Esker South

Area

402 m²

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 77 m².

Zoning

R2 RES (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
R3 SDZ (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective

Townland

Esker South

Planning applications on this parcel

• 26 May 2025Grant approval

  SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 175 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2000 (AS AMENDED) APPLICATION TO AN BORD PLEANÁLA In accordance with Section 175 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended) South Dublin County Council gives notice of its intention to make an application for approval to An Bord Pleanála under Section 175(3) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended), to carry out development at lands cumulatively measuring c. 29.39 hectares, comprising three sites referred to as Site 3, Site 4, and Site 5, located predominantly within the Kishoge Development Area of Clonburris Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), in the townlands of Kishoge, Esker South, Grange, and Balgaddy, Clonburris, County Dublin. The proposed development at Sites 3, 4 and 5 broadly comprises the development of 1,252no. residential units in a mix of houses, duplexes, triplexes and apartments; 2no. childcare facilities; 1no. community building; retail uses; refurbishment works to Grange House for future reuse: - Site 3: Located within ‘Development Area 7- Kishoge North West’ and ‘Development Area 6- Kishoge Urban Centre’ of the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme and bounded generally by Lucan East Educate Together National School and Oldbridge housing estate to the north; Tullyhall residential housing estate to the west; Adamstown Avenue and Kishoge train station and Dublin-Cork rail line to the south; and, Grange Castle Road (R136) to the east. The proposed development at Site 3 comprises the construction of 580no. dwellings, including 130no. 2-storey 3-bedroom houses; 15no. 3-storey 3-bedroom houses; 76no. apartment units (32no. 1-bedroom, 36no. 2-bedroom and 8no. 3-bedroom) accommodated in 2no. 5-storey apartment buildings with balconies on all elevations; 356no. duplex units (108no. 1-bedroom, 115no. 2-bedroom, and 133no. 3-bedroom) and 3no. 3-bedroom triplex units accommodated in 24no. 3-storey duplex blocks, with balconies on rear and/or front elevations. 1no. 2-storey childcare facility (c.553 sq. m). And all associated and ancillary site development, landscape and boundary works, including public open space (c. 7,015 sq. m) and communal open space (c. 3,079sqm); 456no. surface car parking spaces (total); 1,116no. bicycle parking spaces (total); 7no. ESB substations; and the diversion and rerouting of ESB 10KV and 38KV cabling; public lighting. New vehicular site, pedestrian and cycle access to Site 3 is proposed from existing Adamstown Avenue, the consented Northern Link Street (SDZ24A/0033W) and from the existing site entrance at Tullyhall Rise. New pedestrian access is proposed via the permitted green link (SDZ24A/0033W) adjacent to Lucan East Educate Together National School to the north and via the existing public open space at Rossberry Park to the north east. Site 4: Located within ‘Development Area 8- Kishoge South West’ of the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme and bounded to the north by the Dublin-Cork rail line, to the west by Griffeen Valley Park extension, by a linear park permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD228/0003 to the east and the Grand Canal corridor to the south. The proposed development at Site 4 comprises the construction of 436no. dwellings, including 141no. houses (133no. 3-bedroom and 8no. 4-bedroom) ranging from 2 to 3-storeys in height; 124no. apartment units (62no. 1-bedroom and 62no. 2-bedroom) accommodated in 3no. apartment buildings ranging from 4 to 6-storeys in height, with balconies/terraces on all elevations; 106no. duplex units (53no. 2-bedroom and 53no. 3-bedroom) and 57no. 2-bedroom triplex units accommodated in 19no. 3-storey duplex blocks, with a combination of rear gardens, and balconies/ terraces on all elevations; 3no. 1-bedroom age-friendly apartments accommodated in a 1-storey apartment building, with a rear courtyard garden; 5no. 2-bedroom garden apartments accommodated in a 1 to 2-storey apartment building with a front and rear courtyard garden. 