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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor H. Farrell

To ask the Manager for details of all private lands currently zoned for housing where no planning permission has been sought, in the LPNC area.

REPLY:

The South Dublin Housing Supply Monitor tracks the delivery of housing across the county and by neighbourhood area, reflecting the targets set out in the core strategy of the County Development Plan (CDP). Permissions | Housing Supply Monitor

The Lucan Palmerstown North Clondalkin LEAs comprise of Lucan, Adamstown and Palmerstown and part of the Clondalkin, Clonburris and Grange Castle neighbourhood areas in the CDP.

A county-wide land capacity study was carried out for the core strategy leading up to the adoption of the CDP in 2022, indicating availability of 428ha to deliver the target of 15,576 units.  Since that time 7,149 units have been completed across the county up to March 2025, representing delivery of 46% of the current target with the half way point being August 2025.

However, the 428ha did not include lands which were zoned but which were likely to be delivered within parts of the strategic development areas in the longer term (that is, outside the CDP period). These lands were primarily in Clonburris SDZ, Tallaght Local Area Plan lands and City Edge.

The Development Plan identified a total land capacity, including long-term development lands of 990 hectares with capacity to accommodate 42,570 units.

The land capacity within the County is currently being reviewed by the Planning Department in anticipation of new targets being issued by the government in Q2 2025. This review will incorporate the density requirements set out in the Sustainable Residential Development and Compact Settlement Guidelines published in early 2024 and take account of a number of factors including infrastructure delivery, sustainable planning criteria and the land developed to date.

In terms of the LPNC area, there have been 2,187 completions since the adoption of the CDP, with 1,293 units under construction and a further 2,489 permitted but not commenced. On that basis, analysis on initial review suggests that there remains approximately 153 hectares of zoned land for development in the LPNC area where there is no permission yet in place – ownership is not broken down. The significant majority of this is within the two SDZs.  However, the final figures are subject to further analysis as work on the capacity review continues.