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5, 6, 7 & 8 St. Helens Downs, 44 & 46 St. Helens Avenue, Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

One-off house / within 5 km where a location match is available

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Local planning pattern

12% of nearby decided applications were refused. The site check found 2,378 decisions within 5 km, 6 exact-site or onsite candidate records, and 627 structured appeals.

Matched source
SDZ18A/0001
Project type
One-off house
Coverage
5 km radius

What this site brief can substantiate today

Each section reports its own coverage, per county. “Not yet covered” means the source dataset is not loaded for this local authority, so the brief draws no conclusion there and says where to check — it never reads as “no constraint found”.

Applications tied to the site

Partial coverage

6 register records are within the point-match tolerance; a parcel boundary is needed to treat this as exact.

6 matched

Zoning and settlement

Partial coverage

1 of 2 layers are loaded for South Dublin County Council and were intersected with the site; settlement boundary is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

1 matched

Rural-housing policy

Not yet covered

No verified rural-housing citation is loaded for South Dublin County Council, so this brief makes no current policy claim and relies on decision history.

Flood, heritage, ecology and archaeology

Partial coverage

3 of 4 layers are loaded for South Dublin County Council and were intersected with the site; flood is not loaded and no conclusion is drawn for it.

3 matched

Access, road and wastewater prompts

Partial coverage

0 prompts are backed by extracted nearby decision evidence; all prompts remain checks, not predictions.

Structured appeal history

Confirmed coverage

627 structured nearby appeal records.

627 matched

Current policy citations

Confirmed coverage

Citations are current-dated and carry policy name, section, page and source URL from the South Dublin County Council development plan.

1 matched
2,378Nearby applications
6Site-linked candidates
12%Nearby refused
627Structured appeals

Top refusal reasons nearby

Flood Risk2
Rural Housing Need2
Visual Amenity2
Design1
Other1

Nearest planning decisions

SDZ18A/0001

Change of house type of 6 no. previously approved 2 storey, 2 bedroom / 4 person houses (House types C and Ch) to 6 no. 2 storey 3 bedroom / 5 person houses (House types B4.2 and B4.2h). The houses form part of previously approved residential development site of 135 houses approved under reg. ref. SDZ17A/0002. This application is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014 and relates to a proposed development with the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme Area, amended by An Bord Pleanala Order 06S.ZE.0004.

Granted0.0 km06 March 2018
SDZ21A/0009

Attic conversion to non-habitable storage space; single storey pergola with glazed lean to roofing to rear of existing house with ancillary works (Strategic Development Zone).

Granted0.0 km21 June 2021
SDZ23A/0017

80 apartment units (56 one beds and 24 two beds) in a single block ranging in height from 3 to 5 storeys including a childcare facility (c. 808sq.m gross floor area) at ground floor level (1 storey) and associated external outdoor play area; All associated site development and landscape works, including, Adjustments to St. Helens Plaza public space fronting Adamstown Way; Provision of 40 parking spaces proposed in the internal parking courtyard / covered area; Provision of 5 additional on-surface car parking spaces on Adamstown Way; Provision of communal open space at ground level and 2 third floor external terraces; Provision of 154 bicycle parking spaces (40 short term, 104 long term spaces and 1 childcare facility spaces); Provision of plant at ground floor / undercroft and roof level (including provision for PV panels); The proposed development is an amendment to the St. Helens Plaza Apartment Block permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011, as already amended by SDCC Reg. Refs. SDZ19A/0007, SDZ20A/0002 and SDZ20A/0009) on lands generally bound to the east by Adamstown Park, to the west by St. Helen's Way, to the north by No. 2 St. Helen's Way and No. 21 Adamstown Park, and to the south by Adamstown Way; The overall number of residential units under SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011 as amended increases from 343 to 351 dwellings as a result of this development; Part of the application site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (a Protected Structure), no works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this planning application; This application is being made in accordance with the Adamstown Planning Scheme 2014, as amended, and relates to a proposed development within the Adamstown Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme Area, as defined by Statutory Instrument No. 272 of 2001.

