# Planning application ABP30902620

> c. 2.56 hectares at Golf Lane, Carrickmines, Dublin 18, Cherrywood, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Granted (20 Apr 2021).

- **Reference:** ABP30902620
- **Address:** c. 2.56 hectares at Golf Lane, Carrickmines, Dublin 18
- **Status:** Granted (20 Apr 2021)
- **Decision:** GRANT PERMISSION
- **Application type:** Permission (SHD)
- **Applicant:** Bowbeck DAC
- **Lodged:** 22 Dec 2020
- **Decided:** 20 Apr 2021
- **Location (lat, lng):** 53.251924, -6.177843

## Proposal

A residential development of 482 no. units (all apartments), along with ancillary residential amenities, and provision of a childcare facility, gym, and local shop. The proposed residential units comprise 31 no. studio units, 183 no. 1-bedroom units, 229 no. 2-bedroom units, and 39 no. 3-bedroom units (including 2 no. duplex type units). The proposed development is set out in 7 no. blocks which comprise the following: • Block A1 comprises 62. no, apartments within a part four, part six storey building, including 10 no. studio units, 7 no. 1-bedroom units, 41 no. 2 bedroom units, and 4 no. 3-bedroom units. An ESB substation is provided at ground floor level. • Block A2 comprises 85 no. apartments within a part four, part eight storey building, including 25 no. 1-bedroom units, 45 no. 2-bedroom units, and 15 no. 3-bedroom units. • Block A3 comprises 79 no. apartments within a part four, part twelve storey building, including 21 no. studio units, 19 no. 1-bedroom units, 28 no. 2-bedroom units, and 11 no. 3-bedroom units. • Block B0 comprises 150 no. apartments and resident’s amenities within a part four, part eighteen, part twenty-one and part twenty-two storey building. The apartments include 76 no. 1-bedroom units, 68 no. 2-bedroom units, and 6 no. 3-bedroom units (including 2 no. duplex type units). An ESB substation, resident’s concierge area and amenity space (171 sq.m sq.m) are provided at ground floor level. A further resident’s amenity / event space is provided at the twentieth and twenty-first floor levels (83 sq.m). • Block B1 comprises 8 no. apartments and is four storeys in height, directly abutting Block B0. The apartments include 4 no. 1-bedroom units, and 4 no. 2-bedroom units. • Block C comprises 42 no. apartments and a local shop within a part five, part seven storey building. The apartments include 30 no. 1-bedroom units, 9 no. 2-bedroom units, and 3 no. 3-bedroom units. A local shop (154 sq.m) and an ESB substation are provided at ground floor level. • Block D comprises 56 no. apartments, a commercial gym, resident’s concierge area, resident’s lounge, and a childcare facility in a part four, part seven storey building. The apartments include 22 no. 1-bedroom units, and 34 no. 2-bedroom units. The resident’s concierge area (99 sq.m), commercial gym (340 sq.m), and childcare facility (300 sq.m) units are located at ground floor level. The resident’s lounge (292 sq.m) is located at first floor level. Two basement levels are proposed, providing car parking spaces (299 no.), bin stores, plant rooms, bicycle parking (1,000 no. spaces), and circulation areas. A further 240 no. bicycle parking spaces and 4 no. car parking spaces are provided at ground level. The proposed development includes landscaping, boundary treatments, public, private and communal open space (including roof terraces), two cycle / pedestrian crossings over the stream at the western side of the site, along with a new pedestrian and cycle crossing of Glenamuck Road South at the west of the site, cycle and pedestrian facilities, play facilities, and lighting. The proposed buildings include the provision of private open space in the form of balconies and winter gardens to all elevations of the proposed buildings. The development also includes vehicular, pedestrian, and cycle accesses, drop off areas, boundary treatments, services, and all associated ancillary and site development works. Part of the site (along Golf Lane) falls within the area of the Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) which is subject to the Cherrywood SDZ Planning Scheme 2014, as amended. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2016 – 2022, the Ballyogan and Environs Local Area Plan 2019-2025, and the Cherrwood SDZ Planning Scheme 2014, as amended. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. The application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in Section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land. The application together with the Environmental Impact Assessment Report may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of An Bord Pleanála and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.golflaneshd2020.ie

## In plain English

Builds 482 apartments in seven blocks up to 22 storeys at Golf Lane, Carrickmines, with a crèche, gym and shop.

