RefusedHousing estateDecided 14 November 2024

Within the townlands of ‘Clonard or Folkstown Great’ and ‘Clogheder’, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Construction of 197 homes, open spaces, and retail units in Balbriggan.

LRD0048/S3E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 6 August 2024

Reference: LRD0048/S3E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Received: 6 August 2024

Summary

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This large-scale development comprises 197 dwellings, including houses, townhouses, later living bungalows, maisonettes, apartments, and duplexes. It also features public open spaces, a retail/café unit, and a retail/medical unit to facilitate Phase 4 of the Ladywell lands.

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Residential units: 197
Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of the construction of 197 no. Dwellings ,open space, and ancillary infrastructure will facilitate phase 4 of the lands at ladywell in balbriggan as follows: a) 129 no. Terraced and semi-detached houses comprising 55 no. 2-bedroom houses (2 storey), 67 no. 3-bedroom houses (2 storey) and 7 no. 4-bedroom houses (3 storey) [house types with variants]; b) 18 no. Terraced and semi-detached 3 bedroom townhouse dwellings; 18 no. Later living units (8 no. 1 bedroom & 10 no. 2 bedroom - all bungalows) [house types with variants]; c) 12 no. 1 bedroom maisonettes in 6 no. 2-storey semi-detached buildings, and 4 no. 1 bedroom apartments in a 3-storey building (all apartments with terraces) along with 1 no. Retail/café unit (c. 165 sq. M) and 1 no. Retail/medical unit (c. 185 sq. M) [including 'back of house area' & both units to be able to be sub-divided and amalgamated]; d) 16 no. Duplex apartments (comprising 8 no. 1 bedroom [with terrace] and 8 no. 3 bedroom units) in 4 no. 3 storey buildings; e) public open space c. 0.85 hectares (with an additional c. 0.76 hectares of riparian corridor open space), hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment) and communal/semi-private open space (c. 660 sq. M) for the proposed townhouse, duplex and apartment units; f) vehicular access will be provided via the boulevard road along with the provision of car parking spaces (280 no. ), bicycle parking spaces and all internal roads and footpaths and bicycle and bin stores; g) provision of surface water attenuation measures, (including widening of clonard brook), connection to water supply, provision of foul drainage infrastructure to irish water specifications and all ancillary site development, construction, and landscaping works [and temporary construction access from local road l1130]; h) the proposal will also amend the layout to elements of the shared layout across the permitted phases to include (phase 3a [f21a/0055;abp ref:312048-21] relating to 29 no. Dwellings replaced with 26 no. Dwellings, phase 3b [f22a/0526] relating to layout and phase 3c [f22a/0670] relating to 3 no. Dwellings replaced with 4 no. Dwellings and associated amendments to attenuation (clonard stream) and services. I) provision of signalised upgrade of the junction of boulevard road and the clonard road (r122). An environmental impact assessment report and a natura impact statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and submitted with this lrd application. A dedicated website has been set up for the lrd application which can be viewed at https://folkstownlrd. Ie/ ai received 09/10/24

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RA - Residential AreaR1

“Provide for new residential communities subject to the provision of the necessary social and physical infrastructure”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
12 The Mews, Abbey Meadows, Abbeygatenot full market price · price excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€312,614	53 m
11 The Mews, Abbey Meadows, Abbeygatenot full market price · price excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€388,898	56 m
1 Folkstown Park, Taylor Hill Boulevard, Balbrigganprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€405,286	82 m
8 The Mews, Folkstown Park, Balbriggan	May 2026	€570,000	83 m
2 Folkstown Park, Taylor Hill Boulevard, Balbrigganprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€405,286	86 m
3 Folkstown Park, Taylor Hill Boulevardprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€405,286	97 m
4 Folkstown Park, Taylor Hill Boulevard, Folkstown Parkprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€440,529	105 m
8 The Mews, Abbey Meadows, Abbeygatenot full market price · price excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€289,114	117 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

Timeline

Application received6 August 2024
Decision due3 December 2024
Decision issued14 November 2024
Appeal submitted11 December 2024
Appeal decided27 March 2025

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