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Planning report · Dublin City Council · 1000 m around the house · the last 12 months · 26 Oct 2026, 08:40

Liffey Street South

53.34412, -6.32941

Homes here mostly date from before 1919. Home extensions nearby almost always get approved (97%). 27 homes approved 617 m away haven't started.

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Distance
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Time
12 months2 years5 years
97%of home extensions approved nearbyn=164 · 1.5 km · 10 yrs55 daystypical wait for a decisionmiddle half 53–551open for comments nearbyclose 27 Oct27homes approved nearby, not startednearest 617 m · WEB1146/25

How planning works, with this area's numbers

steps can overlap · medians for home extensions within 1.5 km, 10 years
  1. 1ApplySite notice up, plans online
  2. 2Comments5 weeks, €20. Comment to keep your right to appeal
  3. 3Decision8 weeks by law. Here 55 days
  4. 4Appeal window4 weeks after the decision
  5. 5AppealHere about 5 months
  6. 6PermissionLasts 5 years
  7. 7StartStart notice to the council. Here about 4 months after
  8. 8Sign-offCompletion cert, or the owner opts out
Question 1

What's the planning story of this house?

Figure 1

When it was built, and the rules since

Most homes here were built before 1919, before planning permission was needed.

Timeline from 1896: planning permission needed from October 1964, building regulations from June 1992, building records online from March 2014, sign-off opt-out from September 2015. Most homes here were built 1900–1918.1900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Oct 1964permission neededJun 1992building regulationsMar 2014building records onlineSep 2015owners may opt out of sign-offThis houseAll of Liffey Street SouthBuilt: most homes in this small area date from 1900–1918 (census estimate)most built2021: 2 files on Liffey Street South2022: 1 file on Liffey Street South2023: 3 files on Liffey Street South2026: 1 file on Liffey Street South7 files

Each line is a rule that applies to work done after it.

MeasuredEstimatecouncil register via NPAD · build years: CSO Census 2022, small area

On this site
R2
Zoning · Existing residential
No
Protected or listed · on the council's list
No
Vacant land tax · lived-in homes don't pay it
1 in 20
Radon (EPA) · homes with high radon
Zoning, protection, tax and flood: the detail
Zoning
What it says

Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

development plan 2022 2028 · 14 Dec 2022 – 31 Dec 2028

ZoningR2 · Existing residential
What it says

Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.

An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

development plan 2022 2028 variation no 11 · 14 Dec 2022 – 31 Dec 2028

Radon1 in 20 homes have high radon (EPA)

Not on this site: protected building, heritage inventory, monument zone, conservation area, EU nature site, EU bird site, natural heritage area, tree order, landslide risk, derelict list.

Licensed industrial sites within 1.0 km: Jamestown Metal Resources Limited (984 m)

Vacant land taxNo lived-in homes don't pay it
Flood riskWithin 100 m OPW map area within 100 m · floodinfo.ie
Within 1.0 kmCountFor example
Licensed industrial sites1Jamestown Metal Resources Limited
Heritage inventory buildings65Phoenix Park; Saint Mary's Hospital
Radon grid squares4
Monuments20Road - road/trackway; Enclosure
How we work this out
'On this site' means the record's own map outline touches the registered parcel (or a 12 m circle round the point where there is no parcel). Only the council's own list confirms a protected building; ask the council if in doubt. The council's map for the vacant land tax shows this spot inside an area of existing homes. Homes people live in, and their gardens, don't pay the tax. The OPW flood map's licence lets us show a yes/no only. Land on the vacant land tax map nearby: 1 on the draft 2027 map; 1 on the final 2026 map.
Sources: Development plan zoning (councils), EPA licensed sites, EPA radon map, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps, Constraint layers (bundle), OPW flood maps (CFRAM), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Sites and Monuments Record · fetched 25 Oct 2026, 23:43
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Development plan zoning (councils)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:06open
EPA licensed sitesCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
EPA radon mapCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:36open
Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
Constraint layers (bundle)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:37open
OPW flood maps (CFRAM)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · shown as a yes/no only11 Sept 2026, 19:11open
National Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:35open
Sites and Monuments RecordCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 19:29open
How we work this out
Applications whose site outline (or map point) falls on this property. 'No sign building has started' means we found no notice to the council's building control office; small jobs don't always file one, so ask. A missing completion certificate is not proof of a problem: an owner can opt out of official sign-off for a house or extension built for themselves.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
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Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
Question 2

Could you extend?

