Former Sports ground adjacent to St. Pius Church on College Drive, Terenure, , Dublin 6w
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SD02A/0427 is a planning application for permission at Former Sports ground adjacent to St. Pius Church on College Drive, Terenure, , Dublin 6w, received by South Dublin County Council on 17 Jan 2003 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Demolish existing sports clubhouse and construct 170 residential units, creche and office in the following mix: 8 no. 5 bed houses (6 semi-detached and 2 detached all 3 storey), 24 no. 4 bed houses (12 semi-detached and 12 terraced all 3 storeys) and 12 no. 3 bed houses (4 semi- detached and 8 terraced in 2 storeys and 3 storeys); 3 no 2 bed 2 storey maisonettes, 11 no. 2 bed Duplex units over 11 no. 2 bed maisonettes and 1 no. 2 bed duplex unit over 1 no. 3 bed maisonette (all in a 3 storey block); 60 apartments in a 3 storey plus penthouse block comprising 8 no. 3 beds, 39 no. 2 beds and 13 no. 1 beds with associated underground carpark; 39 apartments, office (95m2) and creche (241m2) in a block ranging in height from single storey to three storey plus penthouse; these 39 apartments are divided into 21 sheltered housing units (1 no. 2 bed and 20 no.1 bed) with ancillary dayroom and 18 apartments with a seperate entrance (14 no. 2 beds and 4 no. 1 bed) with associated underground carpark. Site development works and services will include surface carparking and a single storey pump house facilitating a temporary foul pumping station and rising main. All of the above is proposed on site of the former sports ground adjacent to St. Pius Church on College Drive with access proposed from both Fortfield Grove and College Drive. The council granted permission on 13 Feb 2003. The five-week observation window closed on 21 Feb 2003. The register records an appeal (06S.202152), decided: grant permission. The site is zoned R2 — existing residential under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 190 units. Within 500 m there are 123 other decided applications in the last five years and 13 appeals.
Proposal
Demolish existing sports clubhouse and construct 170 residential units, creche and office in the following mix: 8 no. 5 bed houses (6 semi-detached and 2 detached all 3 storey), 24 no. 4 bed houses (12 semi-detached and 12 terraced all 3 storeys) and 12 no. 3 bed houses (4 semi- detached and 8 terraced in 2 storeys and 3 storeys); 3 no 2 bed 2 storey maisonettes, 11 no. 2 bed Duplex units over 11 no. 2 bed maisonettes and 1 no. 2 bed duplex unit over 1 no. 3 bed maisonette (all in a 3 storey block); 60 apartments in a 3 storey plus penthouse block comprising 8 no. 3 beds, 39 no. 2 beds and 13 no. 1 beds with associated underground carpark; 39 apartments, office (95m2) and creche (241m2) in a block ranging in height from single storey to three storey plus penthouse; these 39 apartments are divided into 21 sheltered housing units (1 no. 2 bed and 20 no.1 bed) with ancillary dayroom and 18 apartments with a seperate entrance (14 no. 2 beds and 4 no. 1 bed) with associated underground carpark. Site development works and services will include surface carparking and a single storey pump house facilitating a temporary foul pumping station and rising main. All of the above is proposed on site of the former sports ground adjacent to St. Pius Church on College Drive with access proposed from both Fortfield Grove and College Drive.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 13 Feb 2003
- Final grant
- 8 Oct 2003
- Permission expires
- 9 Oct 2003
- Units
- 190
- Site (from polygon)
- 2.68 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 19 Sept 2002Further information requested
- 29 Nov 2002Further information received
- 17 Jan 2003New applicationObservation window closed 21 Feb 2003
- 13 Feb 2003DecisionAppeal window closed 13 Mar 2003
- 12 Mar 2003Appeal lodged
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Appeal
The register records appeal 06S.202152 (Appeal decided) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 120680). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/16659.
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