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South Dublin County Council · SDZ20A/0008

Adamstown District Centre Phase One

Gollierstown & Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

This is Adamstown District Centre Phase One — 278 homes, up to 9 storeys, by Quintain Developments Ireland Limited. Read the scheme page →

  1. 21 Aug 2020Received
  2. 17 Sept 2020Grant permission
  3. 26 Mar 2026Commenced
Status
Commenced
Decision
Grant permission · 17 Sept 2020
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
SDZ Application
Units
278
Site
4.22 ha
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What’s proposed

Construction of Phase One of the Adamstown District Centre; proposed development is a mixed use commercial and residential development of c.36,621sq.m (gross floor area) in total (excluding the multi-storey car park) to be constructed in buildings ranging in height from 4-9 storeys. The non-residential element of the development consists of a total of c.9,653sq.m (net sales floor space), as follows: 16 retail units comprising c.8,693sq.m including 1 supermarket (c.6,880sq.m in total) and 2 retail service units (c.290sq.m); 5 retail/restaurant/café units comprising a total of c.959sq.m; projecting signage and awnings on retail and retail/café/restaurant units. The residential element consists of a total of 278 residential units comprising 16 studio units, 66 one bedroom units, 151 two bedroom units and 45 three bedroom units in a mix of apartments and duplexes; ancillary residents amenity rooms and facilities also provided and all residential units are provided with private open space in the form of balconies or gardens. The proposed block description as follows: Block B (c.14,506sq.m gross floor area) 4-7 storeys with setbacks at 4th and 5th floors arranged around an internal courtyard accommodating 6 retail units and 3 retail/restaurant/café units at ground floor level; residents amenity area at first floor and 135 residential units including 15 two bedroom own door duplexes and 120 apartments (1 studio, 46 one bedroom, 50 two bedroom and 23 three bedroom units); private front gardens are provided at ground floor level on the west and south elevations and balconies are provided on all outward facing elevations of the building and on courtyard elevations; car parking is provided at ground floor within the interior of the courtyard along with bicycle parking and ancillary management, waste, plant and service areas; a residents communal open space is provided at first floor level on a podium above the car parking area; Block E (c.15,235sq.m gross floor area) 4-9 storeys with setback at 5th floor arranged around an internal courtyard accommodating 9 retail units and 2 retail/restaurant/café units at ground floor level and 143 residential units including 10 two bedroom own door duplexes and 133 apartments (15 studios, 20 one bedroom, 76 two bedroom and 22 three bedroom units); private front gardens are provided at ground floor level on the west elevation and balconies are provided on all outward facing elevations of the building and on courtyard elevations; car parking is provided at ground floor level within the interior of the courtyard along with bicycle parking and ancillary management , waste, plant and services areas; a residents communal open space is provided at first floor level on a podium above the car parking area; Block F (c.30,647sq.m gross floor area including car parking levels) 4 storeys, a supermarket is provided at ground floor level including sales area, retail back of house and service areas as well as internal vehicular goods and delivery area accessed from Station Road and existing onto the proposed back street which runs perpendicular to Station Road and Adamstown Avenue; a multi-storey car park accessed from Station Road by ramp at ground floor level is at first, second and third floor levels; the multi-storey car park includes residential car parking spaces as well as spaces associated with the supermarket unit and other non-residential uses in the district centre; the third/top floor of the multi-storey car park will not be made available for car parking under this planning application as it is designed to cater for a subsequent phase of development, subject to a future planning application. The development provides a total of c.16,000sq.m of public realm including the creation of a new public square, internal streets and landscaping works; alterations to Station Road to include landscaping; reconfiguration of existing on street parking; insertion of raised table at station entrance; taxi set-down spaces and creation of 2 bus bays to the north and south of Station Road; creation of vehicular and pedestrian accesses to the site from Adamstown Avenue, Station Road and Adamstown Park; removal of 2 public/visitor car parking spaces along Adamstown Avenue proximate to Stratton Way to accommodate provision of a bus bay, together with provision of a bus bay on south side of Adamstown Avenue opposite; photovoltaic panels on the roofs of Block B and E; lift overruns and plant at roof levels; 534 car parking spaces to be provided through a mixture of on-street parking; podium parking under Blocks B ad E in the proposed multi-storey car park in the upper levels of Block F; the first and second floor levels of the multi-storey car park accommodate 448 car parking spaces in this phase; a total of 702 cycle parking spaces (271 stands/542 spaces within Blocks B and E and 80 stands/160 spaces in the public space) are provided throughout the development to cater for both residential and commercial uses; the 50 bike stands at Adamstown Station are to be maintained. The proposal also includes temporary landscaping and construction of temporary site hoarding and fencing in or around areas for future phases of development immediately adjacent to the development; all ancillary site development and landscape works on lands bounded generally by Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown Boulevard and the Stratton housing development to the north, by Station Road, Adamstown Train Station and the Dublin to Kildare railway line to the south, by Adamstown Park to the east and by currently undeveloped lands to be developed in a subsequent phase of development to the west; the application site incorporates elements of Adamstown Square and Adamstown Station Development areas with the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone and is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014, as amended, and relates to a proposed development within the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme Area, as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 272 of 2001

SDZ20A/0008 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for construction of Phase One of the Adamstown District Centre; proposed development is a, received on 21 Aug 2020; permission was granted on 17 Sept 2020.

