Fortunestown Lane, Saggart, Co Dublin
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SHD3ABP-305563-19 is a planning application for shd3-application to abp at Fortunestown Lane, Saggart, Co Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 7 Oct 2019 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 488 apartment units comprising 118 1-bed units, 327 2-bed units and 43 3-bed units arranged in 5 blocks (Blocks A to E) and all associated public open spaces comprising landscaped courtyards and communal amenity spaces and private amenity spaces comprising terraces/balconies. The proposed Blocks A and B and Blocks C, D and E are arranged over separate single levels basements and comprise 5 storey blocks with a 9 storey element in Block B. Non-residential floorspace is proposed in the form of a creche of 431sq.m gross floor area, community space of 186sq.m and 472sq.m of retail/commercial floorspace divided across 3 units at ground floor level within Block B and 708sq.m of retail/commercial floorspace divided across 3 units and 1 café/bar/restaurant of 188sq.m within Block C all fronting onto a proposed landscaped local square located to the north of Saggart Luas stop. Vehicular access to serve the proposed development will be provided from a signalised junction at the south-eastern corner of the site replacing the existing roundabout off Fortunestown Lane and west of Cuil Duin and an east/west distributor road all as permitted under the neighbouring development (ABP Ref. 300555-18). Permission is also sought for 418 car parking spaces including 405 basement level spaces and 13 surface level spaces and a total of 706 cycle parking spaces including 620 basement level spaces and 86 surface level spaces, bin storage areas, ESB substations, public lighting, boundary treatments, surface water drainage infrastructure including modifications to the previously permitted flood conveyancing channel (ABP Ref: 300555-18) and all associated site development and infrastructure works. The council granted permission on 3 Feb 2020. The five-week observation window closed on 11 Nov 2019. A commencement notice (SN0011588SD) was lodged on 9 Dec 2024, so works have started on site. The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 488 units. Within 500 m there are 21 other decided applications in the last five years and 1 appeal.
Proposal
488 apartment units comprising 118 1-bed units, 327 2-bed units and 43 3-bed units arranged in 5 blocks (Blocks A to E) and all associated public open spaces comprising landscaped courtyards and communal amenity spaces and private amenity spaces comprising terraces/balconies. The proposed Blocks A and B and Blocks C, D and E are arranged over separate single levels basements and comprise 5 storey blocks with a 9 storey element in Block B. Non-residential floorspace is proposed in the form of a creche of 431sq.m gross floor area, community space of 186sq.m and 472sq.m of retail/commercial floorspace divided across 3 units at ground floor level within Block B and 708sq.m of retail/commercial floorspace divided across 3 units and 1 café/bar/restaurant of 188sq.m within Block C all fronting onto a proposed landscaped local square located to the north of Saggart Luas stop. Vehicular access to serve the proposed development will be provided from a signalised junction at the south-eastern corner of the site replacing the existing roundabout off Fortunestown Lane and west of Cuil Duin and an east/west distributor road all as permitted under the neighbouring development (ABP Ref. 300555-18). Permission is also sought for 418 car parking spaces including 405 basement level spaces and 13 surface level spaces and a total of 706 cycle parking spaces including 620 basement level spaces and 86 surface level spaces, bin storage areas, ESB substations, public lighting, boundary treatments, surface water drainage infrastructure including modifications to the previously permitted flood conveyancing channel (ABP Ref: 300555-18) and all associated site development and infrastructure works.
- Status
- Officer Allocation
- Decision
- Grant permission on 3 Feb 2020
- Units
- 488
- Site (from polygon)
- 4.16 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 7 Oct 2019New applicationObservation window closed 11 Nov 2019
- 3 Feb 2020DecisionAppeal window closed 2 Mar 2020
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0011588SD
Zoning at the site
OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
RES-N: To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 3
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121959). 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/57446.
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