Infill sites on offer as housing market recovers in Dublin

With the housing market in south Dublin well and truly in recovery and infill development sites again in demand, estate agents Kelly Walsh are quoting a guide price of €2.2 million for a well located 5.5 acres with full planning permission for 11 detached homes and garages at Ferndale Wood, off Ferndale Road in Rathmichael, Co Dublin. The same agency is also marketing three other infill sites in Blackrock, Finglas and Navan Road.

Different house types
The Rathmichael land is strategically located close the junction of the M50 and the M11 motorways and adjoins Rathmichael Haven, a mature development of mainly large detached family homes.

The planning permission provides for seven different house types ranging in size from 306sq m (3,293sq ft) to 375sq m (4,036sq ft). Individual sites will vary from 0.32 to 0.45 of an acre. The original planning permission granted in November 2007 was recently extended to 2017. There is an old derelict house on the site.

Another site of 1.2 acres at Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, could possibly fetch in excess of €2 million if it is ends up in retail use. Companies such as Tesco Express and Spar are likely to check out the L-shaped plot which is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Newtownpark Avenue and the new Monkstown ring road. Newtownpark Avenue is the main arterial route to Blackrock village from the N11.

Planning permission
Kelly Walsh is quoting in the region of €1 million for a half an acre site with dual frontage on to the Navan Road and the Nephin Road in Cabra.

Though there is planning permission for a nursing home and apartment scheme, the agents say the site may also suit a petrol filling station considering the high level of passing traffic.

The fourth development opportunity being marketed is a site of 0.523 of an acre in Finglas village which has a guide price of €250,000. The former parochial house attached to St Canice’s Church stood on the site until it was demolished. The site will have access on to Ballygall Road.