GrantedHousing estateDecided 10 March 2025

Woodside, Swords, Co Dublin

Construction of 34 residential dwellings, including a four-storey apartment block and 10 houses in Swords.

PARTXI/006/24 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 27 November 2024

Reference: PARTXI/006/24
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Received: 27 November 2024

Summary

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Fingal County Council proposes a development of 34 residential units at Woodside, Swords. The scheme will consist of 24 apartments in a four-storey block and 10 two-storey houses, along with private and public open spaces, car parking, and bicycle stores.

Housing estateapartmentssocial housingcouncil housing

Residential units: 34
Storeys: 4

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Development description

Proposed development of 34 no. Residential dwellings and all associated site works. In accordance with part xi of the planning and development act 2000 (as amended) and part 8 of the planning and development regulations 2001 (as amended), fingal county council hereby gives notice of the proposed works to be carried out on a site measuring approx. 0.57 hectares at woodside, swords, co. Dublin. The nature and extent of the proposed development is as follows: the construction of a new development of 34 no. Residential dwellings, including 24 no. Apartments arranged within a four storey high block (9 no. 1-beds, 15 no. 2-beds) and 10 no. Two-storey dwelling houses (5 no. Semi-detached 3-bed houses, 4 no. Terraced 2-bed houses and 1 no. Semi-detached 2-bed house). The proposed development also includes for private open space for each residential dwelling in the form of rear gardens, terraces or balconies; communal amenity spaces, public open space, car parking (including accessible spaces and ev charging spaces) and bicycle parking (including bicycle stores), motorcycle parking, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, signage, vehicular access from the r106 and pedestrian access from clifford’s lane, connections to existing services and all ancillary/enabling site development works. The plans and particulars of the proposed development will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy from wednesday 27th november 2024 up to and including thursday 02nd january 2025 during office opening hours (monday to thursday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and friday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm) at the following locations
Fingal county council, county hall, main street, swords, co. Dublin, k67 x8y2
Fingal county council, civic offices, grove road, blanchardstown, dublin 15, d15 w638 the plans and particulars of the proposed development can also be inspected online at http://consult. Fingal. Ie/en/browse submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the development would be situated, may be made as follows; online: via the council’s consultation portal http://consult. Fingal. Ie/en/browse up to and including friday 17th january 2025. Or by post: in writing addressed to director of housing and community development, housing department, fingal county council, civic offices, grove road, blanchardstown, dublin 15, d15 w638. Submissions or observations can be made from wednesday 27th november 2024 and must be received before 11:59 pm on friday 17th january 2025. Note: please make your submission by one medium only. The proposed development has undergone screening for environmental impact assessment under the eia directive 2011/92/eu as amended by directive 2014/52/eu (and the relevant provisions of the planning and development act 2000 (as amended) and the planning and development regulations 2001 (as amended) and fingal county council has determined that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and that an environmental impact assessment is not required. Any person may, within 4 weeks from the date of this notice, apply in accordance with the provisions of article 120 of the planning and development regulations 2001 (as amended) to an bord pleanála for a screening determination as to whether the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment. In addition, the proposed development has undergone screening for appropriate assessment and fingal county council has determined that following an examination, analysis and evaluation of all relevant information, on the basis of objective information and in view of best scientific knowledge and applying the precautionary principle, the proposed development either individually or in combination with other plans and projects, and in the absence of mitigation, is not likely to have a significant effect on any european site(s), in view of the sites conservation objectives, and that there is no reasonable scientific doubt in relation to this conclusion. All the issues that are raised in submissions and observations to the council in regard to this development, including the response of the chief executive thereto, will form part of the statutory report to be presented to the monthly meeting of fingal county council. The statutory report will list the persons or bodies who made submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development in accordance with regulations made under part xi of the planning and development act as amended. The minutes of that meeting including the statutory report will appear on the council’s website. Details including the names of those making submissions and observations may also be shared with relevant council departments and agents working on their behalf

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Application received27 November 2024
Decision due11 March 2025
Decision issued10 March 2025

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