1no. childcare facility (c. 544 sqm) and 1no. retail unit (c. 150 sqm) at ground floor of apartment Block F and 1no. community building/ pavilion (c. 683 sq m), all fronting Griffeen Valley Park; and, proposed refurbishment of existing Grange House for employment reuse (c. 173 sq m). And all associated and ancillary site development, landscape and boundary works, including public open space (c. 778 sqm) and communal open space (c. 1,621 sqm); 408no. surface car parking spaces (total); 793no. bicycle parking spaces (total); 3no. ESB substations and 5no. ESB substation kiosks; public lighting; bin stores; demolition of existing outbuildings associated with Grange House (c. 118.0sqm) and isolated buildings (c. 98.0sqm). New vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access to the site is proposed from the permitted Southern Link Road (SDZ20A/0021). Site 5: Primarily located within Development Area 6- Kishoge Urban Centre and Development Area 10- Kishoge North East of the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme. Site 5 consists of two parcels (5a & 5b) located to the north of Kishoge Train Station and east of the R136 roundabout, intersected by Thomas Omer Way. One parcel is bounded by the Foxborough and Omer Walk housing estates to the north, Griffeen Community College and Thomas Omer Way to the south, and the second parcel is bounded by Thomas Omer Way to the north, Lynch’s Lane to the east and Grange Castle Road (R136) to the west. The eastern portion of Site 5b lies outside of the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme area. The proposed development at Site 5 will consist of: the construction of 236 no. residential units comprising 35 no. 2-storey 3-bedroom houses; 110 no. 3-storey duplex units (53 no. 2-bedroom and 57 no. 3-bedroom); 33 no. 3-storey 2-bedroom triplex units; and 58 no. apartments (37 no. 1-bedroom and 21 no. 2-bedroom) in a 6-storey over basement apartment block. And all associated and ancillary site development, landscape and infrastructural works, including: public open space (3,101 sq.m); communal open space (332 sq.m) to serve the apartment building; balconies/terraces for the apartments and duplex/triplex units; 219 no. car parking spaces (total); 628 no. bicycle parking spaces (527 no. resident spaces and 101 no. visitor spaces); ESB substation, public lighting, boundary treatments, waste storage areas, drainage and open attenuation ponds. To facilitate development, it is proposed to remove a section of the concrete noise barrier along Thomas Omer Way (within the Site 5 boundary only) and remnants of derelict structures and hardstand on lands to the south of Thomas Omer Way. Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access to the parcel in the south will be from Thomas Omer Way via a new left-in-left-out junction at Lynch’s Lane and from the R136 via the permitted Northern Link Street (granted under Reg. Ref. SDZ24A/0033W). Vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access to the north parcel will be from Thomas Omer Way via a new signalised junction. New pedestrian connections are facilitated to the Foxborough and Omer Walk residential estates. This application is being made in accordance with the Clonburris Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme, as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 604 of 2015. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application documentation including the Environmental Impact Assessment Report may be inspected free of charge or purchased on payment of a specified fee (which fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of making such copy) during public opening hours from Tuesday 03 June 2025 to Monday 14 July 2025 at the following locations: The Office of An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, D01 V902 (between 9.15am and 5.30 pm Monday to Friday); South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (between 9:00am to 4:00pm., Monday to Friday); The application (including EIAR) may also be viewed/downloaded on the following website: www.kishoge-part10.com. Submissions or observations may be made in writing to An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, D01 V902 on payment of the prescribed fee of €50 within 6-weeks of receipt of the application by An Bord Pleanála (submissions or observations may also be made through the Board’s website at the following address https://www.pleanala.ie/en-IE/Observation-on-a-strategic-Infrastructure-devel) to be received on or before 5.30 p.m. Monday 14 July 2025 relating to: (i) The implications of the proposed development for proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the proposed development is concerned; and (ii) The likely effects on the environment of the proposed development, if carried out. An Bord Pleanála may give approval to the application for development with or without conditions or may refuse the application for development. A person may question the validity of any such decision by An Bord Pleanála by way of an application for judicial review under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986, as amended), in accordance with section 50 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended). Practical information on the judicial review mechanism can be accessed under the heading Legal Notices – Judicial Review Notice on the An Bord Pleanála website www.pleanala.ie or on the Citizens Information website www.citizensinformation.ie