Nothing on this site restricts it: not protected, not in a conservation area.

Figure 2

What happened to applications like yours

Extensions are almost always approved here: 92–100% by type. A new house in a garden is harder: 56% approved, and 1 in 3 is asked for more information.

Single-storey rear28 decided · more info asked 4%
100% · council 97%
Two-storey rear50 decided · more info asked 8%
96% · council 96%
Two-storey side12 decided · more info asked 17%
100% · council 98%
Attic or dormer36 decided · more info asked 6%
97% · council 96%
First-floor12 decided · more info asked 8%
92% · council 94%
New house in a garden or site16 decided · more info asked 31%
56% · council 71%
Approved nearbyDublin overall

Decided applications within 1.5 km, received in the last 10 years. The kind of work is read from each description.

CalculatedOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 154 nearby, 5,225 council-wide

Figure 3

Liffey Street South, file by file since 2021

2 of 2 decided extensions on the road were approved.

7 planning files on Liffey Street South since 2021, by kind and decision.202120222023202420252026Extensions, atticsNo. 4 · 2022 · first-floor · approved · WEB1321/22No. 32 · 2023 · rear · approved · WEB1574/23Porches, roofs, otherNo. 1 · 2021 · other work · refused · 2651/21No. 1 · 2021 · other work · approved · 3277/21No number · 2023 · other work · refused · 3054/23No number · 2023 · other work · refused · 5071/23No number · 2026 · other work · withdrawn or invalid · WEB1226/26New house in a side garden
ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalid

7 files with "Liffey Street South" in the address within 600 m, other roads of the same name left out. Hover a dot for the house number and reference.

MeasuredOur classificationcouncil register via NPAD · 2021–2026

Extensions and refusals right beside you 0 within 250 m · 0 refused within 100 m

Extensions and refusals near you 0 extensions within 250 m · the last 12 months

No home extensions within 250 m in the last 12 months.

Refused within 100 m 0 in the last 12 months

Nothing refused this close in the last 12 months.

    How we work this out
    Home extensions are read from the application's description (extension, attic or dormer, porch, garage conversion, garden room), so a few may be missed or mislabelled. The kind is the first that fits: a dormer with a rear extension counts as a dormer. Refusal reasons come from An Coimisiún Pleanála's inspector reports, so they exist only where the refusal was appealed (Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown so far). The council's own reasons are on its planning file.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 3

    How long, and what if someone objects?

    Figure 4

    A home extension's journey here

    A decision takes 55 days. 1 in 10 is asked for more information, which adds about 78 days. Building starts about 4 months after permission.

    Comments open: 5 weeks · €20; Council decision: 55 days; If more info asked (1 in 10): 137 days; Appeal window: 4 weeks; If appealed: +166 days; Building starts: 135 days after permission0 mo3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo15 mo18 moComments openComments close 5 weeks after the application is lodged5 weeks · €20Council decisionDecision: median 55 days, middle half 53–55 (n=148)55 daysIf more info asked (1 in 10)With further information: median 137 days (n=16)137 daysAppeal windowAnyone who commented can appeal within 4 weeks of the decision4 weeksIf appealedAt An Coimisiún Pleanála: median 166 days (n=36, all appeals within 1.5 km)+166 daysBuilding startsStart notice: median 135 days after permission (n=49)135 days after permissionSigned off56% of owners opt out of sign-off

    Bars are medians; whiskers show the middle half. Medians of separate steps don't add up exactly.

    Calculated164 decided home extensions, 50 start notices, 36 decided appeals · within 1.5 km, 10 years · NPAD, BCMS, An Coimisiún Pleanála

    Figure 5

    What appeals changed

    5 of 20 appealed refusals became permissions. 2 of 19 appealed approvals were reversed.

    Refusals appealed20 decided
    5 became permissions
    Approvals appealed19 decided
    2 reversed
    Ended approvedEnded refusedWithdrawn, invalid or other

    Every appeal decided within 1.5 km in 10 years, any kind of development.

