Doddsborough
Doddsborough is a townland in the civil parish of Lucan, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Baile an Dodaigh.
Parcel 6006980
- Area
- 1,407 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- G1 OS (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
R3 SDZ (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Doddsborough
Planning applications on this parcel
23 May 2019Grant permission
Residential development of 163 dwellings (18,342sq.m) in 3 separate parcels of land known as 3A, 3B and 3C respectively; Site 3A comprises undeveloped lands bounded by the proposed Tobermaclugg Park to the north and west with access from Shackleton Drive comprising of 28 two and three storey houses (3655sq.m gross floor area); 1 four bedroom house (138sq.m); 15 three bedroom houses (ranging from 111.3sq.m - 114.1sq.m); 8 four bedroom houses (ranging from 134.2sq.m to 154.9sq.m) and 4 five bedroom houses (169.4sq.m); associated private gardens, car parking and bin storage areas, in a mix of semi-detached and terraced units; access to Site 3A is provided from Shackleton Drive; Site 3B is located north west of the proposed Airlie Park and south east of the proposed Tobermaclugg Local Centre and is accessed from the main street (permitted under Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0015) and is comprised of 25 two and three storey terraced houses (2930sq.m gross floor area); 22 three bedroom houses (112.4sq.m to 114.1sq.m); 2 four bedroom houses (ranging from 134.2sq.m to 149.2sq.m and 1 five bedroom house (172.9sq.m); associated private gardens, car parking and bin storage areas; Block 1 (487sq.m) gross floor area), three storey terraced block consisting of 4 duplex units comprising of 2 two bedroom duplex units (98.7sq.m) and 2 three bedroom duplex units (ranging from 115.4sq.m - 125.4sq.m); Block 2 (1659sq.m gross floor area), three storey terraced blocks consisting of 16 duplex/apartment units comprising of 8 two bedroom apartment units (ranging from 86.2sq.m to 88.9sq.m) and 8 three bedroom duplex units (ranging from 120.8sq.m to 125.4sq.m); Site 3C is located to the east of Airlie Park and is bounded by Adamstown Boulevard to the eastern boundary and is accessed from Adamstown Boulevard and is comprised of 36 two and three storey houses (4381sq.m gross floor area); 24 three bedroom houses (ranging from 111.3sq.m to 114.1sq.m); 10 four bedroom houses (ranging from134.2sq.m to 149.2sq.m); 2 five bedroom houses (172.9sq.m); Block 3 (487sq.m gross floor area), three storey terraced block consisting of 4 duplex units comprising 2 two bedroom duplex units (98.7sq.m) and 2 three bedroom duplex units (ranging from 114.5sq.m to 115.4sq.m); Block 4 (1431sq.m gross floor area), three storey terraced block consisting of 14 duplex/apartment units comprising 7 two bedroom apartment units (ranging from 81sq.m to 91.9sq.m) and 7 three bedroom duplex units (ranging from 121.2sq.m to 122.1sq.m); Block 5 (1025sq.m gross floor area), three storey terraced block consisting of 10 duplex/apartment units comprising of 5 two bedroom apartment units (ranging from 81sq.m to 91.9sq.m) and 5 three bedroom duplex units (ranging from 121.2sq.m to 122.2sq.m); Block 6 (2282sq.m gross floor area), four to five storey block consisting of 26 apartment units comprising 5 one bedroom duplex units (50.7sq.m) and 21 two bedroom duplex units (ranging from 81.5sq.m to 86.8sq.m); Permission is also sought for all associated pedestrian footpaths and cycle paths; 333 parking spaces; bin storage areas; communal and private open space (including terraces and gardens); hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatment and all associated site and development works; temporary Permission is sought for two 4.5m high triangular pylon marketing signs to be erected at the proposed site 3C on Shackleton Boulevard.
