LDA acquires Dublin 18 site with potential for over 350 homes
The Land Development Agency have acquired a site in Cherrywood, Dublin 18, with the potential for more than 350 homes.
The 4.73-hectare site is located at Lehaunstown Lane, next to a roughly 12-hectare site purchased by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2024.
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The combined sites have capacity for more than 700 homes along with associated amenities and facilities.
Design and planning work is to begin immediately, and subject to planning permission and required enabling infrastructure delivery, construction could begin in 2028.
The site was acquired from a private seller as part of the LDA's private site acquisition initiative, wherein the LDA targets the purchase of privately-owned sites with significant housing potential to add to its landbank of State-owned land and Local Authority partnership sites.
The agency's acquisitions to date include land in Clongriffin and Baldoyle in North Dublin as well as the Royal Liver site on the Naas Road in Dublin 12.
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Combined with the new Cherrywood site, they have the potential to deliver almost 6,500 new homes, according to the LDA.
The Cherrywood area has undergone some redevelopment in recent years, with the construction of new housing and apartment schemes, retail and commercial blocks, as well as parks and amenities including Tully Park, Beckett Park and Ticknock Park.
The amenities are supported by public transport and road links into Dublin city centre, as well as the Sandyford Business District, Dundrum Town Centre, University College Dublin (UCD), St. Columcille's Hospital, the Beacon Hospital, and Cherrywood Business Park.
The Lehaunstown Green Luas stop is located just 150 metres from the site, the LDA added, and it is close to the M50 and Leopardstown Racecourse.
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An agreement was recently announced between the LDA and Horse Racing Ireland, which will provide for the future development of around 800 homes, while facilitating further development of the racecourse and its facilities.
The planned Leopardstown development is to activate the existing, but unused, Leopardstown Luas stop, the agency said.
John Coleman, chief executive of the LDA, said that the acquisition of the Cherrywood site beside the land owned by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council will provide 'an ideal opportunity for two state bodies to collaborate to deliver affordable and social homes'.
'This acquisition will allow the LDA and DLR to deliver approximately 700 homes within walking distance of light rail stations, as well as significantly enhancing the local road network. We look forward to consulting with the local community and key stakeholders to design and develop a new neighbourhood,' Mr Coleman said.
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