  Application under part 10 · South Dublin County Council, SDZ25X/0001

• 3 Dec 2009Grant permission

  Mixed use residential, retail, commercial, creche & community development consisting of the construction of 973 no. residential units, all with private gardens, balconies or terraces, (55 no. 1 bed apartment units; 481 no. 2 bed apartment and duplex apartment units; 276 no. 3 bed apartment and duplex apartment units; 63 no. 3 bed houses; 98 no. 4 bed houses); 6089sq.m. of commercial space; 2569sq.m. of retail space; a 408sq.m. creche; a 503sq.m. community building and a 80sq.m. management suite. The site is divided into 3 zones - A, B, and C. Zone A is located to the south of the site and is bounded to the south by the Dublin-Kildare Rail Line, to the east by the Outer Ring Road and to the west by the Adamstown Link Road and will accommodate 429 no. residential units; 6089sq.m. of commercial floor space; 2501sq.m. of retail floor space and a 80sq.m. management facility in buildings ranging in height from 5 to 8 storeys. Zone B is located to the west of the site and is bounded to the east by the Adamstown Link road and to the the north and west by Oldbridge and Tullyhall residential neighbourhoods and will accommodate 237 no. residential units ranging in height from 2 to 4 storeys. Zone C is located to the north of the site and is bounded by Griffeen Avenue to the north, the Outer Ring Road to the east and Oldbridge residential neighbourhood to the west and will accommodate 307 no. residential units, a 503sq.m. community building, 68sq.m. of retail floor space and a 408sq.m. creche in buildings ranging in height from 2 to 6 storeys. The proposal provides infrastructure involving the construction of a new road, to be called Station Road, from the Adamstown Link Road to the Fonthill Link Road including a bridge underneath the Outer Ring Road and single storey retail space within the underbridge structure; the widening of the Adamstown Link road to facilitate a new four arm junction at the Adamstown Link Road and the new Station Road; vehicular and pedestrian access points off the new Station Road; the formation of a vehicular access point from the Griffeen Avenue roundabout; the formation of a pedestrian crossing on the Adamstown Link Road; a single storey stand alone energy centre measuring 523 sq.m; temporary surface car park for 101 no. cars to facilitate use of the railway station at the initial phases of development; a total of 1493 no. permanent car parking spaces (684 no. at basement level, 101 no. at ground level and 708 no. on the surface), 350 of which are to be used as a park & ride; extensive landscape works including provision of attenuation ponds, allotments, neighbourhood and pocket parks and play areas; and all associated infrasturcture and site development works above and below ground required to faciliate the development on a 19.5 hectare site bounded to the east by the Outer Ring Road and to the north by Griffeen Avenue; the Adamstown Link Road traverses the site and the Kildare-Dublin Rail Line is located to the south of the site; the existing neighbourhoods of Griffeen, Oldbridge and Tullyhall are located to the west and north-west of the site. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been submitted with the application and will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the offices of the planning authority. Significant Additional Information: the revised proposal includes for the construction of 898 no. residential units (64 no. 1 bed apartment units, 388 no. 2 bed apartment and duplex apartment units, 295 no. 3 bed apartment and dunplex apartment units, 61 no. 3 bed houses, 90 no. 4 bed houses). The proposal also includes 6259sq.m. of commercial floor space, 2516sq.m. retail floor space, a 515sq.m. community building, a 390sq.m. creche facility and a 140sq.m. management facility. Infrastructure involving the construction of a new road called Station Road connecting Adamstown Link Road to the Fonthill Link Road, including a bridge underneath the Outer Ring Road and single storey retail space associated with underbridge; the widening of the Adamstown Link Road to facilitate a new four arm junction at Adamstown Link Road and the new Station Road; two vehicular and pedestrian access points off the new Station Road to the site; the formation of a vehicular access point from the Griffeen Avenue rundabout; the formation of a pedestrian crossing on the Adamstown Link Road; a single storey stand alone energy centre measuring 523sq.m.; temporary surface car park for 106 no. cars to facilitate use of the rail station at the early stages of construction; a total of 1459 no. permanent car parking spaces (756 no. at basement and 703 no. on the surface). Of the 1459 no. permanent car parking spaces to be provided, 350 no. are to be used as park and ride; extensive landscape works, including the provision of attenuation ponds, allotments, neighbourhood and pocket parks and all associated infrastructure and site development works above and below ground required to facilitate the development.

  Permission, 898 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD09A/0149

• 21 Oct 2008Grant permission

  Build a three bedroom two-storey detached house beside24 Rossberry Terrace, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0732

• 28 Mar 2000Grant permission

  Change of house type on 78 no. sites, i.e. 1 to 33 in area H2 and on site 1 to 4 inclusive, 13, 21 to 60 inclusive in area H3 on already approved site plan (Reg. Ref. S97A/0559).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S00A/0202

• 2 Jul 1999Withdraw the application

  Substitute new house types for the 108 dwellings already permitted in planning permission S98A/0567, known as Hayden phase 2.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S99A/0438

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Recorded monuments around it

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Architectural heritage

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Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

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Landslides

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Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3046 (ZIP).

Flooding

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