479-home scheme proposed at Dublin 12, Co. Dublin

In context

It is one of 64 housing scheme applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,621 nationally. Of the 3,060 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to South Dublin County Council until 4 November 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council is due to decide by 26 November 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

How to make a submission

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the South Dublin County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

The proposed Large Scale Residential development will consist of the demolition of warehouse structures, office building and all structures on site, and the construction of a residential-led development arranged across 6 No. blocks ranging in height from 7 to 15 storeys, together with a 3-storey childcare facility at podium level. The development will consist of: 479 No. residential apartments, comprising 27 No. studio units, 203 No. 1-bed units, 35 No. 2-bed/3 persons units, 176 No. 2-bed/4 persons units and 38 No. 3-bed units. The development will also consist of a childcare facility at podium level (c. 618.5 sq m GFA), 6 No. commercial/ retail/ restaurant and café/ enterprise and employment units at ground floor level (c. 2,305 sq m combined GFA). The development will also provide for 2 No. podium levels of car parking (comprising residential spaces, visitor spaces, non-residential spaces and creche spaces) and additional on-street spaces; the provision of bicycle parking, including cargo bicycle spaces and motorcycle parking spaces. Vehicular site access will be from the existing site entrance on Long Mile Road. The proposed development also comprises: all other ancillary site development works to facilitate construction, site services, piped infrastructure, 3 No. sub-stations (in Blocks 1, 3 and 4), plant, PV panels, public lighting, bin stores, bike stores, service yard, set down areas, loading bay, boundary treatments, provision of public, communal and private open space areas (including communal open space at roof level of Block 3), hard and soft landscaping, formal and informal child play spaces, sedum green roofs, SuDS, site services, and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.