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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

HEADED ITEM NO. 14

 

Quarterly Report on Adamstown SDZ 

Construction

Construction is currently underway in relation to Adamstown Square where permission was granted for 177 houses.  

Planning Applications

Two of the main landholders, Castlethorn Construction and Cairn Homes, are actively engaging in preplanning meetings with the Planning Department regarding future applications for development in the north and east of the SDZ lands. It is their intention to lodge planning applications in late September to mid-October for approximately 500 houses between the two landowners, with further applications to be submitted in the coming months.  

Preplanning

Cairn Homes have been in pre-planning discussions regarding the development of Tobermaclugg. Castlethorn have been in pre-planning discussions regarding the development of Somerton with frontage onto the Newcastle Road.

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF)

The landowners are working with Council to prepare a proposal to submit to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG) for funding under the LIHAF in relation to key pieces of cross cutting infrastructure (e.g. roads, parks, etc). The deadline for submission to DHPLG is 14 October 2016. The DHPLG have indicated that a preliminary decision on funding applications will be made in mid December 2016.

Community/Sports Hall

A preplanning meeting on the planning application for the community/sports hall will be undertaken in the next number of weeks with a planning application to follow soon after.