RefusedHousing estateDecided 6 January 2016

Mount Carmel Park, Firhouse, Dublin 24

Construction of 72 residential units within the curtilage of a Protected Structure.

SD15A/0336 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 11 November 2015

Reference: SD15A/0336
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 11 November 2015
Residential units: 72
Floor area: 10405 m²

Summary

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The proposed development consists of 72 dwelling units, including 22 houses, 42 apartments, and 8 duplexes. The site is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure and includes the transfer of land to public ownership.

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Official record

Development description

Residential development consisting of 72 dwelling units including vehicular access from firhouse road, all associated site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, 106 car parking spaces, landscaping and public open space, boundary walls and fences, roads, cyclepaths and footpaths all on a site area of appoximately 2.3 hectares. The site is within the curtilage of a protected structure (rps reference 284). The development consists of 22 no. 2 storey 2 bed and 3 bed semi-detached houses, 8 corner blocks comprising 24 no. 3 storey 2 bed apartment units with balconies and 8 no. 2 storey 3 bed duplex units and 2 blocks comprising 18 no. 3 storey 1 bed& 2 bed apartments as follows: (a) 18 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (house type b); (b) 4 no. 2 bed semi-detached houses (house type a); (c) 24 no. 2 bed corner apartments (apartment type 02, 03, 04); (d) 8 no. 3 bed corner duplex units (apartment type 01); (e) 6 no. 1 bed apartments (apartment type 02); (f) 12 no. 2 bed apartments (apartment type 01,03,04). The proposal also includes the provision of approximately 0.7 hectares of land to the north of the subject site boundary to be transferred into public ownership as part of the dodder valley public open space. All this on a site adjacent to the carmel of the assumption convent, firhouse road and to the west of the residential development at mount carmel park, dublin 24.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

HA-DVHA

“To protect and enhance the outstanding character and amenity of the Dodder Valley”

National zoning type: Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
21 Mount Carmel Park, Firhouse Tallaght, Dublin 24	Sept 2025	€450,000	124 m
12 Mount Carmel Park, Firhouse, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€462,000	163 m
15a Mount Carmel Park, Firhouse, Dublin 24	Mar 2026	€525,000	170 m
7 Homeville Court, Knocklyon, Dublin 16	Jun 2025	€393,000	251 m
13 Monalea Wood, Firhouse Rd, Dublin 24	Aug 2025	€721,000	289 m
62a Monalea Wood, Firhouse Rd, Firhouse Dublin 24	Nov 2025	€710,000	291 m
6 Taoibh Na Coille, Ballycullen Rd, Knocklyon Dublin 16	May 2025	€626,000	306 m
3 Taobh Na Coille, Old Knocklyon Road, Knocklyon Dublin 16	Jun 2026	€551,000	313 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

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Application received11 November 2015
Decision due14 January 2016
Decision issued6 January 2016
Appeal submitted4 February 2016
Appeal decided2 June 2016
Permission expiry4 June 2016

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