GrantedApartmentsDecided 17 September 2020

Gollierstown & Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Construction of Phase One of the Adamstown District Centre, featuring 278 apartments and duplexes alongside retail and restaurant spaces.

SDZ20A/0008 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 21 August 2020

Reference: SDZ20A/0008
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: SDZ Application
Received: 21 August 2020
Residential units: 278
Floor area: 60388 m²

Summary

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This mixed-use commercial and residential development will range in height from 4 to 9 storeys. It includes 278 residential units, a supermarket, 16 retail units, and 5 restaurant/café units. The project also features a multi-storey car park and private open spaces for residents.

Apartmentsmixed useretailapartmentsdistrict centre

Storeys: 9

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Official record

Development description

Construction of phase one of the adamstown district centre; proposed development is a mixed use commercial and residential development of c. 36,621sq. M (gross floor area) in total (excluding the multi-storey car park) to be constructed in buildings ranging in height from 4-9 storeys. The non-residential element of the development consists of a total of c. 9,653sq. M (net sales floor space), as follows: 16 retail units comprising c. 8,693sq. M including 1 supermarket (c. 6,880sq. M in total) and 2 retail service units (c. 290sq. M); 5 retail/restaurant/café units comprising a total of c. 959sq. M; projecting signage and awnings on retail and retail/café/restaurant units. The residential element consists of a total of 278 residential units comprising 16 studio units, 66 one bedroom units, 151 two bedroom units and 45 three bedroom units in a mix of apartments and duplexes; ancillary residents amenity rooms and facilities also provided and all residential units are provided with private open space in the form of balconies or gardens. The proposed block description as follows: block b (c. 14,506sq. M gross floor area) 4-7 storeys with setbacks at 4th and 5th floors arranged around an internal courtyard accommodating 6 retail units and 3 retail/restaurant/café units at ground floor level; residents amenity area at first floor and 135 residential units including 15 two bedroom own door duplexes and 120 apartments (1 studio, 46 one bedroom, 50 two bedroom and 23 three bedroom units); private front gardens are provided at ground floor level on the west and south elevations and balconies are provided on all outward facing elevations of the building and on courtyard elevations; car parking is provided at ground floor within the interior of the courtyard along with bicycle parking and ancillary management, waste, plant and service areas; a residents communal open space is provided at first floor level on a podium above the car parking area; block e (c. 15,235sq. M gross floor area) 4-9 storeys with setback at 5th floor arranged around an internal courtyard accommodating 9 retail units and 2 retail/restaurant/café units at ground floor level and 143 residential units including 10 two bedroom own door duplexes and 133 apartments (15 studios, 20 one bedroom, 76 two bedroom and 22 three bedroom units); private front gardens are provided at ground floor level on the west elevation and balconies are provided on all outward facing elevations of the building and on courtyard elevations; car parking is provided at ground floor level within the interior of the courtyard along with bicycle parking and ancillary management , waste, plant and services areas; a residents communal open space is provided at first floor level on a podium above the car parking area; block f (c. 30,647sq. M gross floor area including car parking levels) 4 storeys, a supermarket is provided at ground floor level including sales area, retail back of house and service areas as well as internal vehicular goods and delivery area accessed from station road and existing onto the proposed back street which runs perpendicular to station road and adamstown avenue; a multi-storey car park accessed from station road by ramp at ground floor level is at first, second and third floor levels; the multi-storey car park includes residential car parking spaces as well as spaces associated with the supermarket unit and other non-residential uses in the district centre; the third/top floor of the multi-storey car park will not be made available for car parking under this planning application as it is designed to cater for a subsequent phase of development, subject to a future planning application. The development provides a total of c. 16,000sq. M of public realm including the creation of a new public square, internal streets and landscaping works; alterations to station road to include landscaping; reconfiguration of existing on street parking; insertion of raised table at station entrance; taxi set-down spaces and creation of 2 bus bays to the north and south of station road; creation of vehicular and pedestrian accesses to the site from adamstown avenue, station road and adamstown park; removal of 2 public/visitor car parking spaces along adamstown avenue proximate to stratton way to accommodate provision of a bus bay, together with provision of a bus bay on south side of adamstown avenue opposite; photovoltaic panels on the roofs of block b and e; lift overruns and plant at roof levels; 534 car parking spaces to be provided through a mixture of on-street parking; podium parking under blocks b ad e in the proposed multi-storey car park in the upper levels of block f; the first and second floor levels of the multi-storey car park accommodate 448 car parking spaces in this phase; a total of 702 cycle parking spaces (271 stands/542 spaces within blocks b and e and 80 stands/160 spaces in the public space) are provided throughout the development to cater for both residential and commercial uses; the 50 bike stands at adamstown station are to be maintained. The proposal also includes temporary landscaping and construction of temporary site hoarding and fencing in or around areas for future phases of development immediately adjacent to the development; all ancillary site development and landscape works on lands bounded generally by adamstown avenue, adamstown boulevard and the stratton housing development to the north, by station road, adamstown train station and the dublin to kildare railway line to the south, by adamstown park to the east and by currently undeveloped lands to be developed in a subsequent phase of development to the west; the application site incorporates elements of adamstown square and adamstown station development areas with the adamstown strategic development zone and is being made in accordance with the adamstown planning scheme 2014, as amended, and relates to a proposed development within the adamstown strategic development zone planning scheme area, as defined by statutory instrument no. 272 of 2001.

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 27 May 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 7 January 2025.

Notified floor area: 265 m²

4 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
230 Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown, Lucanprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€585,903	112 m
187 Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown, Lucanprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€599,119	121 m
185 Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown, Lucanprice excludes VAT	May 2026	€599,119	123 m
179 Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown, Lucanprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€599,119	128 m
177 Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown, Lucanprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€599,119	130 m
210 Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown Square, Adamstown	Dec 2025	€390,000	137 m
1 Stratton Drive, Adamstown Square, Lucan	Sept 2025	€385,000	145 m
1 Stratton Way, Adamstown Square, Adamstown	Mar 2025	€488,000	160 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 received21 August 2020
Further information requested17 July 2020
Further information received21 August 2020
Decision due17 September 2020
Decision issued17 September 2020

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