- **482** apartments
- **22** storeys max
- **303** car spaces
- **1,240** bicycle spaces
- **2.56** hectares

### What's planned

A strategic housing development of **482** apartments on a **2.56**-hectare site.

### Residential

**31** studios, **183** one-beds, **229** two-beds and **39** three-beds in **7** blocks from **4** storeys up to **22** storeys in the tallest, Block B0. Residents' lounges and amenity spaces, including one on the top floors.

### Commercial

A **154** sq.m local shop, a **340** sq.m gym and a **300** sq.m childcare facility.

### Transport

**299** car spaces in a **2**-level basement plus **4** at ground level, and **1,240** bike spaces. Two walking/cycling crossings over the stream and a new crossing of Glenamuck Road South.

### Environment

Landscaping, roof terraces and play facilities. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report was prepared.

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## Nearby applications

- [ABP30233618](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/ABP30233618.md): Golf Lane, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Refused or withdrawn (18 Nov 2018). Builds 250 apartments in five blocks of up to six storeys off Golf Lane, Carrickmines, with a crèche.
- [D20A/0152](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D20A-0152.md): Tintagel, Auburn, Keelogues, Villa Nova and Arda Lodge, Golf Lane, Glenamuck Road South, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (15 Jun 2020). Permission to keep the demolition of six detached houses on Golf Lane, Carrickmines.
- [D06A/1157](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D06A-1157.md): Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (5 Mar 2007). 121 apartments in three blocks of 5–6 storeys and 4 detached houses on Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, replacing four homes.
- [D08A/0590](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D08A-0590.md): Villa Nova & Arda Lodge, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines. Granted (22 Dec 2008). Phase 2 at Villa Nova and Arda Lodge, Glenamuck Road: 90 homes in blocks of 6 to 8 storeys, a crèche and a health spa.
- [D07A/1496](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D07A-1496.md): Villa Nova and Arda Lodge, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Co. Dublin.. Refused or withdrawn (20 Dec 2007). Replaces two houses on Glenamuck Road with 109 apartments, a crèche, medical centre, shops and a gym in three blocks.
- [D15A/0530](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D15A-0530.md): Old Glenamuck Road (Golf Lane), Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (17 Dec 2015). Builds a single-storey curved house with a green roof and a granny flat on Old Glenamuck Road.
- [D18A/0579](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D18A-0579.md): Waterville, Old Glenamuck Road/Golf Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Refused or withdrawn (10 Aug 2018). Replaces a house at Waterville, Carrickmines, with 5 three-storey houses and a 12-apartment block.
- [D11A/0197](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D11A-0197.md): Waterville, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Refused or withdrawn (7 Jun 2011). 19 apartments in two 5-storey blocks replacing a bungalow at Waterville, Glenamuck Road.
- [D21A/0269](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D21A-0269.md): 0.4167 Ha site at Waterville, Old Glenamuck/Golf Lane, Carrickmines, Dublin 18 and, adjacent lands to the west bounded by Old Glenamuck/Golf Lane, and Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Refused or withdrawn (26 May 2021). 72 apartments in a 6 to 8 storey block replacing a house at Waterville, Golf Lane, Carrickmines.
- [D08A/0197](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D08A-0197.md): Benolagh and Blackberry Hill, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (28 Jan 2009). Changes the house types in a permitted scheme at Benolagh and Blackberry Hill, Glenamuck Road, with larger homes.
- [D06A/1266](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D06A-1266.md): Benolagh & Blackberry Hill, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Carrickmines Great, Dublin 18, Dublin. Granted (22 Mar 2007). 58 three-storey houses replacing two homes at Benolagh and Blackberry Hill, Glenamuck Road.
- [D06A/0210](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D06A-0210.md): Benolagh & Blackberry Hill, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Refused or withdrawn (7 Apr 2006). Demolishes two houses on Glenamuck Road and builds 59 three-storey houses.
