GrantedHousing estateDecided 24 July 2023

Glencairn, Murphystown Way, Dublin 18

Extension of duration for a strategic housing development of 341 residential units and a childcare facility.

ABP30258018/E · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 4 July 2023

Reference: ABP30258018/E
Authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Extension Of Duration Of Permission
Received: 4 July 2023

Summary

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An extension of duration is sought for a strategic housing development on a 9.59-hectare site. The project involves demolishing an existing house to build 243 apartments across six buildings and 98 houses, alongside a 300 sq.m. childcare facility.

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Residential units: 341

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Development description

Permission for a strategic housing development seeks to demolish an existing house and outbuildings on site and provide for the construction of 341 no. Residential units, a childcare facility with a gfa of 300 sq. M. , associated internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths, open space, and all associated site and infrastructural works. The application site has an overall area of c. 9.59 hectares. The residential component of the development consists of 243 no. Apartments and 98 no. Houses, to be provided as follows: 45 no. 1-bed apartments; 174 no. 2-bed apartments; 24 no. 3-bed apartments;39 no. 3 storey, 4-bed (type a1) houses; 7 no. 3 storey, 4-bed (type a2) houses; 3 no. 3 storey, 5-bed (type a3) houses; 14 no. 2 storey, 3-bed (type b1) houses; 3 no. 2 storey with dormer, 4-bed (type b2) houses; 17 no. 2 storey, 3-bed (type c1) houses; 1 no. 2 storey, 3-bed (type c2) houses; 4 no. 2 storey, 3-bed (type c3) house; 2 no. 2 storey, 5-bed (type d1) houses; and 8 no. 2 storey, 5-bed (type d2) houses. The 243 no. Apartments are proposed to be provided within 6 no. Apartment buildings of 4 and 5 no. Storeys in height, including undercroft basements, 1 no. 4 storey apartment building (with childcare facility at ground floor level) and adjacent surface car parking, and a 2 no. Storey apartment building with adjacent surface parking. The houses consist of 2 and 3 storey terraced, semi-detached and detached dwellings. Bin and cycle storage areas are proposed within the apartment blocks and bin stores are proposed for the houses. A location for a recycling bring bank, 3 no. Electricity sub-stations and a dri unit for gas services are proposed for the site. The proposal seeks to relocate the entrance portal (including the entrance railings, piers, archways and gates), from the existing location at the entrance to the site, to a new location within the site in closer proximity to the permitted new entrance to glencairn house (new entrance and boundary wall to glencairn house permitted under reg. Reg. : d17a/0913). A new entrance arrangement is to be provided at the existing entrance portal location. The proposal includes landscaping, car parking, and boundary treatments within the curtilage of the existing gate lodge (no works proposed to gate lodge building). The application site includes the ruins of murphystown castle (recorded monument ref. No. Du023-025), which are located towards the western boundary of the site, and which are to be incorporated into an open space amenity area. A total of 519 no. Car parking spaces are proposed, which includes 289 no. Basement and 230 no. Surface level spaces. A total of 24 no. Motorcycle parking spaces are proposed. The development provides a total of 530 no. Cycle parking spaces. The associated site and infrastructural works include tie-ins to existing infrastructure, foul and surface water drainage, attenuation tanks, open space including playground, cycle stores / spaces, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, internal roads, cyclepaths and footpaths. The proposal includes for access to and improvements to the greenway to the south and to murphystown way to the west of the application site. Website set up by the applicant: www. Glencairnshd. Ie note: please be advised that the an bord pleanála has received a request in accordance with section 146b to alter proposed alterations to the permitted development. An bord pleanála reference: abp-305174-19 planning authority reference: abp30258018/a1

Land-use zoning

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Objective ARS

“A To provide residential development and improve residential amenity while protecting the existing residential amenities”

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
8 Woodward Court, Glencairn Gate, Leopardstownprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€414,733	164 m
Apartment 40, Woodward Court, Woodward Placeprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€621,282	178 m
Apartment 44, Woodward Court, Woodward Placeprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€458,286	178 m
13 Woodward Court, Woodward Placeprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€440,500	178 m
Apartment 32, Woodward Court, Woodward Placeprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€440,665	178 m
Apartment 2, Woodward Court, Woodward Placeprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€370,181	178 m
Apt. 53 Woodward Court, Glencairn Gate, Murphystown Wayprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€679,503	178 m
Apartment 42, Woodward Court, Woodward Placeprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€490,884	178 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

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Application received4 July 2023
Decision due31 July 2023
Decision issued24 July 2023

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