GrantedHousing estateDecided 20 March 2015

Scholarstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.

A residential development of 317 homes and a crèche in Rathfarnham.

SD15A/0017 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 26 January 2015

Reference: SD15A/0017
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: Permission
Received: 26 January 2015
Residential units: 317
Floor area: 38667.4 m²

Summary

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A 10-year permission is sought for a large residential development consisting of 247 houses and 70 apartments. The project includes a 223sq.m. crèche, 599 parking spaces, and associated infrastructural works.

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Official record

Development description

10 year permission for a residential development consisting of 317 dwelling units (247 houses and 70 apartments) and 223sq. M. Crèche including two vehicular accesses from scholarstown road and one vehicular access from stocking lane, all associated site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, 599 car parking spaces (534 surface and 65 underground), landscaping and public open space, boundary walls and fences, roads, cyclepaths and footpaths . The development consists of 247 houses (detached, semi-detached, terraced and end-terrace two and three storey units) and 70 apartments (block a, b and c) to be provided as follows: (i) 6no. 2 bed terrace and end terrace houses (type 3c and 3d), (ii) 124 3 bed terrace, end-terrace and semi-detached houses (type 1a, b & c; 3a, b & e and 4a, b & c); (iii) 102 4 bed terrace, end-terrace, semi-detached and detached houses (type 2a, b, c, d & e and type 5); (iv) 15 5 bed detached houses (type 6); (v) 14 1-bed apartments, 51 2-bed apartments and 5 2-bed with study apartments in 3 4 storey apartment blocks (block a, b [both over basement] & c); (vi) a ground floor crèche with a gross floor area of 223sq. M. Within block c all on a site of approx. 9.77 hectares located south of scholarstown road, west of stocking lane, north of ballyboden waterworks and east of woodfield ballyboden.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RESRS

“To protect and/or improve residential amenity”

National zoning type: Existing 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

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 26 April 2018. A completion certificate was lodged on 16 September 2019.

Notified floor area: 143.6 m²

12 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
2 The Walk, Scholarstown Road, Rathfarnham	Jul 2025	€811,000	82 m
13 The Avenue, Scholarstown Wood, Rathfarnham	Apr 2025	€762,000	96 m
9 The Avenue, Scholarstown Wood, Rathfarnham	Aug 2025	€705,000	109 m
11 The Crescent, Scholarstown Wood, Scholarstown Road	Dec 2025	€800,000	152 m
22 The Avenue, Scholarstown Wood, Rathfarnham	May 2026	€730,000	161 m
24 The Avenue Scholarstown Wood, Scholarstown Road, Rathfarnham	Aug 2025	€775,000	172 m
11 The Close, Scholarstown Wood, Scholarstown Road	Sept 2025	€750,000	175 m
30 The Way, Scholarstown Woods, Scholarstown Wood	Apr 2025	€782,000	175 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 received26 January 2015
Decision due22 March 2015
Decision issued20 March 2015
Grant issued12 August 2015
Appeal submitted9 April 2015
Appeal decided12 August 2015
Permission expiry9 August 2015

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