- [D25A/0449/WEB](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D25A-0449-WEB.md): A c.0223 Ha site comprising the property known as 'Greenan', Golf Lane, Carrickmines, Dublin 18, D18 P3C2. Granted (30 Jul 2025). 26 apartments in a 3–5 storey block replacing a vacant house at Greenan, Golf Lane, Carrickmines.
- [D24A/0569/WEB](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D24A-0569-WEB.md): Greenan, Glenamuck Road South, Dublin 18, D18P3C2. Refused or withdrawn (16 Jan 2025). Replaces a vacant house at Greenan, Glenamuck Road South, with a 26-apartment block of up to 5 storeys.
- [D08A/0708](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D08A-0708.md): Knockree, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (18 Dec 2008). 21 large 5-bedroom houses at Knockree, Glenamuck Road, replacing an existing house.
- [D08A/0190](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D08A-0190.md): Knockcree, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (14 Apr 2008). Revises a permitted apartment scheme at Knockcree, Glenamuck Road, from 64 to 77 apartments.
- [D07A/0014](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D07A-0014.md): Knockree, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (21 May 2007). 74 apartments in four blocks of five to five-and-a-half storeys at Knockree, Glenamuck Road, replacing a house.
- [D18A/1175](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D18A-1175.md): site of c. 0.4713 ha at, The Glen, Golf Lane, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (14 May 2019). 48 apartments in a 4–5 storey block at The Glen, Golf Lane, Carrickmines.
- [D07A/1435](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D07A-1435.md): The Glen, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (16 Jul 2008). 49 apartments in a five-to-five-and-a-half-storey block at The Glen, Glenamuck Road, replacing a house.
- [D26A/0430/WEB](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D26A-0430-WEB.md): Golf Lane, Carrickmines, Dublin. Refused or withdrawn (26 Jun 2026). Permission to keep a partly built block of 48 apartments, 4–5 storeys high, on Golf Lane, Carrickmines.
- [D24A/0893/WEB](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D24A-0893-WEB.md): The Glen, Golf Lane, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (8 Jan 2025). Amends a permitted apartment scheme at The Glen, Golf Lane, to move its ESB substation.
- [D23A/0025](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D23A-0025.md): The Glen, Golf Lane, Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (9 Mar 2023). Permission to keep changes to and finish a 48-apartment block at The Glen, Golf Lane, which was moved on its site and built about 1m taller.
- [D04A/0327](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D04A-0327.md): Site on Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines Great, Dublin 18.. Granted (23 Sep 2004). 227 homes, a crèche and a shop on Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines Great.
- [D05A/1501](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D05A-1501.md): Carrickmines Great, Glenamuck Road,Carrickmines,Co.Dublin.. Granted (26 Jan 2006). Alters the Carrickmines–Deansgrange 110 kV power line at Glenamuck Road so about 1.8 km of it can be put underground.
- [D08A/0454](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D08A-0454.md): Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. Granted (1 Oct 2008). Changes the access to the permitted Carrickmines Green housing with a new T-junction onto Glenamuck Road.
- [D07A/1546](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D07A-1546.md): Carrickmines Green, Glenamuck Road, Kilternan, Co. Dublin. Refused or withdrawn (25 Jan 2008). Proposes an alternative road access for the permitted Carrickmines Green housing development off Glenamuck Road.
- [D02A/0558](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/D02A-0558.md): The Park, Brookfield, Carrickmines Great and Jamestown, Dublin 18.. Granted (5 Nov 2002). A large business park at Brookfield, Carrickmines, with offices, a hotel, car showrooms and retail warehousing.

## Links

- [This page on CherrywoodPlans](https://cherrywoodplans.com/application/ABP30902620)
- [Council record, documents and conditions (DLR planning portal)](https://planning.agileapplications.ie/dunlaoghaire/application-details/88278)
- [All Cherrywood applications](https://cherrywoodplans.com/applications.md)

_Source: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council planning data, refreshed daily. CherrywoodPlans is an independent site, not run by the council._