GrantedHousing estateDecided 15 October 2025

Woodtown, Ballycullen, Dublin 16.

Construction of 502 residential units and a creche in Ballycullen.

LRD25A/0003W · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 22 August 2025

Reference: LRD25A/0003W
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 22 August 2025

Summary

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The proposed development consists of 502 residential units, comprising 197 two-storey houses and 305 apartments across 28 blocks of three and four storeys. The project also includes a 475 sqm creche, public open space, car and bicycle parking, and associated site works.

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Residential units: 502
Storeys: 4
Floor area: 475 m²

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development will consist of 502 no. Residential units (108no. 1-bed, 170no. 2-bed, 162 no. 3-bed; 62 no. 4-bed) comprising 197no. 2 storey houses (terraced/semi-detached/detached) (19no. 2-bed, 116no. 3-bed; 62no. 4-bed) and 28no. 3 and 4 storey simplex/duplex apartment blocks providing 305no. Apartments (108no. 1-bed apartments, 151no. 2-bed apartments, 46no. 3-bed apartments). The proposed development also includes a creche (c. 475sq. M), public open space, car parking (surface/undercroft), bicycle parking, bicycle storage structures and lockers, bin stores, and 8no. Esb substations. Vehicular access to be provided from the existing spur road connection to stocking avenue to the west of the site, and via stocking wood drive to the east of the site (with relocation of existing esb substation and associated works to the existing hammerhead). Additional pedestrian only routes will be provided into abbot's grove park and stocking wood copse with future connections provided for into stocking wood manor, white pines park and the future school site to the north of the application site. The proposed development includes all associated site development works (including site reprofiling, retaining structures and downing of esb overhead lines), landscaping, boundary treatments and services provision the lands are located to the east of abbots grove park, south-east of abbots grove avenue, south of stocking avenue and stocking wood estate and west of white pines park.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RES-NR1

“To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

Objective set by the South Dublin 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

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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
37 Stocking Wood Copse, Rathfarnham Dublin 16, Dublin	Sept 2025	€529,500	79 m
23 Stockingwood Copse, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16	Aug 2025	€630,000	114 m
15 Stocking Wood Copse, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16	Jun 2025	€615,000	137 m
5 Stocking Wood Rise, Stocking Ave, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	Jun 2026	€581,000	150 m
7 Stockingwood Copse, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16	Jun 2025	€730,000	160 m
Apt 4, Stocking Well Row, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	Sept 2025	€362,000	210 m
2 Stocking Wood Drive, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16	Jun 2025	€636,000	226 m
4 Stocking Wood Dr, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16	Jan 2026	€670,000	231 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 received22 August 2025
Decision due15 October 2025
Decision issued15 October 2025
Appeal submitted11 November 2025
Appeal decided9 March 2026

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