4,000 new homes are in the pipeline across the county

Nearly 4,000 homes are in the pipeline for South Dublin County across different development projects led by the Council.

At the May Council meeting, SDCC Director of Housing Elaine Leech gave a presentation to elected members about mixed tenure developments, including social housing, rentals and homes for first house buyers that are going to be completed over the next years.

SDCC are hoping to launch and start advertising the first local authority-built cost rental development, 133 new apartments in Belgard, in June 2025.

Tenants will have prices discounted by an average of 33pc compared to the market prices.

Among properties available are 3 studio apartments for €1,025 per month, 64 one-bedroom apartments for €1,315 per month, 63 two-bedroom apartments for €1,515 per month and 3 three-bedroom apartments for €1,665 per month.

Construction of the mixed tenure development ‘The Foothills’ in Killinarden is expected to begin on June 9 with delivery of homes and facilities by Q4 2026.

The development includes 620 homes – 372 affordable purchase, 125 social homes and 123 ‘private’ rentals.

Community facilities, parklands and playing pitches will be provided with the development.

One of the largest housing developments in the country, Clonburris SDZ, will go through six different phases for a total of 2,410 social and affordable homes.

116 homes in the ‘Canal Extension’ are due for completion by November 2025, while construction of 283 homes in Kishoge South West will start in Q3 2025.

An application to An Board Pleanala will be submitted this month for 1,252 more homes in Kishoge South West, while a high-density development of 640 homes in the so called Kishoge ‘Urban Centre’ will depend on the procurement process commencing this month.

Speaking of homes for sale, affordable purchase opportunities will include 96 homes in Kilcarbery Grange, Clondalkin, and Swift Banks, Saggart in June and July 2025, and Keeper’s Lock in Clonburris in Q4 2025.

60 affordable purchase homes have already been launched in Canal Extension, Clonburris, with the development receiving 583 expressions of interest so far according to SDCC.

In 2024, SDCC exceeded their social housing delivery target of 718 homes by building 774, and set a target of 772 for 2025.

Since their Housing Delivery Action Plan commenced in 2022, a total of 1,815 new build social homes have been delivered.

While councillors generally welcomed the role of South Dublin County Council in the country’s housing delivery, Cllr Francis Timmons (IND) would like future zoning changes to be discussed due to already strained infrastructure in the county, and Cllr Madeleine Johansson (PBP) is “concerned” that only 34pc of council land has been used for social housing.

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