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South Dublin County Council · SDZ23A/0017

St. Helens Plaza Apartment Block

In the townland of, Finnstown, Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

This is St. Helens Plaza Apartment Block — 80 homes, up to 5 storeys, by Quintain Developments Ireland Limited. Read the scheme page →

  1. 24 May 2023Received
  2. 18 Jul 2023Grant permission
  3. 16 Apr 2024Commenced
Status
Commenced
Decision
Grant permission · 18 Jul 2023
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
SDZ Application
Units
80
Site
5.84 ha
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What’s proposed

80 apartment units (56 one beds and 24 two beds) in a single block ranging in height from 3 to 5 storeys including a childcare facility (c. 808sq.m gross floor area) at ground floor level (1 storey) and associated external outdoor play area; All associated site development and landscape works, including, Adjustments to St. Helens Plaza public space fronting Adamstown Way; Provision of 40 parking spaces proposed in the internal parking courtyard / covered area; Provision of 5 additional on-surface car parking spaces on Adamstown Way; Provision of communal open space at ground level and 2 third floor external terraces; Provision of 154 bicycle parking spaces (40 short term, 104 long term spaces and 1 childcare facility spaces); Provision of plant at ground floor / undercroft and roof level (including provision for PV panels); The proposed development is an amendment to the St. Helens Plaza Apartment Block permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011, as already amended by SDCC Reg. Refs. SDZ19A/0007, SDZ20A/0002 and SDZ20A/0009) on lands generally bound to the east by Adamstown Park, to the west by St. Helen's Way, to the north by No. 2 St. Helen's Way and No. 21 Adamstown Park, and to the south by Adamstown Way; The overall number of residential units under SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011 as amended increases from 343 to 351 dwellings as a result of this development; Part of the application site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (a Protected Structure), no works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this planning application; This application 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

SDZ23A/0017 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for 80 apartment units (56 one beds and 24 two beds) in a single block ranging in height, received on 24 May 2023; permission was granted on 18 Jul 2023.

Planning details

Reference
SDZ23A/0017
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Final Grant”
Received
24 May 2023
Observations close
28 Jun 2023 (closed 1188 days ago)
Decision due
18 Jul 2023 · decided 18 Jul 2023
Decision
Grant permission on 18 Jul 2023
Proposed development
80 apartment units (56 one beds and 24 two beds) in a single block ranging in height from 3 to 5 storeys including a childcare facility (c. 808sq.m gross floor area) at ground floor level (1 storey) and associated external outdoor play area; All associated site development and landscape works, including, Adjustments to St. Helens Plaza public space fronting Adamstown Way; Provision of 40 parking spaces proposed in the internal parking courtyard / covered area; Provision of 5 additional on-surface car parking spaces on Adamstown Way; Provision of communal open space at ground level and 2 third floor external terraces; Provision of 154 bicycle parking spaces (40 short term, 104 long term spaces and 1 childcare facility spaces); Provision of plant at ground floor / undercroft and roof level (including provision for PV panels); The proposed development is an amendment to the St. Helens Plaza Apartment Block permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011, as already amended by SDCC Reg. Refs. SDZ19A/0007, SDZ20A/0002 and SDZ20A/0009) on lands generally bound to the east by Adamstown Park, to the west by St. Helen's Way, to the north by No. 2 St. Helen's Way and No. 21 Adamstown Park, and to the south by Adamstown Way; The overall number of residential units under SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011 as amended increases from 343 to 351 dwellings as a result of this development; Part of the application site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (a Protected Structure), no works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this planning application; This application 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
5.84 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

  • Seven day notice SN0010084SD
    16 Apr 2024Adamstown Way, Townlands of Finnstown, Adamstown, Lucan, 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

No OPW flood extent nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 3
    Saint Helen's; Airlie House; Finnstown House
  • Radon risk area · 2
    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

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121042). 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/64273.

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