Sdz application, 163 homes · South Dublin County Council, SDZ19A/0003
10 Dec 2018Grant permission
Provision of new public park, called Airlie Park of approximately 10.95Ha, comprising of a full size all-weather playing pitch (c.135 x 90m), together with 6 18m high columns, each with 4 flood light fittings and 3m high double wire ball-stop sports fencing surrounding the proposed all-weather playing pitch, together with 16m high ball-catch fencing behind the two goal areas; a full size cricket ground (c.140 x 158m); 2 cricket practice areas, including 3.6m high netting enclosing the cricket practice areas; 2 basketball courts, together with 6 10m high columns with between 2 and 4 flood light fittings on each column and 3m high double wire ball-stop sports fencing surrounding the proposed basketball courts; a half basketball court; 2 tennis courts, together with 6 10m high columns with between 2 and 4 flood light fittings on each column and 3m high double wire ball-stop sports fencing surrounding the proposed tennis courts; 1 storey building with changing facilities, equipment storage and a coffee dock (c.322sq.m.); 2 natural play / neighbourhood play areas (NEAPs); 2 natural play / local play areas (LEAPs); an exercising area; teenager's social area; car park with 56 car parking spaces served by two new vehicular entry / egress points off Adamstown Boulevard (permitted under ref. SDZ18A/0009; 70 bicycle parking spaces; redistribution and re-profiling of c.179,000 cubic metres of soil spoil from drainage, services and foundations from within the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone; demolition of existing single storey house called Airlie Lodge (c.110sq.m.) and a detached single storey house at the former Airlie Farm (c.125sq.m.) and collection of ancillary farm buildings at the former Airlie Farm (3,210sq.m.); all ancillary site development and landscaping works, including public lighting, seating, pathways, planting, surface water drainage and boundaries and location for park maintenance facility including a 2m high feature park entrance detail to the eastern site boundary inside planned car park; part of the subject site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (Protected Structure) at Airlie Lodge and former Airlie Farm, both at Tandy's Lane, Lucan and including other lands east and west of Tandy's Lane, in the townlands of Finnstown, Aderrig and Doddsborough at Adamstown which are bounded generally to the north by Tobermaclugg Village development area and the Shackleton Phase 2 residential development (ref. SDZ18A/0002), to the east by the alignment of the permitted Adamstown Boulevard (ref. SDZ18A/0009), to the south by the undeveloped lands in the Aderrig Development Area; no works are proposed to the Protected Structure.
Sdz application · South Dublin County Council, SDZ18A/0014
26 Oct 2018Grant permission
Development at a site (approx. 2 Ha.): for strategic road infrastructure with the boundaries of the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone, as defined by S.I. 272 of 2001 and will comprise: (i) c. 480m of a new road, known as Central Boulevard, generally consisting of; 6m wide carriageway divided by a 3m wide landscaped median, plus on either side of the carriageway a bus lane (3.25m), a landscaped verge (2m), off-road cycle lanes (1.5m) and footpath (2.6m), including public lighting, trees, and a pedestrian crossing from a new junction with Adamstown Way (to the south) proposed in this application and to the north which connects to a permitted Section of the Central Boulevard (SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0002), including a new signalised junction with the realigned Tandy's Lane (to the east) proposed in this application, together with a new signal controlled junction serving the Aderrig Development Area (to the west). The proposed road passes across part of the lands at Airlie House (A Protected Structure - RPS Ref. 109); no works proposed to Airlie House itself. (ii) Completion works to an existing 180m section of Central Boulevard roadway, currently constructed to base course under Reg. Ref. SDZ06A/11 to now provide: off road cycle lane (1.5m), together with the planted verge (2.0m), tree planting, public lighting and footpath (2.0m), from the signalised junction with Adamstown Avenue and the signalised junction with Adamstown Way. (iii) The relocation and realignment of Tandy's Lane roadway providing a new 6m carriageway, 280m in length, between a road junction (to the east) permitted under Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0007, known as Loop Road #1, and to the west by a new junction at a section of the Central Boulevard, proposed in this application. (iv) Completion works to 180m Section of Adamstown Way roadway, currently constructed to base course under Ref. Ref: SDZ06A/05 to now provide: off road cycle lane (1.5m), together with the planted verge, tree planting, public lighting and footpath (2.0m) and 11 no. car parking spaces from the junction with Loop Road #1, permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0007 (to the east) and the junction with the Central Boulevard roadway (to the west) proposed in this application. All ancillary and associated site development and landscape works including: public lighting, junction layouts, signals, signs and road markings and minor adjustments to existing drainage and services to serve the roads and future surrounding development areas. This application is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014, and relates to a proposed development within the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme Area, as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 272 of 2001. On lands generally bound to the north by lands within the Tandy's Lane Village Development Area, to the east by lands subject of planning permission for 135 no. residential units (SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0002) and Loop Road #1 (SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0007), and to the south by Adamstown Way and comprises part of the lands at Airlie House (A Protected Structure - RPS Ref. 109), Tandy's Lane, Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
Sdz application · South Dublin County Council, SDZ18A/0009
19 Jan 2018Grant permission
Permission for development of 268 dwellings comprising of the following: 184 two and three storey houses consisting of 102 three-bedroom houses (ranging from 111sq.m to 157sq.m), 67 four-bedroom houses (ranging from 135sq.m to 154sq.m) and 15 five bedroom houses (ranging from 169sq.m to 176sq.m) with associated private gardens, car parking and bin storage areas, in a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced units; Block 1 (931sq.m gross floor area): four storey L-shaped terraced block consisting of 8 duplex units comprising 4 two bedroom duplex units (ranging from 93sq.m to 100sq.m) and 4 three bedroom duplex units (ranging from 107sq.m to 111sq.m); Block 2 (1032sq.m gross floor area): three storey terraced block consisting of 12 duplex/apartment units comprising 6 own door two bedroom apartments at ground floor (ranging from 88sq.m to 91sq.m) and 6 three bedroom duplexes over (ranging from 118sq.m to 120sq.m); Block 3 (1192sq.m gross floor area): three storey terraced block consisting of 14 duplex/apartment units comprising 7 own door two bedroom apartments at ground floor (ranging from 81sq.m to 89sq.m) and 7 three bedroom duplexes over (ranging from 113sq.m to 118sq.m); Block 4, 5 and 6 (488sq.m each): four storey block consisting of 4 duplex units comprising 2 two bedroom duplex units (101sq.m) and 2 three bedroom duplex units (117sq.m) and Block 7 (4110sq.m gross floor area): four storey block consisting of 38 apartment units comprising 8 one bedroom units (54sq.m) and 30 two-bedroom units (ranging from 82sq.m to 90sq.m). Block 7 includes a crèche (652sq.m) and associated play areas. Access will be provided from 3 access points from the approved east-west distributor road that bounds the site to the north ('Shackleton Drive'). The current application includes an additional section of Shackleton Drive (c.200 metres) that is within the applicants' ownership and will make provision for vehicular traffic, online bus services, car parking, pedestrian footpaths and cycle paths to tie in with the approved Shackleton Drive permitted under SDZ16A/0003. (Note: This section of road was previously permitted under Reg Ref: SDZ17A/0006 to facilitate access to lands in Development Area 5 Tubber Lane). The development also includes part (c.450metres) of the north-south road (referred to as 'Central Boulevard' in the Planning Scheme) that will replace Tandy's Lane along the eastern boundary of the site. This road will make provision for vehicular traffic, bus lanes/stops, pedestrian footpaths, cycle paths and 2 access points into the current application site. Permission is also sought for 552 parking spaces, bin storage areas, communal and private open spaces (including balconies, terraces, gardens, courtyards and roof terraces), hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment and all associated site and development works. One dwelling and associated outbuilding (totalling 94sq.m) located to the south eastern corner of the site, at the bend of Tandy's Lane are to be demolished to accommodate the development. Temporary permission for 3 years is sought for two 4.5m high triangular pylon marketing signs to be erected in the north eastern and south eastern corner of the site addressing 'Shackleton Drive'/Central Boulevard and Central Boulevard respectively. At this site (c.8.85 hectares) at Adamstown, Lucan Co. Dublin. The application relates to part of the lands within Adamstown SDZ Planning Scheme (2014) known as Tobermaclugg Village (Development Area 4) bounded to the north by approved east-west distributor road (approved under Reg Ref: SDZ16A/0003 - under construction) to the south by the proposed Airlie Park Public Open Space, to the east by a new road referred to as Central Boulevard and to the west by undeveloped lands designated in the Planning Scheme as Tobermaclugg Local Centre.
