026	1.	Part 8 Presentation for Public Realm Improvement Works Northeast side of Sandymount Green, Sandymount, Dublin 4 ( 2nd Notification)	part8
DCC	South East Area Committee	14 Sept 2026	6.	South East Area Matters	part8
DCC	South East Area Committee	11 May 2026	2.	Presentation - Notification of the initiation of the Part 8 Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) - Sandymount Green Public Realm improvemen…	part8

Agency	Stop id	Name	Distance m
nta	8220B100461	Merrion Road	51.9
nta	8220DB000485	RDS Ballsbridge	72.1
nta	8220DB000486	RDS Ballsbridge	86
nta	8220DB000416	RDS Ballsbridge	100.4
nta	8220DB000417	Merrion Road	169
nta	8220DB002808	Sandymount Station	383.3
nta	8220DB000415	American Embassy	384.1

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_postprimary	60500J	Marian College	DCC	498.2
school_primary	18370J	Enable Ireland Sandymount School	DCC	638.3
school_postprimary	60590N	St Conleths College	DCC	836.1
school_primary	20103V	JOHN SCOTTUS NS	DCC	894.9
school_primary	18569J	ST DECLANS SPECIAL SCH	DCC	991.4

Demolition -Former AIB Bank Centre lands, Junction of Merrion Road and Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

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Schemes (9)

What's happening nearby

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Zoning, services and constraints

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Schemes (9)

What's happening nearby

Recent activity within 250 m

Zoning, services and constraints

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Rzlt

Zones (2)

Constraints

Kinds (1)

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