    CalculatedAn Coimisiún Pleanála cases linked to the council file

    Appeals nearby 5 in the last 12 months
    • 324340 Other · Inchicore Suites, Oblate View, Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8. · 899 m
    • 501549 Open · 21 Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, D08 RK46 · 779 m
    • 324026 Other · 129, Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 · 855 m report
    • 500283 Invalid · 14 Oblate Drive, Inchicore, Dublin 8, D08 XEW5 · 870 m
    • 500227 Invalid · 14 Oblate Drive, Inchicore, Dublin 8, D08 XEW5 · 870 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Courts Service legal diary (judicial reviews)© the publisher25 Oct 2026, 23:04open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 4

    What's changing around you?

    Street map around Liffey Street South with 15 numbered planning items
    ⌖ the houseOpen for commentsApproved, not startedDerelict buildingEmpty land zoned for homesApprovedNo decision yetRefused
    1. 136A, Chapelizod Hill Road WEB3337/26No decision yet · 953 m
    2. 2Ballyfermot Road WEB1146/25Approved, no sign building has started · 617 m
    3. 3Unit 1 124 Emmet Road Dublin 8 D08V085 DS1999Derelict building · 856 m
    4. 4129 Tyrconnell Road Dublin 8 DS1601Derelict building · 870 m
    5. 50.2 ha zoned for homesEmpty land zoned for homes · 890 m
    6. 6250 Sarsfield Road, Ballyfermot WEB6014/25Approved · 297 m
    7. 714 Inchicore Square East, Dublin 8 WEB1199/26Approved · 579 m
    8. 820, Inchicore Terrace North WEB1603/26Approved · 613 m
    9. 921, Inchicore Terrace North WEB1372/26Approved · 618 m
    10. 1047, O'Hogan Road WEB1602/26Approved · 627 m
    11. 11University College Dublin Boat Club, Chapelizod Road WEB3032/26No decision yet · 646 m
    12. 12ALDI Ballyfermot, Kylemore Road WEB3213/26No decision yet · 767 m
    13. 1321 Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore WEB1740/26Refused · 779 m
    14. 14191 Emmet Road, Inchicore WEB5802/25Refused · 815 m
    15. 15129, Tyrconnell Road WEB2257/26No decision yet · 855 m
    Figure 6

    What happens to applications within 500 m

    Permission isn't building. Of 18 permissions since 2016, 4 show a start notice and 0 have a completion certificate.

    23 applications lodged within 500 m. Council: 17 approved, 4 refused. After appeals: 18 approved. Of those: 0 signed off, 0 built with the owner's opt-out, 4 started, 14 with no start notice found, 0 ran out.LODGEDCOUNCIL DECISIONAFTER APPEALSWHAT HAPPENED NEXT17: lodged → approved4: lodged → refused2: lodged → withdrawn or invalid17: approved → approved3: refused → refused2: withdrawn or invalid → withdrawn1 refused by the council, approved after an appeal14: approved → no start notice found4: approved → started, not signed off23 lodged23 lodged17 approved17 approved4 refused4 refused2 withdrawn or invalid2 withdrawn or invalid18 approved18 approved3 refused3 refused2 withdrawn2 withdrawn14 no start notice found14 no start notice found4 started, not signed off4 started, not signed off

    Purple bands are refusals turned into permissions on appeal. "No start notice found" includes small jobs that never needed one and notices we couldn't match.

    Measured23 applications in 10 years · NPAD, An Coimisiún Pleanála, BCMS start notices and completion certificates

    Figure 7

    The next 30 days

    2 deadlines within 1.0 km; the first closes 27 Oct 2026.

    2 deadlines in the next 30 days: 2026-10-27 WEB3337/26: application received — the construction of a two storey dormer style building comprising a total of four apartments (2 x 1 bedroom and 2 x 2 be; 2026-11-25 ACP 324340: Is development and is exempted developmenttoday31 Oct5 Nov10 Nov15 Nov20 Nov25 NovWEB3337/26: application received — the construction of a two storey dormer style building comprising a total of four apartments (2 x 1 bedroom and 2 x 2 be · 953 m away · 2026-10-27ACP 324340: Is development and is exempted development · 899 m away · 2026-11-25
    Comments closeHigh Court window ends
    • Comments close 27 Oct 20261 day left
      1WEB3337/26 · application received — the construction of a two storey dormer style building comprising a total of four apartments (2…
      €20 to the council · 953 m away
    • Time to ask the High Court for a review ends 25 Nov 202630 days left
      Is development and is exempted development
      899 m away

    Measuredcouncil registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála · deadlines worked out from the dates on file

    Figure 8

    Approved, stalled or planned, not built yet

    27 homes 617 m away were approved Apr 2025 with no start notice yet; the permission runs to Apr 2030. DART+ South West is planned 358 m away.

