Local Electoral Area · Dublin City Council

Construction leads in South West Inner City

304 planning applications and commencement notices in South West Inner City in the last twelve months, across 14 electoral divisions. 210 sites are on site right now. Updated weekly from the Dublin planning register and the national building control register.

304
Leads, 12 months
210
On site now
€533m
Pipeline value
Boundary: CSO / Tailte Eireann 2022
Every lead in South West Inner City, on the map

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Top trades in South West Inner City

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

Electrical
260 leads
Plumbing & Heating
247 leads
Flooring
245 leads
Painting & Decorating
245 leads
Plastering, Rendering & Dry Lining
245 leads
Carpentry & Joinery
230 leads
Windows & Glazing
197 leads
Roofing
194 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. 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…
    Lodged
    WEB3432/26Received 2 Oct 2026Decision due 26 Nov 2026
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 11, Saint John's Street, Dublin 8
    Retention of a timber entry gate positioned on the exterior wall at the front north elevation adjacent to the public path and requesting planning permission…
    Lodged
    5227/26Received 25 Sept 2026Decision due 19 Nov 2026
  7. Office Block B, Hyde Square, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
    CHANGE OF USE: The development will consist of the change of use of the ground floor and first floor only of the existing office premises to provide up to 7…
    Lodged
    WEB2700/26Received 25 Sept 2026Decision due 1 Sept 2026
  8. 15, Reuben Street, Rialto, Dublin 8
    RETENTION: The development consists of the retention of a) a single storey flat roof sun room extension and b) a single storey flat roof kitchen extension…
    Lodged
    WEB3370/26Received 25 Sept 2026Decision due 19 Nov 2026
  9. Bellevue Mill, 765 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 PE89
    Development comprising works to Bellevue Mill, 765 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 PE89…
    Closed
    WEB3345/26Received 23 Sept 2026Decision due 17 Nov 2026
  10. land at side of 31 Reuben Avenue (D08 E9E4), and rear of 29 Church Avenue South (D08 P2P7)
    Changes to the previously approved development of a one off house, ref WEB2483/25…
    Lodged
    WEB3355/26Received 23 Sept 2026Decision due 17 Nov 2026
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Who is building in South West Inner City

The organisations behind the most applications in this area.

  1. 1E.W.R Cromwellsfort Limited5 applications
  2. 2Baskin Projects Limited5 applications
  3. 3Peninsula Suite Property Holdings Limited4 applications
  4. 4Project Maurice Limited4 applications
  5. 5Land Development Agency4 applications
  6. 6National College of Art and Design4 applications
  7. 7PI Hotels & Restaurants Ireland Limited4 applications
  8. 8Rounded Resources Ltd4 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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