RefusedHousing estateDecided 30 June 2022

Lands at Kilmashogue House and Coill Avon House, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

Demolition of two houses and construction of 178 residential units in Rathfarnham.

SHD3ABP-313059-22 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 21 March 2022

Reference: SHD3ABP-313059-22
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: SHD3-Application to ABP
Received: 21 March 2022
Residential units: 178

Summary

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This Strategic Housing Development application proposes the demolition of Kilmashogue House and Coill Avon House. It will construct a mixed-use development featuring a neighbourhood centre, 72 houses, 38 apartments, and 68 duplex apartments across buildings up to 5 storeys high.

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of kilmashogue house and outbuildings and demolition of coill avon house and outbuildings; the refurbishment and re-use of 2 stone outbuildings for community use, to be incorporated into an area of public open space on the southern lands; the construction of a mixed-use development comprising neighbourhood centre and 178 residential units comprising 72 houses, 38 apartments and 68 duplex apartments; the 72 houses will comprise 2, 2.5 and 3-storey detached, semi-detached and terraced units to include, 6 two bed houses, 45 three bed houses, 21 four bed houses, the 38 apartments and 68 duplex apartments are located across 7 buildings ranging in height from 3 to 5-storey consisting of 1 block a/b, 1 block c, 1 block e, 1 block s and 3 blocks t as follows, block a/b: 5-storey over basement and podium accommodating 10 one bed apartments, 16 two bed duplex apartments and 1 three bed duplex apartment with associated balconies/terraces; block c: 5-storey over basement accommodating 4 one bed apartments and 8 two bed duplex apartments with associated balconies/terraces; block e: 4-storey over basement accommodating 8 one bed apartments and 16 two bed duplex apartments with associated balconies/terraces; block s: 3-storey accommodating 2 two bed duplex apartments and 1 three bed apartment and 1 three bed duplex apartments with associated balconies/terraces; block t: 3 three storey buildings accommodating 6 one bed apartments, 18 two bed duplex apartments, 9 three bed apartments and 6 three bed duplex apartments, all with associated balconies/terraces; block a/b and block c are arranged around a landscaped podium. The neighbourhood centre is located below this podium and accommodates a 2-level creche (313sq. M) at lower ground and ground floor level, and 3 retail/non-retail service/cafe units (470sq. M) at ground level; the basement below block a/b and block c accommodates 50 car parking spaces, bicycle parking, bin stores, plant and staff service area (80sq. M); the basement below block e accommodates 35 car parking spaces, bicycle parking, bin store and plant; a section of link street with footpath and cycle path (approx. 438 linear metres) extending from the junction of whitechurch road and college road on an alignment parallel to the m50, to provide access to the southern development lands and incorporating a bus turning circle; a new signalised crossroads junction to connect the proposed link street with whitechurch road and college road; upgrade works to college road including a new two-way cycle track and relocated footpath from the whitechurch road junction to provide connectivity to the slang river pedestrian/cycle greenway; upgrades to the existing vehicular access and bridge at the entrance to coill avon house on whitechurch road; foul sewer drainage works along whitechurch road from the southern lands to the existing junction at glinbury housing estate; all landscaping, surface car parking, boundary treatments, infrastructure works, esb substation, signage and associated site works and services; the site extends to 6.77ha and includes the derelict kilmashogue house (southern lands) and coill avon house (northern lands) and the adjacent whitechurch road and college road, roads in the administrative areas of south dublin county council and dun laoghaire rathdown county council. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the south dublin county development plan 2016-2022 and the dun laoghaire rathdown county development plan 2016-2022; the application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in section 37(2)(b) of the planning and development act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land.

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Riverwood Lodge, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnamprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€1,691,630	100 m
Muddies, Upper Whitechurch Rd, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	Jan 2025	€1,600,000	337 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 received21 March 2022
Decision due16 May 2022
Decision issued30 June 2022

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