Notice of proposed disposal of Murtagh's Public House, Residence and Car Park, at Ballough, Lusk, Co. Dublin

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44Worth a lookCouncil selling land· s.183 disposal notice

Council proposed disposing of this land (s.183) at County Council on 8 Jun 2026

1 more reason

Zoned P1 (RU - Rural: Protect and promote in a balanced way, the development of agricultur) · source, 5 Apr 2023

Area: —
Zoning: P1

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Who to contact: Council (disposal): Fingal County Council · The council proposed disposing of this land (s.183). Contact its property or estates section and cite the council meeting item.

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: 3

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, 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: 0

Base rates (2)

Label	N	Of	Text
Applications for 10+ homes granted	0	0	0 of 0 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted
Appealed schemes granted by the Commission	0	0	0 of 0 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

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

34 recent events

Recent activity within 250 m

24 Sept 2026 Council proposing to dispose of the land (s.183)
Notice of proposed disposal of Murtagh's Public House, Residence and Car Park, at Ballough, Lusk, Co. Dublin to Thornberry Property Holdings Limited, Stephenstown Business Park, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
source
27 Aug 2026 Decision · 25 m
F26A/0592E: GRANT PERMISSION & GRANT RETENTION — I Pat White, intend to apply for Retention Permission & Planning Permi
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7 Jul 2026 New application · 25 m
F26A/0592E: application received — I Pat White, intend to apply for Retention Permission & Planning Permi
source
8 May 2026 Decision · 160 m
F25A/0877E: GRANT PERMISSION & GRANT RETENTION — 1. Permission to construct a new Agricultural Grain Storage shed - 123
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13 Apr 2026 Further information received · 160 m
F25A/0877E: further information received — 1. Permission to construct a new Agricultural Grain Storage shed - 123
source
27 Mar 2026 Further information requested · 160 m
F25A/0877E: further information requested — 1. Permission to construct a new Agricultural Grain Storage shed - 123
source

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
RU - Rural: Protect and promote the value of the rural area of the County. This rural value is based on: Agricultural and rural economic resources Visual r…	FINGAL_DP_OWN	11 Sept 2026	—	—	—
RU - Rural: Protect and promote in a balanced way, the development of agriculture and rural related enterprise, biodiversity, the rural landscape, and the bu…	Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029	11 Sept 2026	P1	Rural	Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.

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)

More detail

On the market

Radius m: 1,000
Years: 3

All sales

Count: 1
Median price: 400,000
First sale: 2024-12-03
Last sale: 2024-12-03

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 (council_item) · as of 27 Sept 2026
Council proposing to dispose of the land (s.183) · as of 8 Jun 2026
Zoning · as of 5 Apr 2023
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.
Constraints: as of 11 Sept 2026 — OPW flood extents are licensed for internal use only: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie.

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Label

Text

Applications for 10+ homes granted

0 of 0 decided applications for 10+ homes within 2 km in 5 years were granted

Appealed schemes granted by the Commission

0 of 0 of those schemes that were appealed ended with a grant

Objective text

Plan id

Fetched at

Code

Label

Meaning

RU - Rural: Protect and promote the value of the rural area of the County. This rural value is based on: *Agricultural and rural economic resources *Visual r…

FINGAL_DP_OWN

11 Sept 2026

—

RU - Rural: Protect and promote in a balanced way, the development of agriculture and rural related enterprise, biodiversity, the rural landscape, and the bu…

Fl-001:DP:the-fingal-development-plan-2023-2029

11 Sept 2026

Rural

Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.

Council	Committee	Meeting at	Item no	Title	Kind
FINGAL	County Council	8 Jun 2026	F/273/26a	Notice of proposed disposal of Murtagh's Public House, Residence and Car Park, at Ballough, Lusk, Co. Dublin to Thornberry Property Holdings Limited, Stephen…	s183_disposal
FINGAL	Balbriggan/Rush-Lusk/Swords Area Committee (Services B - Strategic and General Matters)	14 May 2026	BSB/269/22a	Notice of proposed disposal of Murtagh's Public House, Residence and Car Park, at Ballough, Lusk, Co. Dublin to Thornberry Property Holdings Limited, Stephen…	s183_disposal

Agency	Stop id	Name	Distance m
nta	8240B1002101	Ballough	368.8
nta	8240B1007801	Ballough	426.5
nta	8240B100151	Regles	940.5

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.

Notice of proposed disposal of Murtagh's Public House, Residence and Car Park, at Ballough, Lusk, Co. Dublin

What could be built

What it might be worth

Planning history

Planning on and around the site

Near

Appeals

Deadlines running

Similar schemes nearby

Base rates (2)

What's happening nearby

Recent activity within 250 m

Zoning, services and constraints

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Zones (2)

Constraints

Kinds (1)

More detail

On the market

All sales

Sources

Planning history

Planning on and around the site

Near

Appeals

Deadlines running

Similar schemes nearby

Base rates (2)

What's happening nearby

Recent activity within 250 m

Zoning, services and constraints

Zoning and the RZLT map

Rzlt

Zones (2)

Constraints

Kinds (1)

More detail

On the market

All sales

Sources

Homes planned nearby

Totals

As of

Public land nearby

On site (1)

Council items (2)

Transport and schools

Stops (3)

Water and drainage

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