GrantedHousing estateDecided 25 May 2017

Lock Road/Newcastle Road (R120), Finnstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Demolition of a gate lodge and construction of 80 residential units in Lucan.

SD16A/0306 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 28 April 2017

Reference: SD16A/0306
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 28 April 2017
Residential units: 80
Floor area: 9183.9 m²

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of an existing single-storey gate lodge to build 80 residential units. This includes 39 two-storey houses, a four-storey apartment block with 33 units, and a three-storey duplex block with 8 units, alongside landscaping and site works.

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Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of the existing single storey gate lodge dwelling and the provision of 80 residential units consisting of the following: 39 no. 2 storey dwelling houses comprising 26no. 4 bedroom houses and 13no. 3 bed houses; a 3 storey + 1 storey setback apartment block comprising 8no. 1 bed apartments, 20no. 2bed apartments, and 5no. 3 bed apartments with balconies to east, west and south elevations; and a 3 storey duplex block comprising 4no. 2 bed duplex units and 4no. 3 bed duplex units with terraces at 1st floor level to south elevation. The proposed development will also include landscaping, play and exercise area, boundary treatments, bike and bin storage, internal roads and footpaths and all associated engineering and site development works and site services necessary to facilitate the development. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the application site is to be from a new access from the adjoining lock road/newcastle road (r120) to the west ; pedestrian accesses are proposed into finnstown neighbourhood centre in the north-west of the site, and to newcastle road to the west of the site; all on lands of approximately 2.035 hectares, which are generally bound to the north by finnstown neighbourhood centre, to the east by finnsview, to the south by finnsgreen and to the west by the lock road/newcastle road (r120). The site excludes adjoining lands affected by tree preservation order number tpo/0005.

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 13 May 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 24 September 2021.

Notified floor area: 363 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
13 Finnsview, Finnstown Cloisters, Lucan	May 2026	€575,000	104 m
46 Castlelane Crescent, Adamstown Castle, Adamstown	Mar 2025	€395,000	154 m
6 Finnspark, Finnstown Cloisters, Lucan	Sept 2025	€570,000	165 m
1 Finnswood, Finnstown Cloisters, Lucan	Jun 2025	€475,000	168 m
38 Castlegate Crescent, Adamstown, Dublin	Jun 2025	€368,000	180 m
Apt 2 Castlegate Way, Adamstown Castle, Adamstown	May 2025	€335,000	213 m
12 Castlegate Crescent, Adamstown, Lucan	May 2026	€445,000	223 m
14 Castlegate Crescent, Adamstown, Lucan	Sept 2025	€340,000	226 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 received28 April 2017
Further information requested13 October 2016
Further information received14 February 2017
Decision due25 May 2017
Decision issued25 May 2017
Grant issued7 July 2017

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