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South Dublin County Council · LRD25A/0003W · Permission

Woodtown Development

502 homes4 storeysLagan Homes Ballycullen LimitedBallycullen, South Dublin County Council

Approved on appeal Mar 2026.

Also known as Ballycullen Residential Scheme.

  1. 24 Apr 2025Received
  2. 15 Oct 2025Approved
  3. 11 Nov 2025Appealed
  4. 6 Mar 2026Appeal: Approved with conditions
  5. 6 Mar 2031Approval runs out

Earlier approval here ran out with no sign of building: SHD3ABP-310578-21 (2021)

Status
Appeal decided — granted No start yet
Decision
Approved · 15 Oct 2025
Size
502 homes · up to 4 storeys
Uses
residential, houses, apartments, creche
Applicant
Lagan Homes Ballycullen Limited
Site
10.44 ha
Appeal
ACP 323859 · Approved with conditions

Building progress councils’ figures, Q2 2026

494 homes permitted; building has not started (Q2 2026).

494
homes proposed
494
homes permitted
0
homes started on site
0
homes completed

completed · under construction · not started · 189 houses and 305 apartments permitted

Quarter by quarter
QuarterPermittedUnder constructionCompletedCompleted share
Q2 2025—00
Q3 2025000
Q4 2025———
Q1 202649400
Q2 202649400

The scheme

Lagan Homes Ballycullen Limited proposes a residential development at Woodtown, Ballycullen, Dublin 16. The scheme consists of 502 units, including 197 houses and 305 apartments, alongside a creche and associated site works. Access is provided via Stocking Avenue and Stocking Wood Drive.

it involves the construction of 502 residential units

What the register says

The proposed development will consist of 502 no. residential units (108no. 1-bed, 170no. 2-bed, 162 no. 3-bed; 62 no. 4-bed) comprising 197no. 2 storey houses (terraced/semi-detached/detached) (19no. 2-bed, 116no. 3-bed; 62no. 4-bed) and 28no. 3 and 4 storey simplex/duplex apartment blocks providing 305no. apartments (108no. 1-bed apartments, 151no. 2-bed apartments, 46no. 3-bed apartments). The proposed development also includes a creche (c.475sq.m), public open space, car parking (surface/undercroft), bicycle parking, bicycle storage structures and lockers, bin stores, and 8no. ESB substations. Vehicular access to be provided from the existing spur road connection to Stocking Avenue to the west of the site, and via Stocking Wood Drive to the east of the site (with relocation of existing ESB substation and associated works to the existing hammerhead). Additional pedestrian only routes will be provided into Abbot's Grove Park and Stocking Wood Copse with future connections provided for into Stocking Wood Manor, White Pines Park and the future school site to the north of the application site. The proposed development includes all associated site development works (including site reprofiling, retaining structures and downing of ESB overhead lines), landscaping, boundary treatments and services provision the lands are located to the east of Abbots Grove Park, south-east of Abbots Grove Avenue, south of Stocking Avenue and Stocking Wood estate and west of White Pines Park

Summary from the register record.

Planning timeline 7 steps

  • 24 Apr 2025
    Appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála — ACP-323859-25
  • 22 Aug 2025
    Application lodged — LRD
  • 9 Mar 2026
    Council decision — Grant
  • 9 Mar 2026
    Commission decision — Granted
  • 9 Mar 2026
    Final approval
  • 30 Apr 2026
    Judicial review lodged — 2026 596 JR
  • 22 Apr 2031
    Approval runs out (estimate)

The site 10.44 ha

Boundary of Woodtown Development 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

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