GrantedHousing estateDecided 15 August 2025

Phoenix Park Racecourse, Castleknock, Dublin 15

Construction of 146 residential units and a creche at the Phoenix Park Racecourse.

LRD0051/S3E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 21 June 2024

Reference: LRD0051/S3E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Received: 21 June 2024

Summary

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This application proposes a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising 74 two-storey houses, a six-storey apartment block with 40 units, and a five-storey apartment block with 32 units. The development also includes a standalone single-storey creche building and associated site works.

Housing estatelrdcrecheapartmentshousing

Residential units: 146
Storeys: 6

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development will consist of a large-scale residential development (lrd) comprising 146 residential units and associated uses comprising: (1) 74no. Two storey 3 and 4 bedroom terraced / semi-detached houses (11253sqm) including 15no. 3 bedroom (type a5) units and 59no. 4 bedroom units (type d4 and d5) and associated parking and private gardens; (2) block 01 (4230sqm) is a 6 storey apartment block with 40no. Apartments (15no. 1 bedroom and 25no. 2 bedroom units) with associated ancillary accommodation and undercroft / at grade parking; (3) block 02 (3545sqm) is a 5 storey apartment block with 32no. Apartments (12no. 1 bedroom and 20no. 2 bedroom units) with associated ancillary accommodation and undercroft / at grade parking; (4) standalone single storey creche building (665sqm) and associated external play area, set down and parking; (5) all associated site and development works associated with the above development including at-grade and undercroft car parking (119 spaces), secure bicycle parking spaces (642no. ), motorcycle spaces (5no. ), pedestrian road crossings, esb substations / switch rooms, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments, surface water and foul drainage connections to existing network. Vehicular access is provided from n3 interchange via phoenix park avenue and bridgemount road as previously permitted under fw18a/0096. Bridgemount road accommodates access two new internal north-south streets and access to private on-curtilage car parking on northern, western and southern site perimeter. 2no. Access points are proposed from phoenix park avenue to the east to serve blocks 01 and
The application is available for inspection at www. Pprp8-lrd. Ie. An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
13 Deerpark Drive, Castleknock, Dublin 15	Jul 2025	€1,450,000	162 m
62 Phoenix Park Avenue, Castleknockprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€823,789	190 m
32 Deerpark Rd, Castleknock, Dublin 15	Jul 2026	€1,480,000	229 m
16 Deerpark Dr, Castleknock, Dublin 15	Jul 2025	€2,600,000	248 m
53 Fairhaven Walk, Castleknock Road, Castleknock	Apr 2025	€830,000	249 m
No. 63 Phoenix Park Avenue, Phoenix Park Racecourse, Castleknockprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€823,789	261 m
66 Phoenix Park Avenue, Castleknock, Dublin 15price excludes VAT	Apr 2026	€823,787	261 m
55 Phoenix Park Avenue, Castleknock, Dublin 15price excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€925,114	261 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 received21 June 2024
Decision due15 August 2025
Decision issued15 August 2025

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