Sdz application, 268 homes · South Dublin County Council, SDZ18A/0002
14 Aug 2007Grant permission
Consists of 374 no. dwellings comprising as follows: 127 no. houses including 2 no. two-bedroom houses, 93 no. three-bedroom houses and 32 no. four-bedroom houses in a mix of two and three storey terraced and semi-detached units; 30 no. two-bedroom apartments and 7 no. one-bedroom apartments in 7 no. five and six storey blocks; and 210 no. duplex apartments including 123 no. three-bedroom duplexes and 87 no. two-bedroom duplexes in a mix of three and four storey buildings. Private and semi-private open space to serve the proposed units is provided in the form of balconies, terraces, gardens and communal courtyards throughout the development. A total of 589 car parking spaces have been provided, as have cycle parking spaces associated with each dwelling. Vehicular access to serve the development will be taken from 2 access points off Central Boulevard and two access points of a realigned section of Tandy's Lane. Permission is also sought for: the realignment of c.292m of the existing Tandy's Lane in order to upgrade the road and provide access to the proposed development and also to future parcels of development envisaged by the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2003; and construction of 455m of Central Boulevard stretching from the junction with Adamstown Way (SDZ06A/5) in the south to the Junction with the re-aligned portion of Tandy's lane in the north. The current application seeks permission only for that portion of Central Boulevard that lies between the roadside kerbs. The qualitative treatment of footpaths, landscaping and cycleways etc. will be the subject of a future application for planning permission dealing with the development of Central Boulevard as a single entity. Permission is also sought for the provision of bin storage facilities and site development and landscapes works. The subject site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (a protected structure) however no works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this application. The planning application is being made in accordance with the provisions of the Adamstown Planning scheme 2003. The development will take place entirely within the boundaries of Adamstown Strategic Development Zone as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 272 of 2001, all at lands measuring approx 8.68 hectares on lands bounded generally by Adamstown Boulevard to the west, Adamstown Way (Reg. Ref. SDZ06A/5) to south, Adamstown Park (Reg. Ref. SDZ06A/5) to the east and a proposed realigned section of Tandy's Lane to the north in the town lands of Finnstown and Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Sdz application, 374 homes · South Dublin County Council, SDZ07A/0007
—Grant approval
Non-Material Amendment to the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme.
Approval · South Dublin County Council, ABP-315768-23
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 105.1 ha
- 260 acres
- Land parcels
- 966
- registered freehold, median 197 m²
- Zoning
- R3
- SDZ
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
966 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doddsborough, from 0 m² to 133,278 m² (13.33 ha, 32.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 59 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R3SDZ (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 563 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RES (Existing residential)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 378 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3LC (District, neighbourhood centre)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3DC (District, neighbourhood centre)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Sept 2026Sai received
The development will consist / consists of the demolition of an existing shed to the rear, the subdivision of the site and the erection of two new double storey with loft five-bedroom semidetached houses. The houses will be known as 51A and 51 B Dodsborough cottages. Each house will measure 217.7m2. The houses will have two new site access points from the private laneway to the rear south side of the site known as Shackleton Way. Each house will have space for 2 onsite car parking bays in front of the houses. The development will include all new perimeter walls services and service connections ancillary to the development.
Permission, 2 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0052W
26 Aug 2026Referral
The erection of perimeter fencing, to a maximum height of 2.4 metres, including associated access gates, around an all-weather pitch (the all-weather pitch works having previously been declared exempt development under Ref. ED25/0023), together with all associated ancillary works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0207W
19 Aug 2026Declared not exempt
Proposed 30 sqm home office and gym in rear garden.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0085
19 Aug 2026Declared not exempt
The development will consist of construction of a single storey flat roof 28.2Sq
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0084
21 Jul 2026Declared exempt
Full wrap around insulation on our home which will cover exterior cladding on the house under the warmer home scheme.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0058
1 Jul 2026Declared exempt
Warmer home scheme to cover cladding at the bottom half of the front of the house with 100mm external wall insulation to maximise the energy efficiency of the dwelling and to protect from water ingress.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0061
25 Jun 2026Grant permission
Alterations to approved planning ref: SD22B/0455; internal modifications to approved attic floor layout to allow for 2 bedrooms and a toilet, three new windows at attic floor, removal of granted ground floor rear extension and revised layout of granted rooflights; proposed finishes to match and align with existing terraced dwelling inclusive of all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SDZ26B/0002W
19 Jun 2026Grant permission
Construction of a single storey extension to front, two storey extension to side and rear and single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling; New pedestrian access gate to side wall into rear garden.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0307W
9 Jun 2026Grant permission
A Single storey, ground floor rear extension and 2 new windows to the side at 2nd floor level.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SDZ26A/0022W
