Major rezonings proposed in South Dublin

The Government has asked South Dublin County Council to rezone a massive amount of land for rezoning outside of the normal development plan process. Some of this is in land that the Planning Regulator would not let be rezoned four years ago as there was already a sufficient amount of land for housing until 2040 at least.

SDCC has proposed a large number of rezonings within the boundaries of Dublin Mid-West Dáil constituency, a lot of it around Lucan, but also significant amounts elsewhere including Clondalkin, Newcastle, Saggart and Rathcoole. See https://consult.sdublincoco.ie/en/consultation/proposed-variation-no-2-south-dublin-county-development-plan-2022-2028

I will be uploading good quality versions of the maps here in due course with an explanation of all the zonings and what I think of them. In general terms most of them do not make good planning sense, especially in the absence of copper-fastened commitments on community facilities and public transport infrastructure. Our towns are already gridlocked, there is a shortage of childcare places, second-level school options and a reliable bus and rail service.

In the meantime my Council colleague Helen Farrell has done up a very good information piece for the Lucan area rezonings and this can be accessed here: https://www.helenfarrell.com/2026/02/04/rezoning-2026