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South Dublin County Council · SHD3ABP-313814-22

Newcastle South

Refused in Aug 2025.

This is Newcastle South — 280 homes, up to 5 storeys, by Cairn Homes Properties Ltd. Read the scheme page →

  1. 16 Jun 2022Received
  2. 5 Aug 2025Refuse permission
Status
Refused
Decision
Refuse permission · 5 Aug 2025
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
SHD3-Application to ABP
Site
8.63 ha

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What’s proposed

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

Planning details

Reference
SHD3ABP-313814-22
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Refused · register status “Decision”
Received
16 Jun 2022
Observations close
21 Jul 2022 (closed 1542 days ago)
Decision due
10 Aug 2022 · decided 5 Aug 2025
Decision
Refuse permission on 5 Aug 2025
Proposed development
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
As published by the register.
Site area
8.63 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Cairn Homes Properties Limited council register

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Zoning

P1 — Rural

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

R1 — New residential

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

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.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

  • NIAH-recorded building · 15
    water pump; Saint Finian's Catholic Church
  • Radon risk area · 3
    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

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

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Summary

SHD3ABP-313814-22 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for construction of 280 no. dwellings, a creche, and open space as follows: A) 128 no. 2, received on 16 Jun 2022; permission was refused on 5 Aug 2025.