    Ballyfermot Road · 27 homes: 27 homes approved Apr 2025, not started; DART+ South West, DART+ South…: railway order granted (13 November 2024)20242025202620272028202920302031Ballyfermot Road · 27 homes617 m · WEB1146/2527 homes approved Apr 2025, not started27 homes approved Apr 2025, not startedDART+ South West, DART+ South…358 m · plannedrailway order granted (13 November 2024)today

    Each row is a dated fact from a public register: no score and no forecast.

    Measuredcouncil registers, BCMS, derelict sites registers, development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)

    Sites that could change 4 within 1.0 km

    Derelict building 2

    • 3Unit 1 124 Emmet Road Dublin 8 D08V085 · derelict since Apr 2025 · 856 m
    • 4129 Tyrconnell Road Dublin 8 · derelict since Jun 2023 · 870 m

    Approved, not started 1

    Empty land zoned for homes 1

    • 50.2 ha zoned for homes · no homes built on it yet · 890 m
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), Derelict sites registers, Council meetings (ModernGov), National Planning Application Database, Residential Zoned Land Tax maps · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Derelict sites registersCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:17open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Residential Zoned Land Tax mapsCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:43open
    Figure 9

    Applications within 500 m, by year

    Between 2 and 9 a year; busiest 2022. 81% of decisions were approvals.

    2021: 4, 2022: 9, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 2, 2026: 105102021: 3 approved2021: 1 refused4’21*2022: 8 approved2022: 1 refused9’222023: 2 approved2023: 2 refused4’232024: 2 approved2024: 1 withdrawn or invalid3’242025: 2 approved2’252026: 1 withdrawn or invalid1’26*
    ApprovedRefusedWithdrawn or invalidUndecided

    2021 and 2026 are part years (*). Exemption requests and time extensions are left out.

    Measuredcouncil register via NPAD

    Open for comments €20 to comment

    Every application within 1.0 km 44 in the last 12 months

    See every application on the map

    How we work this out
    Descriptions are shortened by the national planning database (to 80 characters in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 70 in Fingal), and it does not publish applicants' names.
    Sources: National Planning Application Database, An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Building work nearby 12 in the last 12 months
    3 not signed off9 no sign-off needed
    • 20 Inchicore Terrace North, Dublin 8, D08 XAA3 · 7 Oct 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · WEB1603/26 · 628 m
    • 14 Inchicore Square East, Dublin 8, D08 EHD0 · 24 Aug 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · WEB1199/26 · 590 m
    • Ballyfermot Road, Dublin · 8 Jul 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · WEBLRD6088/25-S3A · 932 m
    • Inchicore Terrace South, Dublin 8, D08 R763 · 22 Jun 2026 · 1 homes · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · 3731/23 · 646 m
    • 21 Inchicore Terrace North, Dublin 8, D08 N93C · 9 Jun 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · WEB1372/26 · 633 m
    • 6 Thomas Davis Street West, Dublin 8, D08 CR6P · 8 Jun 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · WEB1456/26 · 875 m
    • 8 Chapelizod Road, Dublin 8, D08 EF83 · 26 May 2026 · start notice not signed off · 603 m
    • 13 Thomas Davis Street West, inchichore, Dublin 8, Dublin 8, D08 R3HE · 11 May 2026 · start notice, opted out no sign-off needed · WEB1829/23 · 891 m
    • Ground floor 250 Sarsfield Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, D10 W820 · 17 Apr 2026 · 7-day notice not signed off · WEB6014/25 · 307 m
    • 1B Ring Terrace, Dublin, Dublin 8 · 6 Apr 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · WEB2160/25 · 902 m
    • 76 Landen Road, Dublin, Dublin 10, D10 XD61 · 17 Feb 2026 · short notice no sign-off needed · 3770/20 · 436 m
    • 9 Nash Street, Dublin, Dublin 8, D08 C9FX · 12 Dec 2025 · short notice no sign-off needed · 3944/23 · 877 m
    How we work this out
    Each row is a notice the builder sent to the council's building control office before work started. One notice can cover many homes. 'Signed off as finished' means a completion certificate is on file; work done under an opt-out or a short notice doesn't need one.
    Source: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    Homes coming 27 not started
    • Brookfield Heights, Brookfield Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 (Phase 1)* · Completed · 79 homes · 868 m
    How we work this out
    Schemes of 10 or more homes approved since 2021, from the council and An Coimisiún Pleanála registers. 'Building started' means the builder told the council's building control office that work was starting (a commencement notice).
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database, Social housing construction status report · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Social housing construction status reportCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Named places nearby: estate, schemes, crèches, schools

