Mill Road, Saggart, County Dublin
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SHD3ABP-312501-22 is a planning application for shd3-application to abp at Mill Road, Saggart, County Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 17 Jan 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Demolition of existing single storey dwelling and the construction of 274 units on a 4.62 ha (net) site (density 60 units per hectare). It will comprise of 51 houses, 38 duplex units and 185 apartments. The height of the proposed scheme will range from two storey houses and three storey duplexes to 5 storey and part 8 storey apartment blocks. The proposed residential mix will comprise of: 17 2-bed houses, 27 3-bed houses and 7 4-bed houses, 2 1-bed duplex, 17 2-bed duplex and 19 3-bed duplex units, 62 1-bed apartments, 119 2-bed apartments and 4 3-bed apartments. A 4-classroom crèche of c. 276 sq.m and 2 substations are also included in the proposed development. 276 car parking spaces and 634 bicycle spaces are provided. A planted woodland berm will be developed along the northern boundary with the N7 to provide a sound barrier and amenity open space. There are a number of green spaces located in the centre of the site and on the south east and west of the site with natural play and SUDS elements as well as a large open communal space for the two apartment blocks to the south. Vehicle, pedestrian and cycle access to the site will be from the Mill Road. A new road will be constructed running east west at the southern boundary of the site. The residential element of the site will have two access points off the proposed new road. This new route will extend eastwards to provide cycling and pedestrian connections through neighbouring Citywest lands and to the Saggart LUAS light rail terminus. Secondary access is proposed at the north west of the site from an existing access road connecting to Mill Road. This access is designed as services and emergency only and will be controlled by collapsible bollards. The council granted permission on 2 Aug 2022. The five-week observation window closed on 21 Feb 2022. A commencement notice (SN0011740SD) was lodged on 19 Dec 2024, so works have started on site. The site is zoned C2.1 — economic development and employment under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 274 units. Within 500 m there are 21 other decided applications in the last five years and 3 appeals.
Proposal
Demolition of existing single storey dwelling and the construction of 274 units on a 4.62 ha (net) site (density 60 units per hectare). It will comprise of 51 houses, 38 duplex units and 185 apartments. The height of the proposed scheme will range from two storey houses and three storey duplexes to 5 storey and part 8 storey apartment blocks. The proposed residential mix will comprise of: 17 2-bed houses, 27 3-bed houses and 7 4-bed houses, 2 1-bed duplex, 17 2-bed duplex and 19 3-bed duplex units, 62 1-bed apartments, 119 2-bed apartments and 4 3-bed apartments. A 4-classroom crèche of c. 276 sq.m and 2 substations are also included in the proposed development. 276 car parking spaces and 634 bicycle spaces are provided. A planted woodland berm will be developed along the northern boundary with the N7 to provide a sound barrier and amenity open space. There are a number of green spaces located in the centre of the site and on the south east and west of the site with natural play and SUDS elements as well as a large open communal space for the two apartment blocks to the south. Vehicle, pedestrian and cycle access to the site will be from the Mill Road. A new road will be constructed running east west at the southern boundary of the site. The residential element of the site will have two access points off the proposed new road. This new route will extend eastwards to provide cycling and pedestrian connections through neighbouring Citywest lands and to the Saggart LUAS light rail terminus. Secondary access is proposed at the north west of the site from an existing access road connecting to Mill Road. This access is designed as services and emergency only and will be controlled by collapsible bollards.
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Grant permission on 2 Aug 2022
- Units
- 274
- Site (from polygon)
- 4.90 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 17 Jan 2022New applicationObservation window closed 21 Feb 2022
- 2 Aug 2022DecisionAppeal window closed 30 Aug 2022
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0011740SD
- Seven day notice SN0010953SD
- Seven day notice SN0010954SD
- Seven day notice SN0010930SD
- Seven day notice SN0010928SD
- Seven day notice SN0010929SD
- Seven day notice SN0010909SD
- Commencement notice CN0119232SD
Zoning at the site
EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
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.
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.
- NIAH-recorded building · 2
- Radon risk area · 3
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121318). 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/61790.
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