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Firhouse-Bohernabreena · South DublinNew

58Worth a lookPublicly owned land

Public land held by South Dublin County Council (LDA register, 1 Apr 2023)

2 more reasons

Built far below what the zoning allows: No buildings on 0.10 ha · source, 26 Sept 2026
0.10 ha zoned M3 (DC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of District Centr) · source, 8 Mar 2022

Underused site

Area: 0.10 ha
Zoning: M3
Homes: 2–8 homes (indicative density 35 100dph)
ED26/0081: Declared Exempt — Replacing one car park space with one bike rack for bicycles to be parked for visitors to the Iona Centre. Improving acc: 5 Oct 2026

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Who to contact: Land Development Agency: South Dublin County Council · Public land held by South Dublin County Council. Ask the owner body, or the Land Development Agency, about its plans for the land.

What could be built

2–8 homes (indicative density 35 100dph)

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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: 12

Appeals

Total: 0
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: 2

Clocks (2)

Kind	Entity type	Occurred at	Deadline at	Deadline kind	Summary
decision	application	7 Sept 2026	5 Oct 2026	appeal	ED26/0081: Declared Exempt — Replacing one car park space with one bike rack for bicycles to be parked for visitors to the Iona Centre. Improving acc
decision	application	17 Sept 2026	15 Oct 2026	appeal	SD26A/0182W: Refuse Permission — Construction of 5 no. 2-storey 4-bed detached dwellings; New internal access road and widening of the existing vehicular

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: 1,842

Base rates (2)

Label	N	Of	Text
Applications for 10+ homes granted	12	18	12 of 18 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted
Appealed schemes granted by the Commission	5	8	5 of 8 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Schemes (10)

Council	Ref	Type	Decision	Units	Address
SDCC	SD17A/0364/FEP1	Further Extension of Duration of Permission	Grant Further Ext. of Duration of Permission	11	Vista Montana, Firhouse Road, Knocklyon, Dublin 16.
SDCC	LRD25A/0013W	Permission	Grant Permission	171	Cypress Grove House, Cypress Lawn, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, D6W YV12.
SDCC

What's happening nearby

100 recent events

Recent activity within 250 m

Appeal window closes (s.37, 4 weeks) ends 5 Oct 2026 9 days
ED26/0081: Replacing one car park space with one bike rack for bicycles to be parked for visitors to the Iona Centre. Improving acc
source
Appeal window closes (s.37, 4 weeks) ends 15 Oct 2026 19 days
SD26A/0182W: Construction of 5 no. 2-storey 4-bed detached dwellings; New internal access road and widening of the existing vehicular
source

24 Sept 2026 Public land (LDA register)
Held by South Dublin County Council
source
24 Sept 2026 Built far below what the zoning allows
No buildings on 0.10 ha
source
17 Sept 2026 Decision · 161 m
SD26A/0182W: Refuse Permission — Construction of 5 no. 2-storey 4-bed detached dwellings; New internal access road and widening of the existing vehicular
source
7 Sept 2026 Decision · 124 m
ED26/0081: Declared Exempt — Replacing one car park space with one bike rack for bicycles to be parked for visitors to the Iona Centre. Improving acc
source
17 Aug 2026 Decision · 213 m
SD26B/0309W: Grant Permission — Construction of a 32sq.m ground floor flat roof extension to the rear, providing a new utility room, extended kitchen an

Zoning, services and constraints

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Available: Yes
On site: No

Zones (2)

Code	Label	Meaning	Objective text	Plan id	Valid from
G1	Open space with recreation	Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.	OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022
M3	Neighbourhood centre	A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.	DC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of District Centres	SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028	8 Mar 2022

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: No

Kinds (1)