    Named places estate, developments, inspections

    Estate: The Ranch · 15 applications in 10 years · 70% approved · most common: two-storey rear

    Developments within 1.0 km

    SchemeHomesProgressDistance
    Ballyfermot Road Apartments2727 built (2025-Q4)591 m
    Former De La Salle National School897531 built · 139 being built · 227 not started (2026-Q2)694 m
    Emmet Road578487 being built · 91 not started (2026-Q2)750 m
    Quadrant House106106 not started (2026-Q2)837 m

    Who applies most nearby

    • ALDI Stores Ltd — 2 applications, latest 8 Sept 2026
    • Furniture District LTD — 2 applications, latest 21 Aug 2026

    Crèches and schools inspected

    NameLatest inspectionDistance
    Inchicore Community Crèche and Afterschool · Crèche8 Apr 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate763 m
    Chestnut Daycare Ltd. · Crèche2 Sept 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate915 m
    Hope Montessori & Autism Care Centre · Crèche3 Feb 2026 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate940 m
    Inchicore CDT Children's Project · Crèche3 Nov 2025 · report · Tusla Early Years Inspectorate954 m
    How we work this out
    Organisations only: a person named on an application is never listed. Inspection dates and links are the publisher's; read their report for the findings.
    Sources: Dublin housing delivery pipeline, Housing estates, National Planning Application Database, Applicant organisations (from the CRO), Department of Education school list, Tusla early years register · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:32
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Dublin housing delivery pipelineCC BY 4.019 Oct 2026, 23:03open
    Housing estatesODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 20:18open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Applicant organisations (from the CRO)Derived by Planning Register25 Oct 2026, 23:01—
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    Tusla early years registerPublic register21 Oct 2026, 23:37open
    How busy is this area Busier than most of Dublin City Council.
    Homes approved
    Here27
    Council middle63
    Homes started
    Here877
    Council middle125
    How we work this out
    Homes approved counts schemes of 10 or more homes (one-off houses are not included). Homes started counts every home in a notice that building work was starting. The council figure is the middle value across the council's built-up squares of the same area (3.1 km², about a 1 km circle), so half of them saw more and half fewer.
    Sources: An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed), Building Control Management System (commencement notices), National Planning Application Database · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:57
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    An Coimisiún Pleanála cases (ArcGIS feed)CC BY 4.023 Oct 2026, 23:08open
    Building Control Management System (commencement notices)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:57open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Question 5

    What's the area like?

    Figure 10

    This street block against the council

    84% of homes built before 1971 (council 52%). 51% owner-occupied (council 47%).

    Homes built before 1971
    84% · council 52%
    Homes built since 2001
    7% · council 19%
    Owner-occupied
    51% · council 47%
    Rented
    31% · council 45%
    Children under 15
    10% · council 15%
    Aged 65 and over
    21% · council 13%
    Households with 2+ cars
    15% · council 19%
    Work mainly from home
    5% · council 12%
    This small area (143 people)Dublin

    MeasuredCSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · small area 268083006

