Local Electoral Area · Dublin City Council

Construction leads in South West Inner City

293 planning applications and commencement notices in South West Inner City in the last twelve months, across 14 electoral divisions. 215 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Dublin planning register and the national building control register.

293
Leads, 12 months
215
On site now
€528m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in South West Inner City, on the map

Pro opens the map filtered to this area: every site pinned, scored and sized, with the area shading, trade filters and alerts for new filings.

Top trades in South West Inner City

The work the last twelve months of filings call for, by trade.

Electrical
247 leads
Plumbing & Heating
236 leads
Flooring
233 leads
Painting & Decorating
233 leads
Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining
233 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
219 leads
Windows & Glazing
183 leads
Roofing
182 leads

The housing stock in South West Inner City

18,080 households in Census 2022, set against the national figure (the dark tick). Older homes on oil and solid fuel are where retrofit demand sits.

Age and occupancy

Built before 198046.5%Ireland 41.7%
Built before 191918.9%Ireland 8.6%
Built 2011 or later6.8%Ireland 7.9%
Vacant homes9.6%Ireland 7.7%
Holiday homes0.2%Ireland 3.2%

Central heating fuel

Oil1.5%Ireland 40.9%
Mains gas51.3%Ireland 34.5%
LPG0.1%Ireland 0.7%
Electric43.4%Ireland 12.4%
Solid fuel (coal, peat, wood)0.4%Ireland 9.4%
Other fuel0.4%Ireland 1%
No central heating2.8%Ireland 1.2%
Renewable energy source6.8%Ireland 25.7%

Tenure

Owner occupied30.4%Ireland 68.9%
Private rented47.3%Ireland 18.8%
Social rented21%Ireland 10.4%
Pobal deprivation score
+4.77

Relative affluence above the national average (0). A household-weighted mean of Electoral Division scores. Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022, CC BY 4.0.

Source: CSO Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Shares are rolled up from each electoral division, weighted by households (dwellings for vacancy).

Recent planning applications in South West Inner City

  1. Unit 3 Southgate, Cork Street, Dublin 8
    Amendments to the granted permission (Ref. 5160/22), consisting of (i) Provision of a coffee element ancillary to the restaurant use…
    Lodged
    WEB3476/26Received 8 Oct 2026Decision due 2 Dec 2026
  2. 1, Reuben Avenue, Rialto, Dublin 8
    Proposed single storey side & rear extensions plus attic conversion with dormer roof to rear roof slope and two velux rooflights to front roof slope…
    Lodged
    WEB3483/26Received 8 Oct 2026Decision due 2 Dec 2026
  3. The Libertine Junction 57 Clanbrassil Street Lower & South Circular Road Dublin 8 D08HC79
    Planning permission and retention planning permission for development which will consist of the following alternations to previously permitted development…
    Lodged
    WEB3454/26Received 5 Oct 2026Decision due 27 Nov 2026
  4. The Libertine junction, 57 Clanbrassil Street Lower, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 HC79
    Planning permission and retention planning permission for development which will consist of the following alternations to previously permitted development…
    Closed
    WEB3432/26Received 2 Oct 2026Decision due 26 Nov 2026
  5. Unit 3, Southgate, Cork Street, Dublin 8
    Amendments to the granted permission (Ref. 5160/22), consisting of (i) Provision of a coffee element ancillary to the restaurant use…
    Closed
    WEB3441/26Received 2 Oct 2026Decision due 26 Nov 2026
  6. Lands at Canal House, 563-567 South Circular Road, D08 NV27 and associated works to the adjacent public roads along Rothe Abbey Road and South Circular Road, Dublin 8
    Provision of a total of 103no. residential apartment units. Particulars of the development comprise as follows…
    Closed
    WEBLRD6101/26-S3Received 2 Oct 2026Decision due 26 Nov 2026
  7. Bellevue Mill, 765 South Circular Road, Dublin 8
    Development comprising works to Bellevue Mill, 765 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 PE89…
    Closed
    WEB3422/26Received 1 Oct 2026Decision due 25 Nov 2026
  8. Nos. 1, 1a, and 2 Usher Street, Dublin 8 and Nos. 29/30 Ushers Quay, Dublin 8 (Eircodes D08 YY11 and D08 VYX7), D08 YY11
    Development to amend a previously permitted hotel scheme (Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 2409/20 (ABP Ref. ABP-308627-20)…
    Lodged
    WEB3397/26Received 29 Sept 2026Decision due 23 Nov 2026
  9. 499 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 Y4XT
    Part single-storey, part 2 storey rear extension to provide dining, sitting, kitchen at ground level & bedroom at first floor. Works include minor internal…
    Lodged
    WEB3400/26Received 29 Sept 2026Decision due 23 Nov 2026
  10. Energy Centre, St. James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, D08 NHY1
    Modifications to the existing Mount Brown boundary treatment adjacent to the St. James’s Hospital Energy Centre. The proposed works comprise…
    Lodged
    WEB3383/26Received 28 Sept 2026Decision due 20 Nov 2026
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Who is building in South West Inner City

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

  1. 1National College of Art and Design6 applications
  2. 2E.W.R Cromwellsfort Limited5 applications
  3. 3Baskin Projects Limited5 applications
  4. 4PI Hotels & Restaurants Ireland Limited4 applications
  5. 5Rounded Resources Ltd4 applications
  6. 6Summix FRC Developments Limited4 applications
  7. 7Peninsula Suite Property Holdings Limited4 applications
  8. 8Project Maurice Limited4 applications

Electoral divisions in South West Inner City

  • Kilmainham B
  • Kilmainham C
  • Merchants Quay A
  • Merchants Quay B
  • Merchants Quay C
  • Merchants Quay D
  • Merchants Quay E
  • Merchants Quay F
  • Ushers A
  • Ushers B
  • Ushers C
  • Ushers D
  • Ushers E
  • Ushers F

Lead figures count planning applications and commencement notices received in the last twelve months inside this area's boundary; pipeline value is the estimated build value behind them. Applicant names of private individuals are never shown; organisations only. Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann National Statistical Boundaries 2022, CC BY 4.0.

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