South Dublin County Council grants permission for 181-home scheme at Permitted apartment Block E, (currently under construction), Co. Dublin

In context

It is one of 64 housing scheme applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 20 April 2026. 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 relates to development within the Adamstown strategic development zone (SDZ) and is subject to the Adamstown planning scheme 2014, as amended. Planning permission for modifications to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: SDZ24A/0026W, which relates to permitted apartment Block E (currently under construction) at Hallwell within the Tubber Lane Development Area of the Adamstown SDZ, Tubber Lane, Adamstown, Lucan, Co Dublin. The application site is located to the south of Tubber Lane Road in the north-west of the Adamstown SDZ lands, east of the Celbridge Link Road, south of Hallwell Road and north of Shackleton Drive. The site is located in the southern part of the Phase 1 residential development permitted under Reg. Ref.: SDZ17A/0006, as amended under Reg. Ref.: SDZ18A/0005, Reg. Ref.: SDZ19A/0010, and Reg. Ref.: SDZ20A/0006. The proposed development comprises modifications to permitted apartment Block E to provide for 2 no. additional age friendly apartments, and will consist of the following: • Omission of permitted ancillary staff areas, and reduction and reconfiguration of ancillary communal lounge area at ground floor level and provision of 2 no. 1 bedroom apartments at ground floor level; • Minor modifications to the permitted building facades; • Minor modifications to the permitted site layout to facilitate 2 no. additional cycle parking spaces; • All associated modifications to landscaping, foul and surface water drainage, and services necessary to facilitate the development; • All associated site development and ancillary works. The proposed modifications will increase the total number of age friendly apartments within Block E by 2 no., from 22 no. to 24 no., and the total number of residential units within the permitted Phase 1 residential development, as amended, from 179 no. to 181 no. units.