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Planning application · Co. Dublin

C. 09 ha landholding, in the townlands of Gollierstown and Finnstown, Adamstown, LUCAN, Co. Dublin

Decision: Request additional information (25 May 2026)

Archived record

This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 10 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

~63 homes

Permission for development at a c. 0.9 Ha landholding. The landholding comprises 2 No. physically separated, yet proximate sites (referred to as Plot A and Plot B for the purposes of this Planning Application). Plot A measures 0.14 Ha and the main development site is generally bound: to the north by Stratton Court; to the east by Adamstown Park; to the south by Adamstown Avenue; and to the west by Stratton Drive. Plot B measures 0.76 Ha and the main development site is generally bound: to the north by Adamstown Avenue; to the east by Castlegate Vale and Castlegate Downs; to the south by sports surfaces associated with Adamstown Community College, an all-weather sports pitch associated with Adamstown Community Centre and undeveloped lands; and to the west by Adamstown Park. The development will principally consist of the construction of a 63 No. unit residential development (6,096 sq m) across Plot A and Plot B as follows; Plot A: the construction of a 4-storey apartment building (1,208 sq m) comprising 15 No. apartments (8 No. 1-bed units and 7 No. 2-bed units); Plot B: the construction of 48 No. duplex units (24 No. 2-bed units and 24 No. 3-bed units) in 4 No. 3-storey buildings (4,888 sq m). The development will also include: foul and surface water drainage connections; 63 No. car parking spaces; new access road at Plot B connecting Castlegate Vale to Adamstown Park; bicycle parking; ESB substations; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; balconies/terraces facing south, east and west; green roofs; public lighting; bin storage; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.

Location
Lucan, Co. Dublin Map
Planning reference
SDZ26A/0013W

Key facts

Homes
~63estimated from the application
Floor area
6,096 m²
Received
31 Mar 2026
Decision made
25 May 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested

Outlook

What happens next

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file SDZ26A/0013W on planning.agileapplications.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

The July decision to grant covers 63 homes across two separate plots and incorporates the July FI drawings. Final grant and commencement were not established from the selected sources.

3 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-07 · Official file index

Decision covers 15 apartments and 48 duplexes

Council decision for the two-plot application

What the evidence says
The 28 July decision to grant covers 63 homes and 6,096 m² across two physically separate plots: Plot A has 15 apartments in a four-storey building; Plot B has 48 duplexes in four three-storey buildings. Condition 1 incorporates FI received on 1 July.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Contractors should maintain the separate plot and building scopes while treating 63 as the overall application total.

What is not established
A final-grant notice, construction start and completed units were not established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision to grant permission · p.1
63 · Issued 2026-07-28 · Decision Order 0856; FI received 1 July; not a final-grant notice · Checked 2026-09-07

63

Notification of decision to grant permission · p.2
Further Information received on 1 July 2026 · Issued 2026-07-28 · Decision Order 0856; FI received 1 July; not a final-grant notice · Checked 2026-09-07

Further Information received on 1 July 2026

The FI adds green roofs to two bin and bike stores

June FI store-roof design incorporated by decision condition 1

What the evidence says
Drawing 8501 revision 02 marks green roofs added to two single-storey bin/bike stores. Its key plan locates both stores within Plot B. The drawing shows separate roof plans and sections; this finding does not assume a green roof over every residential block.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Roofing and landscape teams can identify the small ancillary roof package and its interfaces with store construction.

What is not established
Roof build-up, manufacturer, order and installation are not established by this architectural drawing.

Inspect the evidence

Bin and bike store plans, sections and elevations · p.1
GREEN ROOF · Issued June 2026 (month only) · ACS_ZZ_ZZ_DR_MOLA_AR_8501 revision 02 P3, June; received 1 July · Checked 2026-09-07

GREEN ROOF

Notification of decision to grant permission · p.2
Further Information received on 1 July 2026 · Issued 2026-07-28 · Decision Order 0856; FI received 1 July; not a final-grant notice · Checked 2026-09-07

Further Information received on 1 July 2026

The FI replaces substations with screened GRP kiosks

June FI electrical-infrastructure arrangement

What the evidence says
Drawing 8500 revision 02 records substations replaced with ESB kiosks in both plots, with the Plot B kiosk relocated and greenery added. The elevations specify prefabricated GRP kiosks to ESB specification, rendered enclosures and surrounding mature hedging.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Electrical and landscape packages need to coordinate revised kiosk footprints, access and screening.

What is not established
A kiosk manufacturer, procurement award or utility acceptance of installed equipment was not established.

Inspect the evidence

ESB kiosk plans, sections and elevations · p.1
PREFABRICATED GRP KIOSK · Issued June 2026 (month only) · ACS_ZZ_ZZ_DR_MOLA_AR_8500 revision 02 P3, June; received 1 July · Checked 2026-09-07

PREFABRICATED GRP KIOSK

Decision requires universal ducting and initial charging at 20%

EV condition in the July council decision

What the evidence says
Condition 11 requires electrical ducting and termination points at all car-parking spaces, with charging points initially at 20% of spaces. Shared on-street charging must be controlled by the management company; private cables across public space are prohibited.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Electrical designers need to separate future-ready ducting from the smaller initial charger installation and its management responsibility.

What is not established
The selected sources do not identify charger make, capacity, purchased quantity or completed installation.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision to grant permission · p.5
EV Charging · Issued 2026-07-28 · Decision Order 0856; FI received 1 July; not a final-grant notice · Checked 2026-09-07

EV Charging

Notification of decision to grant permission · p.6
100% of car parking spaces · Issued 2026-07-28 · Decision Order 0856; FI received 1 July; not a final-grant notice · Checked 2026-09-07

100% of car parking spaces

Drainage conditions leave a defined design sequence

Drainage and landscape conditions in the July decision

What the evidence says
Condition 15 requires separate foul and surface-water systems and above-ground SuDS attenuation. If above-ground SuDS is not feasible, a suitably certified soakaway is the next option; if that is infeasible, an alternative requires written agreement. Condition 17 requires a detailed landscape and green-infrastructure plan coordinating SuDS, underground services and lighting.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Civil and landscape teams need coordinated compliance details before treating a particular attenuation system as the final specification.

What is not established
No agreed alternative, final capacity, proprietary system or installation is established.

Inspect the evidence

Notification of decision to grant permission · p.7
Drainage · Issued 2026-07-28 · Decision Order 0856; FI received 1 July; not a final-grant notice · Checked 2026-09-07

Drainage

Notification of decision to grant permission · p.7
Landscape and Green Infrastructure Plan · Issued 2026-07-28 · Decision Order 0856; FI received 1 July; not a final-grant notice · Checked 2026-09-07

Landscape and Green Infrastructure Plan
Remaining document questions
  • Has a final grant and agreed drainage, landscape and EV compliance package been published?

The declared pages of these government-published PDFs were visually inspected. Other catalogue files, later compliance, procurement and installed specifications were not established. Historical weekly membership is retained separately from these document dates.

How we know this

From the South Dublin County Council planning register, as last seen on 10 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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