Citywest Road and Magna Drive, Citywest, Dublin 24
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
SHD3ABP-306602-20 is a planning application for shd3-application to abp at Citywest Road and Magna Drive, Citywest, Dublin 24, received by South Dublin County Council on 10 Feb 2020 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Construction of a residential development of 463 dwellings comprising 353 apartments, 89 houses and 21 duplex apartments, creche (c.587.8sq.m) and community building (c.141sq.m) as follows: (A) 353 apartments in 7 apartment buildings (with balconies or terraces [including communal terraces] as follows: Block 1 (6 storeys with a part 7 storey level) of 57 apartments; Block 2(6 storeys with a part 7 storey level) of 47 apartments; Block 3 (6 storeys over undercroft/semi-basement with a part 7 storey level) of 56 apartments with car parking and ancillary plant/storage at basement level; Block 4 (6 storeys over undercroft/semi-basement with a part 7 storey level) of 56 apartments with car parking and ancillary plant/storage at basement level; Block 5 (6 storeys with a part 7 storey level) of 47 apartments; Block 6 (6 storeys over undercroft/semi-basement with a part 7 storey level) of 58 apartments with car parking and ancillary plant/storage at basement level; Block 7 is 6 storeys of 32 apartments (creche at ground and first floor) with outdoor play area. (B) 89 houses; House types 1A, 2A, 4, 4A- 3 storey to front [2 storey to rear] remainder of house types 2 storey. (C) 21 duplex apartments in 2 3-storey buildings. (D) Single storey community building including management office, 3 single storey ESB substations, single storey bicycle and bin stores. (E) 401 car parking spaces (including 3 car sharing spaces) to serve overall development and 364 bicycle spaces ([for apartments] with apartment bicycle storage provided internally at ground floor level for apartment blocks 1-7). (F) Provision of public open space areas within the development (including playground areas and communal open space areas); all ancillary landscape works, public lighting, planting and boundary treatments including regrading/re-profiling of site where required as well as provision of footpaths and cycle paths. (G) Vehicular access to the proposed development will be from the Citywest Road (N82) and will include pedestrian crossings and works to facilitate access (including vehicular and footpath/bridges over stream/ditch), secondary vehicular and pedestrian access to boundary to lands to north (currently under construction) and pedestrian to boundary to Magna Drive. (H) Provision of surface water and underground attenuation and all ancillary site development work. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant SDCC Development Plan. The council granted permission on 26 May 2020. The five-week observation window closed on 16 Mar 2020. A commencement notice (SN0010333SD) was lodged on 6 May 2024, so works have started on site. The site is zoned R1 — new residential under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 463 units. Within 500 m there are 36 other decided applications in the last five years and 1 appeal.
Proposal
Construction of a residential development of 463 dwellings comprising 353 apartments, 89 houses and 21 duplex apartments, creche (c.587.8sq.m) and community building (c.141sq.m) as follows: (A) 353 apartments in 7 apartment buildings (with balconies or terraces [including communal terraces] as follows: Block 1 (6 storeys with a part 7 storey level) of 57 apartments; Block 2(6 storeys with a part 7 storey level) of 47 apartments; Block 3 (6 storeys over undercroft/semi-basement with a part 7 storey level) of 56 apartments with car parking and ancillary plant/storage at basement level; Block 4 (6 storeys over undercroft/semi-basement with a part 7 storey level) of 56 apartments with car parking and ancillary plant/storage at basement level; Block 5 (6 storeys with a part 7 storey level) of 47 apartments; Block 6 (6 storeys over undercroft/semi-basement with a part 7 storey level) of 58 apartments with car parking and ancillary plant/storage at basement level; Block 7 is 6 storeys of 32 apartments (creche at ground and first floor) with outdoor play area. (B) 89 houses; House types 1A, 2A, 4, 4A- 3 storey to front [2 storey to rear] remainder of house types 2 storey. (C) 21 duplex apartments in 2 3-storey buildings. (D) Single storey community building including management office, 3 single storey ESB substations, single storey bicycle and bin stores. (E) 401 car parking spaces (including 3 car sharing spaces) to serve overall development and 364 bicycle spaces ([for apartments] with apartment bicycle storage provided internally at ground floor level for apartment blocks 1-7). (F) Provision of public open space areas within the development (including playground areas and communal open space areas); all ancillary landscape works, public lighting, planting and boundary treatments including regrading/re-profiling of site where required as well as provision of footpaths and cycle paths. (G) Vehicular access to the proposed development will be from the Citywest Road (N82) and will include pedestrian crossings and works to facilitate access (including vehicular and footpath/bridges over stream/ditch), secondary vehicular and pedestrian access to boundary to lands to north (currently under construction) and pedestrian to boundary to Magna Drive. (H) Provision of surface water and underground attenuation and all ancillary site development work. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant SDCC Development Plan.
- Status
- Officer Allocation
- Decision
- Grant permission on 26 May 2020
- Units
- 463
- Site (from polygon)
- 7.39 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 10 Feb 2020New applicationObservation window closed 16 Mar 2020
- 26 May 2020DecisionAppeal window closed 23 Jun 2020
Full planning report for 53.28063, -6.41983
One document, every dataset, each section with its source and fetch time. Print it or download it as a PDF. It informs a planning search; it is not a statutory search.
1 Where this is — preview
1 Deadlines still open
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0010333SD
- Commencement notice CN0086761SD
- Commencement notice CN0086505SD
- Commencement notice CN0086503SD
- Seven day notice SN0006877SD
- Commencement notice CN0084465SD
- Commencement notice CN0084420SD
- Seven day notice SN0006770SD
- Seven day notice SN0006769SD
- Commencement notice CN0084111SD
- Seven day notice SN0006768SD
- Commencement notice CN0084081SD
- Commencement notice CN0084419SD
- Commencement notice CN0083407SD
- Short commencement notice CN0081480SD
- Short commencement notice CN0081484SD
- Short commencement notice CN0081486SD
- Short commencement notice CN0081483SD
- Short commencement notice CN0081487SD
- Short commencement notice CN0081488SD
- Seven day notice SN0006193SD
Zoning at the site
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.
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
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121880). 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/58218.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 | open |