GrantedHousing estateDecided 29 April 2024

White Pines, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.

Construction of 75 residential units including apartments, terraced houses, and duplexes with 85 car parking spaces.

SD23A/0260 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 5 April 2024

Reference: SD23A/0260
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 5 April 2024

Summary

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The development will consist of 75 residential units in a mix of apartments, terraced housing, and duplexes. It includes a 3-to-4 storey apartment block, a 3-storey duplex block, and 38 terraced houses, along with 85 car parking spaces and 84 cycle spaces.

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Residential units: 75
Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Construction of 75 no. Residential units in a mix of apartments, terraced housing and duplex apartment units comprising; an apartment building (block a, c. 2,518 sq. M gfa), varying in height between 3 and 4 storeys and comprising 29 no. Units (18 no. 1 bed units and 11 no. 2 bed units). A 3-storey duplex apartment building (block b, c. 792 sq. M gfa) comprising 8 no. Units (4 no. 2-bed, single storey apartments and 4 no. 3-bed, 2 storey duplex units). 38 no. Terraced houses, with a mix of 24 no. 2 storey, 2 bed units and 14 no. 2 storey, 3 bed units. The development will also provide 85 no. Car parking spaces (including 17 no ev spaces and 4 no. Accessible spaces) and 84 no. Cycle parking spaces. The main vehicular access to the scheme will be from stocking avenue, via white pines dale with 3 no. Access points along the southern boundary of the site. An additional emergency vehicular access point will also be provided from stocking avenue, to the northeast of the site, facilitating access for emergency vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. There will be an additional 3 no. Pedestrian / cyclist access points from stocking avenue and 1 no. Pedestrian / cyclist access points from white pines park on the western boundary of the site. The proposed development will also include piped infrastructure, 1 no. Esb sub station, public lighting, bin stores, green roofs on apartment buildings, rooftop pv panels on block a, boundary treatments and provision of public and private open space including hard and soft landscaping and all other associated site development works above and below ground level.

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

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 22 April 2025.

Notified floor area: 1,920 m²

2 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
1 White Pines Heights, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	May 2025	€680,000	264 m
15 Stockingwood Way, Stocking Ave, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	Apr 2025	€615,000	269 m
4 White Pines Heights, Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham	Dec 2025	€715,000	272 m
19 White Pines Meadow, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	May 2026	€680,000	278 m
Forgefield, Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	Nov 2025	€1,355,000	281 m
22 Stocking Wood Walk, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16	Oct 2025	€580,000	284 m
13 Stocking Wood Manor, Stocking Wood, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	May 2025	€366,667	298 m
23 White Pines Meadow, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	Feb 2025	€590,000	309 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

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 received5 April 2024
Decision due2 May 2024
Decision issued29 April 2024
Permission expiry9 June 2029

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