South Dublin County Council grants permission for 350-home scheme at Finnstown, Adamstown, Co. Dublin

In context

It is one of 66 housing scheme applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 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 28 November 2023. 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 350 No. residential apartment units (6 No. studios, 169 No. 1-bed and 175 No. 2-bed) set out in 3 No. blocks (A, B, C) ranging in height from 1 No. to 7 No. storeys. The development will also include: internal residential amenity space (Block A); vehicular junctions and internal road, cycle and pedestrian network; minor alterations to the south-east junction with Adamstown Way (previously permitted under Aderrig Phase 1 (Reg. Ref. SDZ20A/0017) adjacent to the planned Central Boulevard Amenity Area; 210 No. car parking spaces; cycle parking (including standalone cycle store at Block C); bin storage areas; plant (inc. standalone plant buildings at Blocks B and C); hard and soft landscaped areas including public, communal and private open space areas (with balconies and terraces facing all aspects); boundary treatments; public lighting; 3 No. sub-stations; rooftop PV arrays; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.