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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 09, 2026

QUESTION NO. 40

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive to give an estimate for the delivery of potential housing by LEA on current residential zoned land?

REPLY:

At the October 2025 Council Meeting, the National Planning Framework (NPF) Implementation Report was presented as part of the requirements of the NPF Implementation Guidelines. The report sets out the capacity of the zoned lands in the County from an audit undertaken at that time. The report outlined the basis for the preparation of a proposed variation to the County Development Plan to facilitate delivery of the revised housing targets for South Dublin County set out in the NPF and associated guidelines.

Since the October Council Meeting, three briefings on the progress of the proposed variation have taken place, including on 4 February 2026 in advance of the publication of the proposed variation.

The figures in the attached document reflect the work done in preparation for the proposed variation, updated to reflect changes as construction and completions have advanced to January 2026. In total, lands which are zoned to accommodate residential use have an estimated capacity to deliver, over the long term (up to and beyond 2040), 56,518 residential units throughout the county. 

However, not all of the land is considered deliverable within the timeframes to meet the targets. The report to the Members provided an analysis of the deliverability of the lands during the plan period and following the plan period. This was informed by the infrastructure and the planning assessments, but it also analysed additional factors to understand the potential challenges to delivery. The assessment noted that there was likely to be a shortfall of land suitable to deliver the required targets during the plan period and up to 2030 with further shortfalls after 2030.