7 Jun 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for an attic conversion including a rear dormer roof extension, a new window to the gable wall, 2No. rooflights to the front elevation, new internal access stairs, and all associated site works
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0278W
3 Jun 2026Invalidate application
Alterations to approved planning ref: SD22B/0455; internal modifications to approved attic floor layout to allow for 2 bedrooms and a toilet; three new windows at attic floor; removal of granted ground floor rear extension and revised layout of granted rooflights; proposed finishes to match and align with existing terraced dwelling inclusive of all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0268W
25 May 2026Grant permission
Removal of the existing single-storey garden shed and the construction of a new single-storey, detached, two-bed dwelling with vehicular access from the public road, together with boundary treatments and all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0122W
30 Apr 2026Grant permission for retention
Retention for single storey extension with 2no. roof windows to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Sdz application · South Dublin County Council, SDZ26A/0017W
27 Mar 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for 1) Single storey extension with 3no. roof windows to the rear of existing dwelling. 2) Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification to existing roof structure, new access stairs, 5no. roof windows to the rear, 2no. dormer windows and 2no. roof windows to the front of existing dwelling and all associated site works within a Strategic Development Zone
Sdz application · South Dublin County Council, SDZ25A/0043W
12 Mar 2026Grant permission
Conversion of attic to storage and a bathroom including a dormer window to the rear all at roof level.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SDZ26A/0010W
9 Mar 2026Declared not exempt
Proposed ancillary building including study room and bathroom in rear garden.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0022
3 Mar 2026Refuse permission
A detached 2-storey dormer style dwelling with vehicular access to front and all related works, within a Strategic Development Zone.
Sdz application · South Dublin County Council, SDZ25A/0031W
2 Mar 2026Invalid - site notice
Conversion of attic to storage and a bathroom including a dormer window to the rear all at roof level
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0087W
25 Feb 2026Refuse permission for retention
The development will consist of a new water supply and wastewater infrastructure to the existing single storey family entertainment room to rear of back garden granted under planning reference SD21B/0528. Refer condition 3. Also Front gate design & external render finish of house under planning reference SD18A/0101. Refer condition 2 and 3.
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0159W
24 Feb 2026Request additional information
The development will consist / consists of the demolition of an existing shed to the rear, the subdivision of the site and the erection of two new double storey with loft five-bedroom semidetached houses. The houses will be known as 20A and 20B Dodsborough cottages. Each house will measure 158.5m2. The houses will have two new site access points from the private laneway to the rear facing Lucan United Football club. Each house will have space for 2 onsite car parking bays in front of the houses. The development will include all new perimeter walls services and service connections ancillary to the development.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0051W
15 Feb 2026Grant permission
Proposed demolition of existing bungalow dwelling and construction of new two-storey 4-bedroom dwelling with pitched roofs. Proposed new flat roof car port to side and second floor flat roof extension to rear providing access to rear garden on sloped site. Recessed sheltered balcony to front living space at first floor. New pillars and gates proposed to the existing vehicular driveway. All retaining walls, external steps and associated site works included
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0157W
10 Feb 2026Grant permission & grant retention
The proposed development will consist of 1. Permission for a two storey extension to the front and side; 2. first floor extension over a ground floor, exempted development extension at the rear; 3. removal of the chimney to the gable end; 4. rooflight to the front and internal reconfiguration. Retention permission for the replacement of the front entrance porch and permission for all associated site works.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0054W
4 Feb 2026Grant permission
Evara Developments Limited intend to apply for permission to amend the development permitted under Reg. Ref. SDZ24A/0034W at a c. 0.834 Ha site in the townland of Doddsborough, Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin. The site is generally bound: to the north by Adamstown Drive; to the east by Tandy's Close; to the south by Tandy's Plaza; and to the west by an access road which is currently under construction. This amendment application is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014 (as amended) and relates to Phase 3 of development within the Tandy's Lane Village Development Area of the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone. The proposed development will principally consist of: an increase in apartment units and change in unit mix from the permitted 103 No. units (4 No. studios, 47 No. 1-bed units, and 52 No. 2-bed units) to 107 No. units (9 No. studios, 37 No. 1-bed units, and 61 No. 2-bed units); the amalgamation of 2 No. permitted retail units (c. 302 sq m and c. 72.8 sq m) to form a larger unit (c. 367.4 sq m); in addition to the provision of a retail bin store (15.6 sq m). The development will also include: the rationalisation of the floor layouts and modifications to the footprint of the part 5 No. to part 7 No. storey building, increasing the total Gross Floor Area by c. 7 sq m to accommodate the above changes (the Gross Floor Area of the scheme will increase from c. 10,555 sqm to c. 10,562 sq m); associated elevational changes; an additional 2 No. car parking spaces increasing the car parking provision from 77 to 79 No; changes to cycle parking, including an increase in provision of 6 No. cycle spaces; increase in creche play area by 38 sq m (to provide a 130 sq m creche play area); general landscape changes; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.