Granted0.1 km18 July 2023
SDZ20A/0009

Minor amendments to part of the residential development permitted under Planning Permission Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011, as amended by SDZ19A/0007 and Reg. Ref. SDZ20A/0002 comprising of the following: Minor amendments to 3 apartment blocks (Airlie Gardens, St. Helens Hall and St. Helens View) comprising the repositioning of St. Helen's Hall by approximately 275mm; minor internal amendments to the layout of the buildings/apartments to facilitate ancillary services; minor amendments to bin/cycle storage facilities, minor external amendments to terrace doors and balcony doors; front elevation window changes for the following duplex units - 2B-1/3B-1, 2B-2/3B-2, 2B-4/3B-4, 2B-5/3B-5, 2B-7/3B-7, 2B-1_h, /3B-1_h, 2B-2_h/3B-2_h, 2B-4_h/3B-4_h, 2B-5_h/3B-5_h, 2B-7_h/3B-7_h; the addition of 7 car parking spaces and 4 electric vehicle charging points. Of these car parking spaces and electric vehicle charging points proposed 4 regular car parking spaces and 2 electric vehicle charging points are situated within the curtilage of Airlie House; House type 3B-1-D ground floor window change to 2 units of this type; amended bin stores for House types 3B.2.A_1, 3B.1.c and 3B.2.A_2; House type 3B.4.F_1 proposed external stair from rear door to garden to 1 unit of this type; adjustments to rear garden side boundary walls of 3 dwellings to provide side entrance garden gates; reduction in width of St. Helen's Court Road from 6 metre width to 5.5 metre width, associated ancillary site development and landscape works. Retention Permission is sought for adjustments to rear boundary to provide a garden gate at 2 dwellings (House type 3B.4.F_1_h and House type 3B.2.C_2) and also for the widening of St. Helen's Green Road by 1.6m to 5.1m. Part of 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. 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. This site (approx. 5.87Ha) in the townlands of Finnstown and Adamstown and including land around Airlie House (Protected Structure), Adamstown, Lucan Co. Dublin, on lands generally bound to the east by lands with permission for 135 no. residential units (SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0002) and Loop Road 1/Adamstown Park (SDCC Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0007); to the west by the alignment of Adamstown Boulevard and Airlie House itself, to the north by a planned realignment of Tandy's Lane, and to the south by Adamstown Way, Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin.

Granted0.1 km10 July 2020
SDZ19A/0007

Minor amendments to the external elevations of certain house types permitted under planning permission Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0011 comprising of omission of chimney features from the following house types 3B-3-A, 3B-3-A_h, 3B-4-A_1, 3B-4-A_2, 4B-1, 4B-1_h, 4B-2_1, 4B-2_1_h, 4B-2_2_h, 4B-2_1_Render, 4B-2_1_Render_h, 4B-5, 4B-5_h and Duplex types 2B-1 / 3B-1, 2B-1_h / 3B-1_h, 2B-2 / 3B-2, 2B-2_h / 3B-2_h, 2B-4 / 3B-4, 2B-4_h / 3B-4_h, 2B-5 / 3B-5, 2B-5_h / 3B-5_h, 2B-7 / 3B-7, 2B-7_h / 3B-7_h (total of 134 No. permitted residential units); Minor reconfiguration and associated elevational alteration (door relocation) to ground floor ancillary plant and storage areas of permitted Apartment Blocks St. Helen's Hall and Airlie Gardens; Minor elevational alteration involving 2 windows of permitted Apartment No. 2 in ground floor of At. Helen's Hall apartment block in the townlands of Finnstown and Adamstown and including land around Airlie House (Protected Structure) on lands generally bound to the east by lands with permission for 135 No. residential units (Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0002 and Loop Road 1/Adamstown Park (Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0007); to the west by the alignment of the Adamstown Boulevard and Airlie House, to the north by a planned realignment of Tandy's Lane and to the south by Adamstown Way; Part of the subject site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (Protected Structure) however no works are proposed to the Protected Structure.

Granted0.1 km02 October 2019
SDZ18A/0011/EP

346 dwellings in a mixture of detached, semi-detached, terraced houses, duplexes and apartments; 133 houses consisting of 13 two storey 3 bedroom detached houses, 83 two storey 3 bedroom terraced houses, 3 three storey 4 bedroom detached houses, 8 three storey 4 bedroom semi-detached houses and 26 three storey 4 bedroom terraced houses; 96 duplexes consisting of 4 storey buildings with 48 three bedroom units and 48 two bedroom units; 117 apartments located in a total of 4 buildings ranging in height from three 4 - 5 storey's and one 3 - 5 storey's and consist of 16 three bedroom apartments, 41 no two bedroom apartments and 60 one bedroom apartments; dwellings are provided with solar panels on the roof as required; provision of a childcare facility of approx. 841sq.m; provision of c 0.47 Ha of public open space; vehicular access to serve the proposed development is provided off Adamstown Way and Adamstown Park, with additional access possible through the existing/permitted roads at St. Helen's Phase 1 (Ref. SDZ17A/0002) and also off Adamstown Boulevard and a re-aligned Tandy's Lane (the subject of a concurrent application under Ref. SDZ18A/0009); all ancillary and associated site development and landscape works in the townlands of Finnstown and Adamstown on lands generally bound to the east by lands with permission for 135 residential units (Ref. SDZ17A/0002) and loop Road 1/Adamstown Park (Ref. SDZ17A/0007), to the west by the alignment of the Adamstown Boulevard and Airlie House, to the north by a planned realignment of Tandy's Lane and to the south by Adamstown Way; part of the subject site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (Protected Structure). However, no works are proposed to the Protected Structure

Granted0.1 km22 November 2023

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