Kind	Label

More detail

On the market

Radius m: 1,000
Years: 3

All sales

Count: 132
Median price: 601,750
First sale: 2023-11-15
Last sale: 2026-08-14

New build

Count: 2
Median price: 560,022
Min price: 370,044
Max price: 750,000

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 (land_public) · as of 26 Sept 2026
Public land (LDA register) · as of 1 Apr 2023
Built well below what the zoning allows · as of 26 Sept 2026
Zoning · as of 8 Mar 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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Kind

Entity type

Occurred at

Deadline at

Deadline kind

Summary

decision

application

7 Sept 2026

5 Oct 2026

appeal

ED26/0081: Declared Exempt — Replacing one car park space with one bike rack for bicycles to be parked for visitors to the Iona Centre. Improving acc

decision

application

17 Sept 2026

15 Oct 2026

appeal

SD26A/0182W: Refuse Permission — Construction of 5 no. 2-storey 4-bed detached dwellings; New internal access road and widening of the existing vehicular

Label

Text

Applications for 10+ homes granted

12 of 18 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted

Appealed schemes granted by the Commission

5 of 8 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Council

Ref

Type

Decision

Units

Address

SDCC

SD17A/0364/FEP1

Further Extension of Duration of Permission

Grant Further Ext. of Duration of Permission

Vista Montana, Firhouse Road, Knocklyon, Dublin 16.

SDCC

LRD25A/0013W

Permission

Grant Permission

171

Cypress Grove House, Cypress Lawn, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, D6W YV12.

SDCC

Code

Label

Meaning

Objective text

Plan id

Valid from

Open space with recreation

Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities

SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028

8 Mar 2022

Neighbourhood centre

A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.

DC: To protect, improve and provide for the future development of District Centres

SD-001:DP:south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028

8 Mar 2022

Source	Application id	Council	Ref	Name	Address
application	116,452	SDCC	LRD26A/0001W	2 Firhouse Road and Former Morton's The Firhouse Inn	No. 2 Firhouse Road and the former Morton’s The Firhouse Inn, Firhouse Road, Dublin 24, The site is also bound by Mount Carmel Park to the east
application	119,122	SDCC	SD25A/0150W	Scholarstown House	Scholarstown House, Scholarstown Road, Dublin 16, D16 E2H9
application	114,784	SDCC	SD17A/0364	Vista Montana	Vista Montana, Firhouse Road, Knocklyon, Dublin 16.
application	121,695	SDCC	SHD3ABP-305878-19	Beechpark and Maryfield	'Beechpark' and 'Maryfield', Scholarstown Road, Dublin 16
application	120,646	SDCC	SD17A/0434	Scholarstown Road	Site south of Scholarstown Road, west of Stocking Lane, north of Ballyboden Waterworks and east of Woodfield, Ballyboden, Dublin 16
application	120,853	SDCC	SD18A/0276	Scholarstown Wood	Scholarstown Wood, located south of Scholarstown Road, west of Stocking Lane, north of Ballyboden Waterworks and east of Woodfield, Dublin 16.

Name	Sites	Homes
Bluemont Developments (Firhouse) Limited	1	100
Emmaville Limited	1	55
Broadcrest Limited	1	38
Victoria Homes Limited	1	11

Agency	Stop id	Name	Distance m
nta	8230DB001150	Knocklyon Shop Cntr	113.8
nta	8230DB001145	Knocklyon Shop Cntr	127.9
nta	8230DB001144	Dargle Wood	276.6
nta	8230DB001151	Dargle Wood	285
nta	8230DB004887	St Colmcilles Way	374.1
nta	8230DB004869	St Colmcilles Way	407.4
nta	8230DB001149	St Colmcille's CS	446.5

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	19474D	SCOIL COLMCILLE NAOFA	SDCC	242.4
school_primary	19742C	ST COLMCILLE SENIOR N S	SDCC	242.4
school_postprimary	91510M	St. Colmcille's Community School	SDCC	539.4
school_primary	20043G	GAELSCOIL CHNOC LIAMHNA	SDCC	621.8

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