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South Dublin County Council · SHD3ABP-313814-22 · SHD3-Application to ABP

Newcastle, Newcastle South, Dublin 22, Dublin

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Council received 16 Jun 2022We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1549 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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SHD3ABP-313814-22 is a planning application for shd3-application to abp at Newcastle, Newcastle South, Dublin 22, Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 16 Jun 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: construction of 280 no. dwellings, a creche, and open space as follows: A) 128 no. 2 storey houses (8 no. 2 bedroom houses, 94 no. 3 bedroom houses, 25 no. 4 bedroom houses and 1 no. 5 bedroom house; B) 116 no. apartments in 2 no. 5 storey buildings comprising (54 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 62 no. 2 bedroom apartments, all with terrace or balcony along with solar panels and green roofs at roof level as well as telecommunications infrastructure comprising 9 no. support poles on ballast mounts (to accommodate 1No. 2m 2G/3G/4G antenna & 1No. 5G antenna each) & 3 no. poles on lift overrun (to accommodate 2No. Ø0.3m Microwave links each at roof level of Apartment building B, together with associated equipment and cabinets/shrouds); C) 36 no. apartments/duplex apartments in 3 no. 3 storey buildings – (18 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 18 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments) all with terrace; D) Amendment to permitted Creche (c. 518sqm) in ‘Graydon’ (ABP References: TA06S.305343 & ABP-305343-19) to now provide a Creche of c. 778 sq. m of 2 no. storeys; E) Open space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments and apartments; along with single storey bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations; F) Vehicular access from the Athgoe Road from a new signalised junction along with upgrades to footpath and pedestrian crossing as well as provision of vehicular/pedestrian/cycle link to permitted ‘Graydon’ (TA06S.305343) ‘Newcastle Boulevard’ to the east, as well as 423 no. car parking spaces and 370 no. bicycle spaces and all internal roads, cycleways, green routes and paths; G) Provision of Surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems, connection to water supply, and provision of foul drainage infrastructure as well as underground local pumping station to Irish Water specifications and all ancillary site development/construction/landscaping works. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant Development Plan and Local Area Plan. The application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land. The council refused permission on 5 Aug 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 21 Jul 2022. The site is zoned P1 — rural under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 33 other decided applications in the last five years and 15 appeals.

Appeal window closes 2 Sept 2025 closed 375 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (5 Aug 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

construction of 280 no. dwellings, a creche, and open space as follows: A) 128 no. 2 storey houses (8 no. 2 bedroom houses, 94 no. 3 bedroom houses, 25 no. 4 bedroom houses and 1 no. 5 bedroom house; B) 116 no. apartments in 2 no. 5 storey buildings comprising (54 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 62 no. 2 bedroom apartments, all with terrace or balcony along with solar panels and green roofs at roof level as well as telecommunications infrastructure comprising 9 no. support poles on ballast mounts (to accommodate 1No. 2m 2G/3G/4G antenna & 1No. 5G antenna each) & 3 no. poles on lift overrun (to accommodate 2No. Ø0.3m Microwave links each at roof level of Apartment building B, together with associated equipment and cabinets/shrouds); C) 36 no. apartments/duplex apartments in 3 no. 3 storey buildings – (18 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 18 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments) all with terrace; D) Amendment to permitted Creche (c. 518sqm) in ‘Graydon’ (ABP References: TA06S.305343 & ABP-305343-19) to now provide a Creche of c. 778 sq. m of 2 no. storeys; E) Open space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartments and apartments; along with single storey bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations; F) Vehicular access from the Athgoe Road from a new signalised junction along with upgrades to footpath and pedestrian crossing as well as provision of vehicular/pedestrian/cycle link to permitted ‘Graydon’ (TA06S.305343) ‘Newcastle Boulevard’ to the east, as well as 423 no. car parking spaces and 370 no. bicycle spaces and all internal roads, cycleways, green routes and paths; G) Provision of Surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems, connection to water supply, and provision of foul drainage infrastructure as well as underground local pumping station to Irish Water specifications and all ancillary site development/construction/landscaping works. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant Development Plan and Local Area Plan. The application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land.

Status
Decision
Decision
Refuse permission on 5 Aug 2025
Site (from polygon)
8.63 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 16 Jun 2022
    New application
    Observation window closed 21 Jul 2022
  • 5 Aug 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 2 Sept 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    P1 — Rural

    RU: To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture

    Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.

    R1 — New residential

    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.

    R2 — Existing residential

    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

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 15
      water pump; Saint Finian's Catholic Church; Newcastle National School
    • Radon risk area · 3
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 12
      Castle - motte; Church; Cross

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121335). 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/62718.

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