GrantedDecided 12 December 2025Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

LRD25A/0641/WEB: A) Construction of a large-scale residential development of 209 no. residential units, comprising 18 no. three-bedroom three-storey triplex apartments and 191 no. duplex/own-door apartments (60 no. one-bedroom apartments, 77 no. two-bedroom apartments and 54 no. three-bedroom apartments) across 11 no. blocks ranging in height from three storey to part-three/part-four storey as follows: •Block 1 (4 storeys) comprising 9 no. apartments (3 no. 1 bed units and 6 no. 2 bed units); and a crèche facility at ground floor level of 235.5sq.m with associated outdoor play space of 60sq.m. •Blocks 2 and 3 (part 3/part 4 storeys) comprising 28 no. apartments (2 no. 1 bed units, 9 no. 2 bed units and 17 no. 3 bed units). •Blocks 4 and 5 (3 storeys) comprising 46 no. apartments (22 no. 1 bed units, 20 no. 2 bed units, 4 no. 3 bed units). •Blocks 6 and 7 (3 storeys) comprising 22 no. apartments (2 no. 1 bed units, 8 no. 2 bed units and 12 no. 3 bed units). •Block 8 (3 storeys) comprising 21 units (3 no. 1 bed duplex units and 18 no. 3 bed triplex units). •Blocks 9 and 10 (3 storeys) comprising 30 no. apartments (2 no. 1 bed units, 12 no. 2 bed units and 16 no. 3 bed units). •Block 11 (part 3/part 4 storeys) comprising 53 no. apartments (26 no. 1 bed units, 22 no. 2 bed units and 5 no. 3 bed units) with podium level communal open space, and undercroft providing plant, car parking spaces, motorcycle parking spaces, and bicycle parking spaces. Each apartment will have shared access to adjoining bin stores, car parking bays and bicycle parking bays. Each duplex/own-door apartment will be provided with private amenity space in the form of a balcony or terrace and each triplex apartment will be provided with private amenity space in the form of a ground level terrace and a terrace at second floor level. b) provision of 4,272.7sq.m of landscaped public open space and 3,223.9sq.m of landscaped communal open space on lands under the ownership of the applicants and provision of 5,490.8sq.m of landscaped public open space on lands under the ownership of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. c) construction of 2 no. vehicular entrances, with associated internal access road network with pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure, via Thornberry Road and Atkinson Drive, 1 no. vehicular entrance via Atkinson Drive to the undercroft area and 1 no. pedestrian entrance via Village Road. d) Surface level car parking comprises a total of 147 no. car parking spaces, which includes 10 no. accessible spaces, 2 no. set-down spaces along Village Road to serve the creche, and 4 no. motorcycle spaces. Undercroft car park area proposed below Block 11 comprises 58 no. car parking spaces and 6 no. motorcycle spaces. Of the total 205 no. car parking spaces across the scheme 42 no. parking spaces will be provided with EV charging facilities. e) A total of 550 no. bicycle spaces are proposed in the form of 463 no. long-stay bicycle spaces in dedicated bike stores in each block, 82 short- stay visitor spaces at surface level (including 4 no. for the creche) and 5 no. long-stay bicycle spaces to serve the creche in Block 1. f) all ancillary site and infrastructural works, inclusive of removal of existing vehicular entrance via Village Road, provision of pedestrian crossings at Thornberry Road and at the corner of Village Road and Atkinson Drive, general landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, public lighting, plant rooms including 1 no. within undercroft car park for sprinkler system, 2 no. ESB substations at surface level, foul/surface water drainage and attenuation areas, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. All application documentation and information are available for public viewing at the following website set up by the applicant: https://ironbornlrd.com

Sector 3, Aikens Village, in the Townlands of Woodside and Kilgobbin, Stepaside, Co. Dublin
DecisionGrant permission
Decided12 December 2025
Application typePermission (LRD)
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