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58Worth a lookPublicly owned land

Public land held by Electricity Supply Board (LDA register, 1 Apr 2023)

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Built far below what the zoning allows: About 623 m² of buildings on 0.14 ha (plot ratio 0.44, 2 storeys max) · source, 26 Sept 2026
0.14 ha zoned R2 (Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve resi) · source, 14 Dec 2022

Underused site

Area: 0.14 ha
Zoning: R2
Homes: 3–11 homes (indicative density 35 100dph)

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Who to contact: Land Development Agency: Electricity Supply Board · Public land held by Electricity Supply Board. Ask the owner body, or the Land Development Agency, about its plans for the land.

What could be built

3–11 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: 22

Appeals

Total: 8
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: 309

Base rates (2)

Label	N	Of	Text
Applications for 10+ homes granted	7	9	7 of 9 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted
Appealed schemes granted by the Commission	1	2	1 of 2 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Schemes (9)

Council	Ref	Type	Decision	Units	Address
DCC	WEB2039/25	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	36	Part of the site of the former Church of the Annunciation, Cappagh Road, Finglas West, Dublin 11
DCC	WEB2447/24	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	18	62-66 Faussagh Avenue, Cabra, Dublin 7
DCC	WEB2346/24	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	19	38-48A Broombridge Road, Cabra, Dublin 7
DCC	4370/23	Permission	GRANT PERMISSION	17	Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7
DCC	4362/23

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

24 Sept 2026 Public land (LDA register)
Held by Electricity Supply Board
source
24 Sept 2026 Built far below what the zoning allows
About 623 m² of buildings on 0.14 ha (plot ratio 0.44, 2 storeys max)
source
21 Jul 2026 New application · 193 m
WEB2802/26: application received — The development consists of the construction of an ESB Substation with LV Switch room at a proposed residential developm
source
6 May 2026 Decision · 229 m
WEB2078/26: APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID — PERMISSION & RETENTION Planning permission is sought for new single storey extension to front of house to extend lounge
source
3 May 2026 New application · 229 m
WEB2078/26: application received — PERMISSION & RETENTION Planning permission is sought for new single storey extension to front of house to extend lounge
source
15 Apr 2026 Decision · 229 m
WEB1849/26: APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID — PERMISSION AND RETENTION: Planning permission is sought for new single storey extension to front of house to extend lou
source
14 Apr 2026 New application

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 (2)

Objective text	Plan id	Fetched at	Code	Label	Meaning
Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028	DCC_DP_OWN	11 Sept 2026	—	—	—
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

Constraints

Available: Yes
Buffer m: 50
Opw flood extent nearby: No

Kinds (3)

Kind	Label	Count
nha	Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed)

More detail

On the market

Radius m: 1,000
Years: 3

All sales

Count: 106
Median price: 404,000
First sale: 2024-01-26
Last sale: 2026-06-17

New build

Count: 1
Median price: 490,000
Min price: 490,000
Max price: 490,000

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 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

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

Appealed schemes granted by the Commission

1 of 2 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Council

Ref

Type

Decision

Units

Address

DCC

WEB2039/25

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

Part of the site of the former Church of the Annunciation, Cappagh Road, Finglas West, Dublin 11

DCC

WEB2447/24

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

62-66 Faussagh Avenue, Cabra, Dublin 7

DCC

WEB2346/24

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

38-48A Broombridge Road, Cabra, Dublin 7

DCC

4370/23

Permission

GRANT PERMISSION

Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7

DCC

4362/23

Objective text

Plan id

Fetched at

Code

Label

Meaning

Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

DCC_DP_OWN

11 Sept 2026

—

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'…

Kind	Label	Count
nha	Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed)

Kind

Label

Count

nha

Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed)

Name	Sites	Homes
Labines Limited	1	208
Amberground Limited	1	18

Agency	Stop id	Name	Distance m
nta	8220GD8340	Broombridge	52.8
nta	8220GD8341	Broombridge	64.6
nta	8220B008367	Broombridge	66.6
nta	8220DB007686	Broombridge	85.1
nta	8220DB007672	Broombridge	100.6
nta	8220IR0026	Broombridge	111.7
nta	8220DB000826	Carnlough Road	165.3

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	17464N	Fionnbarra Naofa B.N.S.	DCC	432.7
school_postprimary	60731F	St Dominics College	DCC	473.9
school_primary	20453C	Broombridge Educate Together National School	DCC	474.2
school_primary	17466R	ST CATHERINES INFANT SCHOOL	DCC	520.3
school_primary	19409P	CASA CATERINA S S	DCC	530.4
school_primary	17465P	DOMINICAN CONVENT GIRLS SENIOR SCHOOL	DCC	538.6
school_postprimary	70150O	Cabra Community College	DCC	590.3
school_postprimary	60491L	St Declan's College	DCC	668.5
school_postprimary	60450U	Coláiste Mhuire	DCC	746.4
school_primary	20495S	Holy Family School for the Deaf	DCC	860.4

Source	Council	Ref	Name	Address	Units
application	DCC	3902/20	Rivermount Cottages	1 - 4, Rivermount Cottages, Ballyboggan Road, Finglas, Dublin 11	99
application	DCC	4574/22	76G & 280 Bannow Road	76, 76G & 280 Bannow Road, Cabra , Dublin 7	64
application	DCC	WEB2346/24	38-48A Broombridge Road	38-48A Broombridge Road, Cabra, Dublin 7	19
application	DCC	WEB2447/24	62-66 Faussagh Avenue	62-66 Faussagh Avenue, Cabra, Dublin 7	18
shd	DCC	ABP-306167	Ratoath Road and Hamilton View	Ratoath Road and Hamilton View, Pelletstown, Dublin 11. (www.royalcanalbankphase4shd.ie)	435
application	DCC	4718/22	Dominican Convent Campus	Dominican Convent Campus, immediately south of St. Catherines Girls Senior School (D07 V045) and to the north of Convent View Crescent and bounded to the eas…	95
application	DCC	3873/24	Meridian Court Building on the corner of Spindrift Avenue an	Meridian Court Building on the corner of Spindrift Avenue and Magellan Crescent, Royal Canal Park, Pelletstown, Dublin 15	29
shd	DCC	ABP-300666	"Matts of Cabra" public house and lands to the rear	Former "Matts of Cabra" public house and lands to the rear, Fassaugh Acenue, Cabra, Dublin 7.	208

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Similar schemes nearby

Base rates (2)

Schemes (9)

What's happening nearby

Recent activity within 250 m

Zoning, services and constraints

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Zones (2)

Constraints

Kinds (3)

More detail

On the market

All sales

New build

Sources

Planning history

Planning on and around the site

Near

Appeals

Deadlines running

Similar schemes nearby

Base rates (2)

Schemes (9)

What's happening nearby

Recent activity within 250 m

Zoning, services and constraints

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Zones (2)

Constraints

Kinds (3)

More detail

On the market

All sales

New build

Sources

Homes planned nearby

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Sites (8)

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Public land nearby

On site (1)

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