    Road noise
    65–69 dB
    day–night average (EPA 2022)
    Bus
    235 m
    St Mary's Avenue · 60, 860, G1 · busiest stop within 500 m: 13 an hour at peak
    Planned
    358 m
    DART+ South West, DART+ South West: Hazelhatch and Celbridge - Dublin Heuston
    Radon
    1 in 20
    homes here likely high (EPA). Test it
    Flood
    Yes
    OPW flood map area within 100 m
    Nearest school
    691 m
    Inchicore Ns, 201 pupils
    Homes sold nearby
    132
    in 3 years, 2 new (Property Price Register)
    Schools, stops and the council

    Schools

    • Inchicore Ns · primary · 201 pupils · 691 m
    • S N Muire Gan Smal B · primary · 331 pupils · 777 m
    • Mercy Secondary School · postprimary · 349 pupils · 956 m

    Stops 38

    • St Mary's Avenue · 60, 860, G1, G2 · 13/hour at peak · 235 m
    • Sarsfield Road · G1, G2 · 10/hour at peak · 237 m
    • Chapelizod Rd · 80, C5, C6 · 5/hour at peak · 240 m
    • Chapelizod Rd · 80, C5, C6 · 6/hour at peak · 265 m
    • Sarsfield Medical · 60, 860, G1, G2 · 12/hour at peak · 273 m
    • Lally Road · 60 · 1/hour at peak · 276 m
    • Lally Road · 60 · 1/hour at peak · 285 m
    • Longmeadows · G1, G2 · 9/hour at peak · 299 m

    Schools growing or shrinking planning in 3 years · pupils last year

    • Inchicore Ns · 691 m-3.4% pupils (201)
    • S N Muire Gan Smal B · 777 m+0.3% pupils (331)
    • Mercy Secondary School · 956 m+6.4% pupils (349)

    Open consultations

    Council meetings 30 items

    Public land

    • Dublin City Council · 32.72 ha · 9 m
    • Dublin City Council · 1.17 ha · 163 m
    • The Minister for Defence · 0.39 ha · 169 m
    • Dublin City Council · 1.08 ha · 186 m
    • The Office of Public Works · 160.04 ha · 243 m
    • The Office of Public Works · 150.43 ha · 243 m
    Sources: Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS), Department of Education school list, National Planning Application Database, Council consultation portals, Council meetings (ModernGov), Land Development Agency public land register, cso_saps_2022, National Transport Authority, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0), dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0), EPA strategic noise maps, Fingal County Council · fetched 26 Oct 2026, 01:54
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    Public transport stops and routes (NTA GTFS)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026, 23:02open
    Department of Education school listCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026, 23:32open
    National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.026 Oct 2026, 01:32open
    Council consultation portalsPublic26 Oct 2026, 00:55open
    Council meetings (ModernGov)Public26 Oct 2026, 01:54open
    Land Development Agency public land registerCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 16:43open
    cso_saps_2022CC BY 4.0—open
    National Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.0——
    Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
    dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0——
    EPA strategic noise mapsCC BY 4.0——
    Fingal County CouncilCC BY 4.0——
    Question 6

    What to ask, and who

    1. Flood risk area within 100 m: can you insure it?
      Ask for: A flood-cover quote before sale agreed.
      Insurer
    2. Application 953 m away open for comments until 27 Oct 2026: comment?
      Ask for: The plans on the council's website (€20 to comment).
      Council
    3. Mapped at 65–69 dB from road traffic: will you hear it inside?
      Ask for: A visit at rush hour (and at night), and the windows' glazing specification.
      Visit at rush hour
    4. Any work done without planning permission?
      Ask for: An opinion of compliance for the whole house.
      Seller · solicitor
    Reference