Sdz application · South Dublin County Council, SDZ26A/0004W
31 Jan 2026Invalid - site notice
Permission for a two storey extension to the front and side. First floor extension over a ground floor, exempted development extension at the rear. Removal of the chimney to the gable end. Rooflight to the front and internal reconfiguration. Retention permission for the replacement of the front entrance porch and permission for all associated site works.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0041W
29 Sept 2025Grant permission
Evara Developments Limited intend to apply for permission for development at this c. 0.85 Ha site in the townland of Doddsborough, Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin. The site is generally bound: to the north by Adamstown Drive; to the east by lands subject to a live Application for Tandy's Lane Village Phase 3 Development (Reg. Ref. SDZ24A/0034W) and part of an access road (to form part of Tandy's Avenue) which is currently under construction (permitted under Tandy's Lane Village Phase 1 Development (Reg. Ref. SDZ19A/0011, as amended under Reg. Refs. SDZ21A/0008 & SDZ21A/0011) and also included within the Tandy's Lane Village Phase 2 Development (Reg. Ref. SDZ22A/0006, as amended under Reg. Ref. SDZ23A/0006) and the live Application for Tandy's Lane Village Phase 3 Development); to the south by part of an access road (to form part of Tandy's Row) which is currently under construction (permitted under Tandy's Lane Village Phase 2 Development); and to the west by part of an access road (to form part of Tandy's Glen) which is currently under construction (permitted under Tandy's Lane Village Phase 2 Development). This application is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014 (as amended) and relates to Phase 4 of development within the Tandy's Lane Village Development Area of the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone. The development also includes amendments to the permitted Phase 2 Development within the Tandy's Lane Village Development Area (Reg. Ref. SDZ22A/0006, as amended under Reg. Ref. SDZ23A/0006). The proposed development will principally consist of the construction of 30 No. dwellings including 7 No. 2-bed units, 7 No. 3-bed units and 16 No. 4-bed units. The development will range in height between part 1 No. to 3 No. storeys. The development will also include: foul and surface water drainage connections; amendments to the landscaping and footpaths permitted to the east, south and west of the site and to the car parking layout to the west of the site permitted in Tandy's Lane Village Phase 2 Development; 52 No. car parking spaces; ESB substation; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; public lighting; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.
Sdz application · South Dublin County Council, SDZ25A/0030W
The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Doddsborough.
Recorded monuments
- DU017-116 Kiln - lime
Description
Limekiln depicted immediately to the N of a quarry on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map which is bisected by the townland boundary with Cooldrinagh. Not indicated on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map. Limekiln stood in the north-east corner of a large disused quarry as depicted on the 1867 edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map. No surface remains visible on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Now located in the garden of a modern house. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Compilation: 26 November 2025
Architectural heritage
- Annadale Cottage, house, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey house, c.1815. uPVC windows set into recessed blind segmental arches. Timber panelled door with fanlight. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course and flush cut-stone quoins. Central flat valley within U-shaped pitched slate roof, terminating in double gable front. Roughcast rendered chimney stacks. Extension to rere of property.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Doddsborough, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3003 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Doddsborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Doddsborough · Baile an Dodaigh
- Area
- 1,051,115 m² (105.11 ha, 259.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lucan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Lucan-St. Helens, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 16,805 people lived in 5,363 households in the Lucan-St. Helens electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 59% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cooldrinagh, Esker South, Finnstown, Lucan and Pettycanon, Lucan Demesne, Tobermaclugg
- Placenames
- Doddsborough on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.