InvalidApartmentsDecided 17 May 2024

The townlands of Cork Little and Shanganagh, Shankill, Co. Dublin

Construction of 479 homes and a neighbourhood centre in Shankill.

LRD24A/0334/WEB · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 14 May 2024

Reference: LRD24A/0334/WEB
Authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission (LRD)
Received: 14 May 2024

Summary

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This Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) Phase 2 consists of 479 dwellings, including houses, duplexes, and apartments, alongside a neighbourhood centre. The buildings will range from 1 to 7 storeys in height.

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Residential units: 479
Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development is referred to as woodbrook phase 2 and consists of 479no. Dwellings in a mixture of terraced and semi-detached houses, duplexes and apartments and a neighbourhood centre, ranging in height from 1
7 storeys as follows
320no. Apartment units and 30no. Duplex units are accommodated in 9no. Buildings 2
7 storeys in height comprising: - block f: 26no. 1-bedroom apartments, 40no. 2-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 3 to 5-storey apartment block and 3no. 2-bedroom duplex units accommodated in a 2-storey terrace (69no. Units in total). Block h: 3no. 1-bedroom apartments, 12no. 2-bedroom apartments and 17no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 4 to 5-storey apartment block (32no. Units in total). Block j: 9no. 2-bedroom duplex units, 9no. 3-bedroom duplex units and 3no. 3-bed apartments accommodated in 1no. 4-storey apartment block (21no. Units in total). Block l: 6no. 2-bedroom duplex units and 3no. 3-bed simplex units accommodated in 1no. 3-storey apartment block (9no. Units in total). Block k: 6no. 1-bedroom apartments and 26no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 5-storey apartment block (32no. Units in total). Block m: 7no. 1-bedroom apartments and 10no. 2-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 3 to 4-storey apartment block (17no. Units in total). Block n: 7no. 1-bedroom apartments and 17no. 2-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 4 to 5-storey apartment block (24no. Units in total). Block p1: 16no. 1-bedroom apartments, 9no. 2-bedroom apartments and 19no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 3-6 storey apartment block (44no. Units in total). Block p2: 45no. 1-bedroom apartments, 33no. 2-bedroom apartments and 24no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 5 to 7-storey apartment block (102no. Units in total); 24no. 3-bedroom courtyard duplex units accommodated in 3no. 2-storey terraces. Private patios / terraces or balconies are provided for all duplexes and apartments. Dedicated communal open space areas are provided to serve each duplex and apartment block; 105no. 2-3-storey houses consisting of 63no. 3-bedroom houses and 42no. 4-bedroom houses. Private rear gardens / patios / terraces are provided for all houses; 3no. Retail units (a total of c. 798 sq. M), 1no. Café / restaurant unit (c. 205 sq. M) and a community resource area (c. 140 sq. M) are provided within the proposed mixed use neighbourhood centre (blocks f and g). Block g is a single storey pavilion building comprising of the café / restaurant; all associated and ancillary site development, infrastructural, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works, including: - significant new public realm at the neighbourhood centre including a diagonal pedestrian street between blocks f & g aligned with st. James’s church (a protected structure) and an adjacent new pocket park or ‘village green’; pedestrian connection (ramp and steps) to the rear of st. James’s (crinken) church property (a protected structure) and associated localised removal of existing common blockwork wall boundary and its replacement with new boundary treatment comprising railings and a controlled access gate; 388no. Car parking spaces (including 330no. Allocated resident spaces, 30no. Visitor spaces, 22no. Retail spaces, 4no. Esb spaces and 2no. Go-car spaces); 977no. Bicycle parking spaces (including 747no. Allocated resident spaces, 182no. Visitor spaces and 48no. Non-residential spaces); 19no. Motorcycle parking spaces; bins and bicycle stores; plant rooms provided at ground floor level and additional plant provided at roof level (including pv panels) of apartment blocks; provision of telecommunications infrastructure at roof level of block p including shrouds, antennas and microwave link dishes (18no. Antennas enclosed in 9no. Shrouds and 6no. Transmission dishes, together with all associated equipment); a pedestrian / cyclist bridge in the northwest corner of the site to provide connection to shanganagh public park. Vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access to serve the proposed development will continue to be provided from r119 (old dublin road) via woodbrook avenue permitted under abp ref. Abp-305844-19 (woodbrook phase
With an enhanced network of pedestrian and cycle routes across the development. This development also comprises amendments to permitted site development works at woodbrook phase 1 (abp ref. Abp-305844-19 refers), including: - revisions to the western ‘green axis’ linear park to create a new hard and soft landscaped civic plaza adjacent to the neighbourhood centre retail units, including significant paving, tree planting, provision of ‘rain gardens’ and amendments to permitted underground attenuation; revisions to the western ‘green axis’ linear park north of the neighbourhood centre to provide a new dedicated childrens playground and adjacent kickabout space and other alterations including adjustment to the alignment and widening of the permitted combined pedestrian / cycle path, amendments to permitted underground attenuation and the partial culverting of an existing ditch; adjustments to road levels on woodbrook close and the minor adjustments to the car parking layout and pedestrian / cycle route and associated changes to landscaping layout including new pedestrian connection (ramp and steps) to the rear of st. James’s (crinken) church property (a protected structure); adjustments along woodbrook avenue to cater for revised locations for internal road connections to facilitate the proposed development and connections to existing water services (wastewater, surfacewater and water supply); adjustments to the permitted underground attenuation adjacent to permitted block a (landmark building). All within a development area of 7.62 ha which forms part of a wider application site of 27.12 ha. An environmental impact assessment report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. The application and environmental impact assessment report may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of dún laoghaire rathdown county council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www. Woodbrookphase2. Com

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Objective A1RS

“A1 To provide for new residential communities and Sustainable Neighbourhood Infrastructure in accordance with approved local area plans”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

Objective set by the COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
40 Woodbrook Place, Woodbrook, Shankillprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€528,634	217 m
40 Woodbrook View, Shankillprice excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€704,846	217 m
15 Woodbrook View, Woodbrook, Dublin Roadprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€770,925	218 m
38 Woodbrook Place, Woodbrook, Shankillprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€465,850	220 m
38 Woodbrook View, Woodbrook, Shankillprice excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€704,846	220 m
36 Woodbrook Place, Woodbrook, Shankillprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€493,392	223 m
36 Woodbrook Court, Shankillprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€376,106	223 m
36 Woodbrook View, Shankillprice excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€704,846	223 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

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

Timeline

Application received14 May 2024
Decision due8 July 2024
Decision issued17 May 2024

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