RefusedHousing estateDecided 23 July 2025

In the townland of Boherboy, Saggart Road, Co Dublin

Construction of a large residential development of 655 homes and a crèche in Boherboy.

SHD3ABP-313145-22 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 29 March 2022

Reference: SHD3ABP-313145-22
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: SHD3-Application to ABP
Received: 29 March 2022
Residential units: 655

Summary

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This Strategic Housing Development application proposes 655 dwellings consisting of 257 houses, 152 duplex units, and 246 apartments. The scheme also includes a two-storey crèche and road upgrade works along the Boherboy Road.

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Floor area: 693 m²

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Official record

Development description

Development to the immediate north of the site is the carrigmore residential estate, to the west are agricultural lands and a single dwelling, to the east is the corbally residential estate while to the south is the boherboy road; the proposed application represents the development of the entire boherboy neighbourhood as identified in the fortunestown local area plan (2012) consisting of 655 dwellings, comprised of 257 two, three & four bed, two & three storey detached, semi-detached & terraced houses, 152 one, two & three bed duplex units in 17 two to three, three to four & four storey blocks, and 246 one, two & three bed apartments in 9 buildings ranging in height from two, two to five, four to five & five storeys, and a two storey crèche (693sq. M); access to the development will by via one vehicular access point from the boherboy road, along with proposed upgrade works to boherboy road to include the provision of a roadside footpath along the front of the site at the boherboy road, continuing eastwards to the junction with the n81 blessington road (for an overall distance of c. 370m); the proposed development also provides for pedestrian and cyclist connectivity to the adjoining carrigmore park to the north-east, and vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist connections to adjoining developments at corbally heath to the east and carrigmore green to the north; the proposed development provides for (i) all associated site development works above and below ground, including surface water attenuation & an underground foul sewerage pumping station at the northern end of the site, (ii) public open spaces (c. 3ha), including alongside the corbally stream, which will accommodate the provision of pedestrian / cyclist links to carrigmore park to the north-east, (iii) communal open spaces (c. 6,392sq. M), (iv) hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments, (v) undercroft, basement & surface car parking (914 car parking spaces, including ev parking), (vi) bicycle parking (797 bicycle parking spaces), (vii) bin & bicycle storage, (viii) public lighting, and (ix), plant (m&e), utility services & 5 esb sub-stations, all on an overall application site area of 18.3ha; in accordance with the fortunestown local area plan (2012) an area of c. 1.4ha within the site is reserved as a future school site.

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
34 Verschoyle Heights, Tallaght, Dublin	Apr 2025	€429,000	244 m
22 Corbally Rise, Westbrook Glen, Tallaght Dublin 24	Oct 2025	€380,000	254 m
31 Verschoyle Rise, Saggart Abbey, Saggart	Mar 2025	€450,000	257 m
20 Corbally Rise, Westbrook Glen, Tallaght	Jun 2026	€526,000	261 m
15 Corbally Rise, Westbrook Glen, Dublin 24	Apr 2025	€400,000	263 m
13 Verschoyle Heights, Saggart Abbey, Citywest Dublin 24	Aug 2025	€380,000	272 m
15 Corbally Heath, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€530,000	273 m
9 Verschoyle Heights, Saggart, Dublin	Sept 2025	€425,000	305 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 received29 March 2022
Decision due23 May 2022
Decision issued23 July 2025

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