'The Gowan Motors Site'
Pembroke · Dublin CityNew
'The Gowan Motors Site', 143 Merrion Road, Dublin, 4
63 homes granted 28 Jul 2020 lapsed on 28 Jul 2025 without a start
1 more reason
- 0.22 ha zoned R2 (Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve resi) · source, 14 Dec 2022
- Area
- 0.22 ha
- Zoning
- R2
- Homes
- 63 homes (granted)
- Permission expired
- 28 Jul 2025
Who to contact: Applicant: 1 Merrion Land Limited · Applicant on planning file 4240/19 (DCC).
What could be built
63 homes (granted)
Loading capacity…
What it might be worth
Indicative, not a valuation
Planning history
Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Years
- 5
- Total
- 29
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
- 20
Base rates (2)
| Label | N | Of | Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applications for 10+ homes granted | 1 | 1 | 1 of 1 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 |
Schemes (1)
| Council | Ref | Type | Decision | Units | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCC | 3386/22 | Permission | GRANT PERMISSION | 20 | The Eglinton, (formerly Jefferson House), 2 Eglinton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 |
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 Permission lapsed recently without a start
- 9 Sept 2026 Commencement notice · 35 m
- 21 Jul 2026 Appeal received by the Commission · 120 m
- 21 Jul 2026 Appeal lodged · 120 m
- 25 Jun 2026 Decision · 120 m
- 16 Jun 2026 Appeal decided · 137 m
- 2 Jun 2026 Commencement notice · 161 m
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 (3)
| 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'… |
| Z15: Community and Social Infrastructure: To protect and provide for community uses and social infrastructure. | DU-001:DP:development-plan-2022-2028 | 11 Sept 2026 | S5 | Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs. |
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
More detail
On the market
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Years
- 3
All sales
- Count
- 126
- Median price
- 858,500
- First sale
- 2024-01-30
- Last sale
- 2026-06-12
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 (pipeline_site) · as of 25 Sept 2026
- Permission lapsed recently without a start · as of 28 Jul 2025
- 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 19 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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