RefusedHousing estateDecided 5 August 2025

Newcastle, Newcastle South, Dublin 22, Dublin

Construction of 280 homes, including 128 houses, 152 apartments, a creche, and telecommunications infrastructure.

SHD3ABP-313814-22 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 16 June 2022

Reference: SHD3ABP-313814-22
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: SHD3-Application to ABP
Received: 16 June 2022

Summary

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This Strategic Housing Development application proposes 280 dwellings, comprising 128 two-storey houses and 152 apartments across multiple buildings. The development also includes a two-storey creche, open spaces, and telecommunications infrastructure on apartment roofs.

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Residential units: 280
Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

Construction of 280 no. Dwellings, a creche, and open space as follows: a) 128 no. 2 storey houses (8 no. 2 bedroom houses, 94 no. 3 bedroom houses, 25 no. 4 bedroom houses and 1 no. 5 bedroom house; b) 116 no. Apartments in 2 no. 5 storey buildings comprising (54 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 62 no. 2 bedroom apartments, all with terrace or balcony along with solar panels and green roofs at roof level as well as telecommunications infrastructure comprising 9 no. Support poles on ballast mounts (to accommodate 1no. 2m 2g/3g/4g antenna & 1no. 5g antenna each) & 3 no. Poles on lift overrun (to accommodate 2no. Ø0.3m microwave links each at roof level of apartment building b, together with associated equipment and cabinets/shrouds); c) 36 no. Apartments/duplex apartments in 3 no. 3 storey buildings
(18 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 18 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments) all with terrace; d) amendment to permitted creche (c. 518sqm) in ‘graydon’ (abp references: ta06s. 305343 & abp-305343-19) to now provide a creche of c. 778 sq. M of 2 no. Storeys; e) open space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments and apartments; along with single storey bicycle/bin stores and esb substations; f) vehicular access from the athgoe road from a new signalised junction along with upgrades to footpath and pedestrian crossing as well as provision of vehicular/pedestrian/cycle link to permitted ‘graydon’ (ta06s. 305343) ‘newcastle boulevard’ to the east, as well as 423 no. Car parking spaces and 370 no. Bicycle spaces and all internal roads, cycleways, green routes and paths; g) provision of surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems, connection to water supply, and provision of foul drainage infrastructure as well as underground local pumping station to irish water specifications and all ancillary site development/construction/landscaping works. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant development plan and local area plan. 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

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
13 Mason Cross Park, Mason cross, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€458,150	13 m
12 Mason Cross Park, Mason Cross, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€453,744	27 m
1 Mason Cross Way, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€434,782	31 m
11 Mason Cross Park, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€453,744	36 m
15 Mason Cross Park, Mason Cross, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Jun 2026	€418,505	37 m
14 Mason Cross Park, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€418,502	37 m
8 Mason Cross Way, Mason Cross, Newcastleprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€436,123	41 m
17 Mason Cross Park, Newcastle, Co. Dublinprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€440,529	42 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 received16 June 2022
Decision due10 August 2022
Decision issued5 August 2025

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