Planning details

Reference
SDZ20A/0008
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Decision Following A.I.”
Received
21 Aug 2020
Observations close
25 Sept 2020 (closed 2195 days ago)
Decision due
17 Sept 2020 · decided 17 Sept 2020
Decision
Grant permission on 17 Sept 2020
Proposed development
Construction of Phase One of the Adamstown District Centre; proposed development is a mixed use commercial and residential development of c.36,621sq.m (gross floor area) in total (excluding the multi-storey car park) to be constructed in buildings ranging in height from 4-9 storeys. The non-residential element of the development consists of a total of c.9,653sq.m (net sales floor space), as follows: 16 retail units comprising c.8,693sq.m including 1 supermarket (c.6,880sq.m in total) and 2 retail service units (c.290sq.m); 5 retail/restaurant/café units comprising a total of c.959sq.m; projecting signage and awnings on retail and retail/café/restaurant units. The residential element consists of a total of 278 residential units comprising 16 studio units, 66 one bedroom units, 151 two bedroom units and 45 three bedroom units in a mix of apartments and duplexes; ancillary residents amenity rooms and facilities also provided and all residential units are provided with private open space in the form of balconies or gardens. The proposed block description as follows: Block B (c.14,506sq.m gross floor area) 4-7 storeys with setbacks at 4th and 5th floors arranged around an internal courtyard accommodating 6 retail units and 3 retail/restaurant/café units at ground floor level; residents amenity area at first floor and 135 residential units including 15 two bedroom own door duplexes and 120 apartments (1 studio, 46 one bedroom, 50 two bedroom and 23 three bedroom units); private front gardens are provided at ground floor level on the west and south elevations and balconies are provided on all outward facing elevations of the building and on courtyard elevations; car parking is provided at ground floor within the interior of the courtyard along with bicycle parking and ancillary management, waste, plant and service areas; a residents communal open space is provided at first floor level on a podium above the car parking area; Block E (c.15,235sq.m gross floor area) 4-9 storeys with setback at 5th floor arranged around an internal courtyard accommodating 9 retail units and 2 retail/restaurant/café units at ground floor level and 143 residential units including 10 two bedroom own door duplexes and 133 apartments (15 studios, 20 one bedroom, 76 two bedroom and 22 three bedroom units); private front gardens are provided at ground floor level on the west elevation and balconies are provided on all outward facing elevations of the building and on courtyard elevations; car parking is provided at ground floor level within the interior of the courtyard along with bicycle parking and ancillary management , waste, plant and services areas; a residents communal open space is provided at first floor level on a podium above the car parking area; Block F (c.30,647sq.m gross floor area including car parking levels) 4 storeys, a supermarket is provided at ground floor level including sales area, retail back of house and service areas as well as internal vehicular goods and delivery area accessed from Station Road and existing onto the proposed back street which runs perpendicular to Station Road and Adamstown Avenue; a multi-storey car park accessed from Station Road by ramp at ground floor level is at first, second and third floor levels; the multi-storey car park includes residential car parking spaces as well as spaces associated with the supermarket unit and other non-residential uses in the district centre; the third/top floor of the multi-storey car park will not be made available for car parking under this planning application as it is designed to cater for a subsequent phase of development, subject to a future planning application. The development provides a total of c.16,000sq.m of public realm including the creation of a new public square, internal streets and landscaping works; alterations to Station Road to include landscaping; reconfiguration of existing on street parking; insertion of raised table at station entrance; taxi set-down spaces and creation of 2 bus bays to the north and south of Station Road; creation of vehicular and pedestrian accesses to the site from Adamstown Avenue, Station Road and Adamstown Park; removal of 2 public/visitor car parking spaces along Adamstown Avenue proximate to Stratton Way to accommodate provision of a bus bay, together with provision of a bus bay on south side of Adamstown Avenue opposite; photovoltaic panels on the roofs of Block B and E; lift overruns and plant at roof levels; 534 car parking spaces to be provided through a mixture of on-street parking; podium parking under Blocks B ad E in the proposed multi-storey car park in the upper levels of Block F; the first and second floor levels of the multi-storey car park accommodate 448 car parking spaces in this phase; a total of 702 cycle parking spaces (271 stands/542 spaces within Blocks B and E and 80 stands/160 spaces in the public space) are provided throughout the development to cater for both residential and commercial uses; the 50 bike stands at Adamstown Station are to be maintained. The proposal also includes temporary landscaping and construction of temporary site hoarding and fencing in or around areas for future phases of development immediately adjacent to the development; all ancillary site development and landscape works on lands bounded generally by Adamstown Avenue, Adamstown Boulevard and the Stratton housing development to the north, by Station Road, Adamstown Train Station and the Dublin to Kildare railway line to the south, by Adamstown Park to the east and by currently undeveloped lands to be developed in a subsequent phase of development to the west; the application site incorporates elements of Adamstown Square and Adamstown Station Development areas with the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone and is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014, as amended, and relates to a proposed development within the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme Area, as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 272 of 2001
As published by the register.
Site area
4.22 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Quintain Developments Ireland Limited council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

  • Commencement notice CN0140297SD
    26 Mar 202685 Narrowgauge Row, Lucan, Dublin, K78 W5P0matched by ref_exact
  • Commencement notice CN0123021SD
    11 Dec 2024The Crossings, Adamstown, South Dublin, K78 E0X5matched by ref_exact
  • Seven day notice SN0010636SD
    16 Jul 2024The Crossings West, South Dublin, K78 T6C2matched by ref_exact
  • Commencement notice CN0077466SD
    8 Jun 2021Station Road, Adamstown, South Dublinmatched by ref_exact
  • Commencement notice CN0076546SD
    27 May 2021Lucan Road, Dublin, South Dublinmatched by ref_exact

Zoning at the site

R3 — Rural cluster

SDZ: To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes

A small rural settlement where only modest infill serving local need is envisaged.

Designations within 250 m

OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

  • Radon risk area · 3
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument · 1
    R183277

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121333). 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/58616.

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