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DLR Weekly Planning25 Jun 2026

DZ26A/0148/WEB

Townland of Laughanstown, Dublin 18

Lead potentialHigh

Major residential scheme of 311 units plus crèche across multiple blocks up to 6 storeys with basements, roads and landscaping.

Planning stageFurther Information
Project typeNew Build
Development sectorMixed Use
Matched trades10

Source description

What is being proposed

The development will consist of a residential scheme of 311 no. units and a crèche facility in buildings ranging in height from 3 to 6 storeys over partial basement. The residential units will comprise 252 no. apartments, 28 no. duplex units and 31 no. houses. The apartments will be accommodated in 5 no. blocks ranging in height from 4 to 6 storeys (over partial basements) as follows: 1) Block A (6-storeys) will accommodate 48 no. units comprising 7 no. 1-bedroom, 29 no. 2-bedroom and 12 no. 3- bedroom units. 2) Blocks B and C (4 to 6 storeys) will each accommodate 58 no. units comprising 11 no. 1-bedroom, 31 no. 2-bedroom and 16 no. 3-bedroom units. 3)Block D (6-storeys) will accommodate 60 no.…

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The development will consist of a residential scheme of 311 no. units and a crèche facility in buildings ranging in height from 3 to 6 storeys over partial basement. The residential units will comprise 252 no. apartments, 28 no. duplex units and 31 no. houses. The apartments will be accommodated in 5 no. blocks ranging in height from 4 to 6 storeys (over partial basements) as follows: 1) Block A (6-storeys) will accommodate 48 no. units comprising 7 no. 1-bedroom, 29 no. 2-bedroom and 12 no. 3- bedroom units. 2) Blocks B and C (4 to 6 storeys) will each accommodate 58 no. units comprising 11 no. 1-bedroom, 31 no. 2-bedroom and 16 no. 3-bedroom units. 3)Block D (6-storeys) will accommodate 60 no. units comprising 6 no. 1-bedroom, 42 no. 2- bedroom and 12 no. 3-bedroom units. 4) Block E (4-storeys) will accommodate 28 no. units comprising 5 no. 1-bedroom, 16 no. 2-bedroom and 7 no. 3-bedroom units. Block E will accommodate a Crèche facility at ground floor level. 5) The apartments will have associated private balconies/terraces. The houses and duplex units will be located in 2 housing blocks (labelled A and B). Housing Block A will accommodate 14 no. 2-bedroom duplex units and 14 no. 3-bedroom duplex units in 2 no. 3-storey duplex terraces and 12 no. 4-bedroom 3-storey terraced houses. Housing Block B will accommodate 19 no. 4- bedroom 3-storey terraced houses. Three separate basements are proposed which will accommodate 165 no. car parking spaces, bicycle parking, refuse storage and plant. The development will include 2 no. vehicular accesses from the existing road that serves the adjacent residential development to the north-east, pedestrian access from Grand Parade and Western Courtyard, new internal access roads and footpaths, surface level car parking (127 spaces) and bicycle parking, landscaped amenity spaces, boundary treatments, part of the new landscaped Greenway connecting Tully Park and Lehaunstown Valley and all associated site development works and services.

Opportunity fit

Why these trades match

10 evidence-led matches
01

Concrete Masonry

High

Multi-storey apartment blocks and housing blocks imply substantial concrete and masonry construction.

02

Groundworks Drainage

High

Partial basements, new internal roads, footpaths, car parking and site development works explicitly proposed.

03

Main Contracting

High

Large residential scheme of 311 units plus crèche across multiple blocks up to 6 storeys over partial basement.

04

Civil Utilities

Medium

New internal access roads, footpaths and associated services explicitly proposed.

05

Electrical

Medium

Large residential scheme with plant, parking and services requires substantial electrical installation.

06

Landscaping Siteworks

Medium

Landscaped amenity spaces, greenway connection and boundary treatments explicitly proposed.

07

Plumbing Heating

Medium

311 residential units and crèche require substantial plumbing and heating systems.

08

Quantity Surveying

Medium

Substantial multi-block scheme of 311 units warrants cost planning and procurement services.

09

Roofing

Medium

Multiple new buildings require roofing packages.

10

Structural Steel

Medium

Multi-storey blocks over partial basements likely require structural steel framing.