South Dublin County Council grants permission for 75-home scheme at White Pines, Stocking Avenue, 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 29 April 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.

Construction of 75 no. residential units in a mix of apartments, terraced housing and duplex apartment units comprising; an apartment building (Block A, c. 2,518 sq. m GFA), varying in height between 3 and 4 storeys and comprising 29 no. units (18 no. 1 bed units and 11 no. 2 bed units). A 3-storey duplex apartment building (Block B, c. 792 sq.m GFA) comprising 8 no. units (4 no. 2-bed, single storey apartments and 4 no. 3-bed, 2 storey duplex units). 38 no. terraced houses, with a mix of 24 no. 2 storey, 2 bed units and 14 no. 2 storey, 3 bed units. The development will also provide 85 no. car parking spaces (including 17 no EV spaces and 4 no. accessible spaces) and 84 no. cycle parking spaces. The main vehicular access to the scheme will be from Stocking Avenue, via White Pines Dale with 3 no. access points along the southern boundary of the site. An additional emergency vehicular access point will also be provided from Stocking Avenue, to the northeast of the site, facilitating access for emergency vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. There will be an additional 3 no. pedestrian / cyclist access points from Stocking Avenue and 1 no. pedestrian / cyclist access points from White Pines Park on the western boundary of the site. The proposed development will also include piped infrastructure, 1 no. ESB sub station, public lighting, bin stores, green roofs on apartment buildings, rooftop PV panels on block A, boundary treatments and provision of public and private open space including hard and soft landscaping and all other associated site development works above and below ground level.