South Dublin County Council grants permission for 886-home scheme at south-west of Lucan, Co. Dublin

In context

It is one of 64 housing scheme applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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 24 November 2025. 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.

This Application is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014 (as amended) and relates to Phase 2 of development within the 'Adamstown Boulevard Development Area' (Development Area 10) of the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone. The proposed development will principally consist of the construction of 886 No. residential dwellings (39 No. studios, 413 No. 1-bed, 394 No. 2-bed and 40 No. 3-bed) set out in 13 No. buildings (arranged in blocks identified as Nos. 1-9) ranging in height from 3 No. to 9 No. storeys, with a single-storey podium/under croft car park area connecting Blocks 5, 6 and 7. Of the 886 No. units: 840 No. are apartment dwellings, comprised of 39 No. studios, 390 No. 1-bed, 394 No. 2-bed and 17 No. 3-bed; and 46 No. are duplex dwellings, comprised of 23 No. 1-bed and 23 No. 3-bed. The overall development extends to 77,515 sq. m gross floor area, which includes the podium/under croft car park area of 5,456 sq. m gross floor area. The development will also include: 2 No. internal resident communal amenity spaces in Blocks 1 and 9 (totalling 397 sq. m); alterations to the existing 'Farmer's Access Bridge' including changes to bracings and structural supports to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian movements, landscaping and 2 No. cycle stores; vehicular junctions and internal road, cycle and pedestrian network; 357 No. car parking spaces, of which 182 No. are on-street/at-grade and 175 No. are proposed in the podium/under croft car park area at Blocks 5, 6 and 7; 7 No. vehicular set down bays; bus stand; cycle parking (including 5 No. as standalone single-storey plant and cycle store buildings, and 2 No. as cycle stores beneath the 'Farmer's Access Bridge'); plant, including at rooftop; bin storage areas; hard and soft landscaping, including boundary treatments; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all aspects); boundary treatments; public lighting; 6 No. sub-stations (including 1 No. as a double sub-station); rooftop lift overruns; rooftop PV arrays; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.