    Where this is, the terms, the sources

    Electoral division
    Kilmainham A
    Electoral area
    Ballyfermot-Drimnagh
    Council
    Dublin City Council
    Everything we found, as a list 8 lines
    • Zoned R2 (existing residential); not protected; no vacant land tax; flood risk area within 100 m.
    • 4 sites nearby could change: 2 derelict, 1 approved scheme, 1 empty zoned plot.
    • 1 application open for comments nearby; nearest closes 27 Oct 2026.
    • 27 homes approved nearby, not started; largest 27 at Ballyfermot Road.
    • St Mary's Avenue (bus 60, 860) 235 m away: 13 an hour at morning peak; 64 from all stops within 500 m. Planned: DART+ South West 358 m away, railway order granted (13 November 2024).
    • Noise from road traffic mapped at 65–69 dB (day-evening-night average, EPA 2022).
    • Here (2022 census): 51% owner-occupied (council 47%); 10% of homes empty (council 8%); most built before 1919; 22% drive to work (council 28%); population up 4% since 2016.
    • The council decides in a median 55 days (about 8 weeks); 1 in 4 is asked for more information.
    What the terms mean 8 terms
    • Vacant land tax (Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT)): A yearly tax of 3% of the land's value on land that is zoned for homes and serviced but left unbuilt.
    • Building started (Commencement notice (BCMS)): The builder must tell the council's building control office 14 to 28 days before work starts.
    • Signed off as finished (Certificate of Compliance on Completion): A certificate filed when a building is finished, confirming it meets the building regulations.
    • Approved (Grant of permission): The council said yes, usually with conditions.
    • Listed by the council as derelict (Derelict Sites Register): Councils keep a public list of land and buildings in a ruinous or dangerous state.
    • Comment on an application (Observation / submission): Anyone can comment on a planning application within five weeks of it being lodged, for a €20 fee.
    • Appeal (Appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála): The applicant, or anyone who commented in time, can appeal the council's decision within four weeks.
    • What the land is zoned for (Zoning objective): The council's development plan sets what each area is for: homes, shops, open space and so on.
    Sources and licences 33
    SourcePublisherLicenceFetched
    EPA strategic noise maps—CC BY 4.0—
    Fingal County Council—CC BY 4.0—
    Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council development plan layers (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
    National Transport Authority—CC BY 4.0—
    services-eu1.arcgis.comAn Coimisiún PleanálaCC BY 4.023 Oct 2026
    data.nbco.gov.ieNational Building Control Office (BCMS)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
    data.gov.ieVarious (see each layer)CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.027 Sept 2026
    gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.comOffice of Public WorksCC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · flag only11 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Inventory of Architectural HeritageCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    gis.epa.ieEnvironmental Protection AgencyCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comNational Monuments Service (SMR)CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    dlrcoco.citizenspace.comLocal authorities (consultation portals)Public26 Oct 2026
    www2.courts.ie—© the publisher25 Oct 2026
    cso.ie—CC BY 4.0—
    dartplus.ie project extents over NTA GTFS rail shapes (CC BY 4.0)—CC BY 4.0—
    services-eu1.arcgis.comLocal authorities (derelict sites registers)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDublin local authorities (housing delivery pipeline)CC BY 4.019 Oct 2026
    esbnetworks.ie—© the publisher · flag only11 Sept 2026
    overpass-api.deOpenStreetMap contributors, NHDS, Kildare County CouncilODbL 1.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    transportforireland.ieNational Transport AuthorityCC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    lda.ieLand Development AgencyCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    meetings.fingal.ieLocal authorities (council meetings)Public26 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comDepartment of Housing (National Planning Application Database)CC BY 4.026 Oct 2026
    organisationsPlanning Register (derived from applications and the CRO register)Derived by Planning Register25 Oct 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comTailte ÉireannCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026
    services-eu1.arcgis.comCSO, Tailte Éireann, OpenStreetMap contributorsCC BY 4.04 Oct 2026
    propertypriceregister.ieProperty Services Regulatory Authority (PPR)© PSRA, PSI licence26 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities (RZLT maps)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of EducationCC BY 4.027 Sept 2026
    gov.ieDepartment of HousingCC BY-SA 4.023 Oct 2026
    tusla.ieTusla (Early Years Inspectorate)Public register21 Oct 2026
    services.arcgis.comLocal authorities via the Department of Housing (GZT / MyPlan)CC BY 4.025 Oct 2026
    Measured
    counted from a public register
    Calculated
    a rate or median we worked out from those counts
    Our classification
    we sorted it by reading each description
    Estimate
    inferred from another source (census, map data)
    Rule summary
    the law, simplified: check before relying on it
    How we work this out
    Generated 26 Oct 2026, 08:40 from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live. Not a legal search: the council's planning file is the record. Deadlines come from published dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000: confirm with the council before relying on them. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors; building outlines © Overture Maps Foundation. The text version carries every figure with its source, for an AI assistant.