Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin
Approved in Sept 2026. No sign of building yet.
- 20 Dec 2024Received
- 10 Nov 2025Approved
- 5 Dec 2025Appealed
- 29 Sept 2026Appeal: Approved
- 29 Sept 2031Approval runs out
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Approved · 10 Nov 2025
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 6,354 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 500417 · Approved
What’s proposed
In plain English
Permission for 6 new dwelling houses
The applicant wants to build 6 new houses on the site.
- Total floor area of 1094.0 square metres
Written by AI from the council’s description
An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.
The council’s description
Permission for the development of 6 Nr dwelling houses at Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, in the townland of Cooldrinagh. The Site is located to the south of Cooldrinagh Lane (house), and to the west of Cooldrinagh Lane. The proposed development will consist of the construction of 6 No. 2 storey detached 4-bedroom houses. The proposed development will be served by a previously approved vehicular access (Ref SD22A/0469) off Cooldrinagh Lane along with all associated Car Parking, landscaping and boundary treatment works, the provision of private open space areas comprising hard and soft landscaping, site services (foul drainage with associated pumping station, surface water drainage and water supply) and all associated site works
Planning details
- Reference
- SD24A/0891W
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “Appeal decided”
- Received
- 20 Dec 2024
- Observations close
- 17 Nov 2025 (closed 352 days ago)
- Decision due
- 10 Nov 2025 · decided 10 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Grant permission on 10 Nov 2025
- Site area
- 6,354 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 4 · 500 m · 12 months
- Awaiting decision06 Cooldrinagh Cottages, Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, W23 C6H6
- Withdrawn06 Cooldrinagh Cottages, Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, W23 C6H6
- Awaiting decision07 Cooldrinagh Cottages, Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, W23 T9X9
- Awaiting decision64A, Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Dublin, W23DEK4
- Awaiting decisionWeston Airport, Celbridge Road, Lucan- St Helens DED 1986, Lucan, Dublin
- OtherDublin Weston Airport, Lucan, Co. Dublin
- GrantedWeston Airport, Backweston Park, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, W23 XHF8
- GrantedWeston Airport, Backweston, Lucan, Co. Dublin
- CommencedLands forming part of Weston Airport, at Celbridge Road, Backweston, Lucan, Co. Dublin, W23 XHF8
- Commenced1, Weston Way, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 K257
- GrantedSpringfield Hotel, Dublin Road, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, W23W280
- GrantedSpringfield Hotel, Dublin Road, Leixlip, Co. Dublin, W23W280
- GrantedCooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin
- GrantedCooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin
- Appeal decided1, Weston Way, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 K257
- GrantedLeixlip Water Treatment Plant, Cooldrinagh, Leixlip, Co. Dublin
- RefusedCooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin
- CommencedCooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co. Dublin
Homes nearby
- For sale3 Cooldrinagh Terrace, Cooldrinagh Lane, West Co. Dublin, Co. Dublin, W23 D6Y2
- For sale4 Cooldrinagh Cottages, Cooldrinagh Lane, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 YY84
- For sale75 Mill Lane, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, W23 P8A0
- For saleGlendower, Dublin Road, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, W23 F2W1
- For sale91 Airlie Heights, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 Y0E4
- For sale14 Highfield Park, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, W23 KW84
Development land nearby
- Stalled build · 12 homes; commenced 22 Aug 2022, no completion certificate, planned end Aug 2023 — Block D, Hallwell Residential Development (0.9 km)
- Stalled build · 16 homes; commenced 04 Jan 2022, no completion certificate, planned end Jan 2024 — Tubber Lane Road, Lucan (0.9 km)
- Stalled build · 25 homes; commenced 04 Jan 2022, no completion certificate, planned end Jan 2024 — Tubber Lane Road, Lucan (0.9 km)
- Residential land off Cooldrinagh, Leixlip (0.0 km)
- Residential land off Cooldrinagh, Leixlip (0.1 km)
Appeal
Zoning
Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.
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.
Protections nearby 250 m
- NIAH-recorded building · 3
- Recorded monument · 1
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
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| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 14 Oct 2026, 01:45 | open |
Summary
SD24A/0891W is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for permission for the development of 6 Nr dwelling houses at Cooldrinagh Lane, Leixlip, Co., received on 20 Dec 2024; permission was granted on 10 Nov 2025.