Taylor's Lane and Edmondstown Road
Approved on appeal Sep 2025: 402 apartments; building not started (Q2 2026).
5 storeysShannon Homes Dublin Unlimited CompanyBallyboden, South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Approved on appeal · no start notice yet
- Council decision
- Approved · 29 May 2023
- Height
- up to 5 storeys
- Uses
- residential, apartments, creche, retail
- Applicant
- Shannon Homes Dublin Unlimited Company · 5 planning applications, 100% granted
- Site
- 3.85 ha
- Appeal
- ACP 322702 · Approved with conditions · 22 Sept 2025
Building progress councils’ figures, Q2 2026
completed · under construction · not started · 0 houses and 402 apartments permitted
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Permitted | Under construction | Completed | Completed share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 402 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q3 2025 | 402 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q4 2025 | 402 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q1 2026 | 402 | 0 | 0 | |
| Q2 2026 | 402 | 0 | 0 |
Source and licence
The scheme
Shannon Homes Dublin Unlimited Company proposes the construction of 402 apartments across three blocks at the site of former institutional buildings on Taylor's Lane and Edmondstown Road. The development includes a creche, two retail units, and a new public park. The buildings range from two to five storeys in height over a basement or lower ground floor.
What the register says
The development will consist of the demolition of the existing former Institutional buildings and associated outbuildings (c.5,231 sq.m) and construction of a new residential development comprising 402 no. apartments (39 no. 1 beds, 302 no. 2 beds and 61 no. 3 beds) within 3 no. blocks ranging in height from 2 to 5 storeys over basement/ lower ground floor. All residential units will be provided with associated private balconies/ terraces to the north/ south/ east/ west elevations. The development will include the following: Block A up to 5 storeys over basement/ lower ground floor providing 118 no. units. Block B up to 5 storeys over basement providing 123 no. units. Block C up to 5 storeys over basement/ lower ground floor providing 161 no. units. The development will also include a creche (c.656 sq.m) and 2 no. retail units (c.262 sq.m and c.97 sq.m) all located within Block A, along with c.322 sq.m of internal residential communal space located in Block C. The development will include the provision of a new public park in the north of the site along Taylor's Lane. The development will include 290 no. car parking spaces and 1,054 no. cycle parking spaces provided at basement/surface level. The development will include for a revised vehicular access from Edmondstown Road and an emergency vehicular access from Taylor's Lane along with pedestrian/cyclist accesses to/from the site. The development will include for road improvement works along Edmondstown Road including the existing junction of Scholarstown Road/ Edmondstown Road. The development will include for all associated site development works, open spaces, landscaping, SuDs features, boundary treatments, plant areas, waste management areas/bin stores, car/cycle parking areas (including EV parking), and services provision (including ESB substation/ kiosks)
Summary from the register record.
Planning timeline 8 steps
- 3 Apr 2023Application lodged — LRD
- 29 May 2023Council decision — Grant
- 26 Jun 2023Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála — ABP-317443-23
- 11 Oct 2023Commission decision — Granted
- 11 Oct 2023Final approval
- 4 Dec 2023Judicial review lodged — 2023 1383 JR
- 10 Mar 2025Judicial review concluded — Quashed
- 24 Nov 2028Approval runs out (estimate)
The site 3.85 ha
Boundary of Taylor's Lane and Edmondstown Road as the Dublin councils map it in the housing pipeline.
Planning applications inside the site 2 applications in the last 10 years
Appeals inside the site 2 with An Coimisiún Pleanála
Other big developments nearby within 2 km
- Knocklyon to Ballyboden Active and Sustainable Travel Scheme · lodged 2025, not decided · 76 m away
- St. Winnows, Stocking Lane · approved 2024 · 119 homes · 4 storeys · 361 m away
- Stocking Lane Development · approved 2022, no start notice · 131 homes · 4 storeys · 361 m away
- Glenmore Court Sports Facility · lodged 2026, not decided · 1 storeys · 502 m away
- Pearse Brothers Park · building started 2024 · 10 homes · 530 m away
- Rosemount District Centre · approved 2023, no start notice · 901 m away
- Edmondstown Mill · refused 2022 · 65 homes · 4 storeys · 942 m away
- Marian Road · lodged 2025, not decided · 1.0 km away
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