South Dublin County Council grants permission for 71-home scheme at South/South-West of Oldcourt Road, Oldcourt, Co. Dublin

In context

It is one of 66 housing scheme applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 22 January 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

Residential development on a site measuring c. 2.56 hectares within the lands designated for the Ballycullen-Oldcourt Local Area Plan 2014 (as extended) consisting of 71 dwellings comprised of 41 three & four bed, two and three storey, detached, semi-detached and terraced houses and 30 two, three & four bed apartments & duplex units accommodated in 1 two/three storey block and 2 three storey blocks; Access to the proposed development will be from Oldcourt Road via permitted roads infrastructure previously granted permission under Planning Ref.'s SD17A/0468 and SD17A/0041 & PL0&S.249367; The proposed development also includes for car parking, bicycle parking, bin storage, communal open spaces, public open space, pedestrian & cyclist connections, landscaping & boundary treatments, drainage connections, road infrastructure etc. and all associated site development works on a site of c. 2.56 hectares.