Dublin City Council agrees to rezone land for up to 25,000 new homes
Dublin City Council has agreed to rezone land for up to 25,000 new homes in the capital by 2032.
At last night’s special meeting, the Council outlined plans to incorporate the Masterplan for Broombridge-Hamilton in Glasnevin into the City Development Plan in order to achieve the 25,000 units. This suburb, renamed from Ballyboggan, will be a mixed-use area with the capacity for around 8,500 homes.
The Council will also incorporate the City Edge in Kylemore into the City Development Plan, which is currently being developed, and anticipates around 5,300 housing units. The review and potential rezoning of lands in the existing Strategic Development Regeneration Areas in the city will commence at the beginning of next year.
Early findings suggest there could be a boost of between 6,000 and 8,000 housing units. Some vacant and underused Employment and Enterprise lands could be reviewed and possibly rezoned, with initial estimates pointing to a potential yield of 2,000 homes.
The Council’s Acting City Planner outlined the need for housing across Dublin city as an “urgent” situation. They stated it's vital to find a way to “meet the current demands and to cater for our rapidly growing population.”
“The delivery of housing in Dublin is a social and economic imperative for the city and the City Council plays a lead role in delivering on behalf of both existing and future citizens of this city,” the Council representative said. “Through sustainable, plan-led redevelopment and regeneration, we facilitate the creation of sustainable communities for both existing and future populations so that Dubliners can enjoy this city, and the city can not only grow but thrive.”
These rezoning plans have been incorporated into the Dublin City Development Plan for 2022 to 2028, which previously outlined a housing demand of 40,000 housing units. That amounts to 6,690 units per year. However, the Council’s housing strategy reports reveal new dwelling completions for Dublin City amount to 3871 in 2022, 3422 in 2023, 3355 in 2024, and 1852 as of Q2 of 2025.
With land capacity analysis stating approximately 550 hectares of available land, this could provide up to 49,000 residential units. “If you look at targets we are delivering half of the targets we had planned for,” the Deputy City Planner stated.
Updated figures state an increased need of 44,658 units over a six year plan. These shortfalls and increased demand have informed the Council’s decision to incorporate the Broombridge-Hamilton and City Edge in Kylemore plans into the overall Development Plan.
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