How many homes are in Southwest Gate?

1,154 homes under planning permission 3228/20. The council's housing pipeline lists 0 houses and 1,154 apartments or duplexes.

Has building started at Southwest Gate?

Yes. The first commencement notice was filed with Building Control on 19 Apr 2024, and 7 notices have been filed for its phases and blocks.

Where is Southwest Gate?

Southwest Gate is at Drimnagh, in the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh local electoral area of Dublin City.

Southwest Gate, Drimnagh

1,154 homes · Being built · Ballyfermot-Drimnagh · Dublin City

Southwest Gate is a scheme of 1,154 homes at Drimnagh, Dublin City, built under planning permission 3228/20. Building started in Apr 2024.

1,154 homes permitted
1,154 homes started

Planning: 3228/20, granted 19 Feb 2021
Building: Started 19 Apr 2024
Where: Drimnagh, Ballyfermot-Drimnagh

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Planning permission · 1 · 1,154 homes

Permission	Homes	Houses / apartments	Decided	Building
3228/20	1,154	0 / 1,154	19 Feb 2021	Started 19 Apr 2024

3228/20 on the register: O'Flynn Construction Co. Unlimited Company intend to apply for a 10-year permission for a mixed use including part Build to Rent development in 13 no. blocks (Blocks A-L) ranging in height from 4-15 storeys over 3 no. basements with a cumulative gross floor area of 168,184.13 sq.m at this 6.921 hectare site to the east of Walkinstown Avenue at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road. The application area…

Building progress

Commencement notices filed with Building Control (BCMS) for the scheme’s phases and blocks, newest first.

10 Dec 2025 · Residential development at Block H1, Southwest Gate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 17 homes · phase 5 of 12
10 Dec 2025 · Residential development ranging from four to seven storeys at Block F, Southwest Gate, Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 39 homes · phase 3 of 12
10 Dec 2025 · Residential development at Block G, Southwest Gate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 52 homes · phase 4 of 12
10 Dec 2025 · Residential development at Block H2, Southwest Gate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 70 homes · phase 6 of 12
10 Dec 2025 · Residential development at Block K, Southwest Gate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 63 homes · phase 7 of 12
6 May 2024 · Residential development at Block L, Southwest Gate, at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 135 homes · phase 2 of 12
19 Apr 2024 · Block I & J, Southwest Gate, Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 198 homes · phase 1 of 12

Development land near Southwest Gate

Sites within 1 km with a public signal: permission running out or not started, council land for sale, derelict, stalled. Not linked to the scheme.

Royal Liver Assurance Retail Park
A site of 3.6 hectares at the Royal Liver Assurance Retail Park, Old Naas Road, Dublin 12 · 3.77 ha · 131 m away
Permitted, not started
Bluebell Mills 11 Old Naas Road Dublin 12
11 Old Naas Road, Bluebell, Dublin 12 · 244 m away
Stalled build
Coolfan House Old Naas Road Dublin 12
267 m away
Derelict site
Corner Site at the Junction between Old Naas Road and Kylemore Road, Bluebell, Dublin 12
0.49 ha · 270 m away
Permission expired
Parkmore Industrial Estate
Units 16-21A-B, Parkmore Industrial Estate, Longmile Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 · 1.93 ha · 298 m away
Permitted, not started
Davitt Road (3 plots), Drimnagh, Dublin 12
391 m away
Council selling land
Davitt Road (3 plots), Drimnagh, Dublin 12
391 m away
Council selling land
Lands immediately east of Assumption National School, Long Mile road, Walkinstown
Lands immediately east of Assumption National School, Long Mile road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 · 508 m away
Stalled build

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Other planning applications on the site

Amendments, conditions and later phases lodged on the same ground since the first permission, newest first.

WEB2618/26 · lodged 30 Jun 2026
We, O’Flynn Construction Co. Unlimited Company intend to apply to Dublin City Council for permission for development at this c. 1.86-hectare site, part of the ‘Nissan Site’, to the east of…
WEB2551/26 · lodged 22 Jun 2026 · application declared invalid
We, O’Flynn Construction Co. Unlimited Company intend to apply to Dublin City Council for permission for development at this c. 1.86-hectare site, part of the ‘Nissan Site’, to the east of…
WEB5179/25 · lodged 18 Sept 2025 · grant permission
We, O’Flynn Construction Co. Unlimited Company intend to apply to Dublin City Council for permission for development at this site, part of the ‘Nissan Site’ (c.1.86 ha), to the east of Walkinstown…
WEB5062/25 · lodged 5 Sept 2025 · application declared invalid
We, O’Flynn Construction Co. Unlimited Company intend to apply to Dublin City Council for permission for development at this site, part of the ‘Nissan Site’ (c.1.86 ha), to the east of Walkinstown…
WEB5025/25 · lodged 2 Sept 2025 · application declared invalid
We, O’Flynn Construction Co. Unlimited Company intend to apply to Dublin City Council for permission for development at this site, part of the ‘Nissan Site’ (c.1.86 ha), to the east of Walkinstown…
WEB5013/25 · lodged 1 Sept 2025 · application declared invalid
Permission for development at this site, part of the 'Nissan Site' (c.1.86 ha), to the east of Walkinstown Avenue at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road. The development will consist of…
WEB1627/23 · lodged 26 Jul 2023 · grant retention permissio
The retention of the existing scrolling internally illuminated single sided ‘Metropole’ advertising display case mounted on an offset leg.
3792/23 · lodged 19 May 2023 · grant permission
The development will consist of amendments to a previously permitted (Reg. Ref. 3228/20) mixed-use development comprising part Build to Rent development. The proposed amendments consist of the…
3060/23 · lodged 18 Jan 2023 · refuse permission
The development will consist of amendment to a previously permitted (Reg. Ref. 3228/20) mixed-use development comprising part Build to Rent development. The proposed amendments consist of the…

Other housing schemes nearby

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Four Mile House, Palmerstown
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Questions about Southwest Gate

How many homes are in Southwest Gate?: 1,154 homes under planning permission 3228/20. The council's housing pipeline lists 0 houses and 1,154 apartments or duplexes.
Has building started at Southwest Gate?: Yes. The first commencement notice was filed with Building Control on 19 Apr 2024, and 7 notices have been filed for its phases and blocks.
Where is Southwest Gate?: Southwest Gate is at Drimnagh, in the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh local electoral area of Dublin City.

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This page is built from public records. We match the name homes are sold under to the planning permission from commencement notices, later applications and the homes sold there.

Sources: council planning registers and An Coimisiún Pleanála; commencement notices (National Building Control Office, BCMS); the Property Price Register (PSRA); the 4Dublin Housing Supply Pipeline (CC BY 4.0). On the register as: Site to the east of Walkinstown Avenue at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and Naas Road. The scheme on Planning Register · Planning applications within 500 m · All housing schemes · Checked 14 Oct 2026