GrantedHousing estateDecided 19 December 2018

Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Construction of 346 homes, including houses, duplexes, apartments, and a childcare facility in Adamstown.

SDZ18A/0011 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 25 October 2018

Reference: SDZ18A/0011
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: SDZ Application
Received: 25 October 2018
Residential units: 343
Floor area: 36525 m²

Summary

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This application proposes a large-scale residential development of 346 dwellings. The mix includes 133 houses, 96 duplexes, and 117 apartments across multiple buildings up to 5 storeys high. The plans also feature solar panels, an 841 sq.m childcare facility, and public open space.

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Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

346 dwellings in a mixture of detached, semi-detached, terraced houses, duplexes and apartments; 133 houses consisting of 13 two storey 3 bedroom detached houses, 83 two storey 3 bedroom terraced houses, 3 three storey 4 bedroom detached houses, 8 three storey 4 bedroom semi-detached houses and 26 three storey 4 bedroom terraced houses; 96 duplexes consisting of 4 storey buildings with 48 three bedroom units and 48 two bedroom units; 117 apartments located in a total of 4 buildings ranging in height from three 4
5 storey's and one 3
5 storey's and consist of 16 three bedroom apartments, 41 no two bedroom apartments and 60 one bedroom apartments; dwellings are provided with solar panels on the roof as required; provision of a childcare facility of approx. 841sq. M; provision of c 0.47 ha of public open space; vehicular access to serve the proposed development is provided off adamstown way and adamstown park, with additional access possible through the existing/permitted roads at st. Helen's phase 1 (ref. Sdz17a/0002) and also off adamstown boulevard and a re-aligned tandy's lane (the subject of a concurrent application under ref. Sdz18a/0009); all ancillary and associated site development and landscape works in the townlands of finnstown and adamstown on lands generally bound to the east by lands with permission for 135 residential units (ref. Sdz17a/0002) and loop road 1/adamstown park (ref. Sdz17a/0007), to the west by the alignment of the adamstown boulevard and airlie house, to the north by a planned realignment of tandy's lane and to the south by adamstown way; part of the subject site is within the curtilage of airlie house (protected structure). However, no works are proposed to the protected structure

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

SDZRS

“To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

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 15 January 2020. A completion certificate was lodged on 4 October 2022.

Notified floor area: 130 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
14 St Helens Grove, St Helens, Adamstown	Dec 2025	€520,000	19 m
20 St. Helen's Avenue, St. Helen's, Adamstown	Dec 2025	€607,000	50 m
29 St. Helen's Drive, St. Helen's, Adamstown	Jul 2025	€553,000	52 m
6 Saint Helens Mews, Saint Helens, Adamstown	May 2025	€505,000	53 m
15 St Helens Chase, Adamstown, Lucan	Jul 2025	€568,000	56 m
38 St. Helens Avenue, Adamstown, Lucan	Mar 2026	€617,500	74 m
16 St.helen's Chase, St.helen's, Adamstown	Sept 2025	€501,000	86 m
20 St. Helen'S Chase, St. Helen'S Adamstown, Lucan	Apr 2026	€514,000	90 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 received25 October 2018
Decision due19 December 2018
Decision issued19 December 2018

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