The LDA: Supporting the creation of thriving communities

The Land Development Agency (LDA) is a commercial, State-sponsored body established in 2018, created to coordinate land within public control to provide affordable and social homes and build communities across the nation.

The Agency’s purpose is to maximise the supply of affordable and social homes on public land in a financially sustainable manner, supporting the creation of thriving communities and delivering ongoing positive social impact.

Key projects in construction phase includes:

Shanganagh, Shankill, County Dublin

Shanganagh was the first project to be backed by the LDA, which was established by the Government to unlock state land for new homes and improve the supply of new homes throughout Ireland. At Shanganagh the LDA will deliver 597 homes in partnership with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the first partnership of its kind. The 597 new homes consist of:

• 306 affordable cost-rental homes;
• 91 homes that will be available for purchase under an affordable purchase scheme; and
• 200 social homes.

Delivery of the first homes in Phase one is on track for end of Q3 2024.

St Kevins, Cork

The LDA is repurposing this well-known Cork landmark into an attractive residential development with a mix of social, affordable, and private homes. With the support of Cork City Council, a Strategic Housing Development planning application was approved by An Bord Pleanála in 2021.

The planning application documentation can be viewed here: http://stkevinsshd.com/
Planning was granted in November 2022 for the advanced infrastructure followed by full SHD permission in March 2023. The project aims to deliver 266 (46 houses and 220 apartments).

Devoy Barracks, Naas, County Kildare

The Devoy Barracks located on John Devoy Road, to the southwest of Naas Town Centre, and immediately to the west of Kildare County Council’s headquarter offices and associated car parking area. A strategic housing development planning permission was approved in October 2022 for the development of the Devoy Barracks site is for the construction of 219 new affordable homes. Construction has begun on phase one of the development, which comprises of 42 new terraced houses and 56 new duplex units. Andrews Construction Ltd was the successful tenderer and has been appointed by the LDA to deliver the first phase of this exciting new housing development.

Donore Project, Dublin 8

Constructed in the 1950s, St Teresa’s Gardens was one of the largest public housing complexes built by Dublin City Council (DCC). The LDA, in partnership with DCC, has brought forward development plans for the subject site which extends to circa 1.8 hectares and is located adjacent to the Coombe Hospital, Donore Avenue and is approximately 2km from Dublin city centre.

An Bord Pleanála was granted permission in June 2023 for the development of 543 new homes, a crèche, commercial/retail space, community/cultural/arts space, and associated public open space.

For more information, please see: https://donoreproject.ie/

Clongriffin, Dublin 13

In late 2023 the LDA acquired a large site from NAMA next to Clongriffin Dart Station. This comprised the Project Capital North site and also the Barina Lands, and has the potential in the future to deliver about 2,300 homes.

The development will be one of the biggest single state housing projects in decades that will have a transformative impact on the area.

As part of the delivery at Clongriffin on an overall basis, a key focus has been the identification of an element of the consented development that can be prioritised for early delivery for much-needed affordable housing, while a strategic review of the overall landholding can be carried out.

Castlelands, Balbriggan, Dublin

An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission to the (LDA) in early 2023 for the construction of a €290 million 817 unit residential scheme for Balbriggan in north Dublin. This strategic housing development site is located at Castlelands in the townlands of Hampton Demesne, Kilsough North and Balbriggan, County Dublin. The site is 25.33 hectares in size. The proposed development consists of 817 residential units, public open space and crèche facility.

Hacketstown, Skerries, County Dublin

An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission to the (LDA) in early 2023 for the strategic housing development at this site located at Hacketstown in the townlands of Milverton, Townparks, and Hacketstown, Skerries, County Dublin. The subject lands are accessed via Golf Links Road to the south and Ballygossan Park phase one to the north. The site is bound by the Dublin–Belfast railway line to the west, the Golf Links Road to the east and south, and by individual houses to the east and south. The application site is 6.7 hectares.

The development consists of a total of 345 residential units consisting of a mix of houses, duplex units, apartments and a crèche, ranging in height from two to four storeys. The development also includes surface and undercroft car parking, provision of site services and infrastructure works including hard and soft landscaping, public open space, and internal link road. Delivery of the scheme will be phased with 176 units (including crèche) in phase one, and the remainder of the scheme in Phase 2.

The LDA are now seeking to carry out a procurement competition for the design, construction and delivery of Phase 1 of the development, commencing post grant of planning and running through to delivery of the various tenures.

Cromcastle, Dublin 5

A project in partnership with Dublin City Council (DCC), The Cromcastle Project is a new scheme that will deliver 146 affordable and social homes to Dublin 5. The development will be delivered over three blocks. Blocks range in height from three to eight storeys, this includes community/cultural spaces. The development will also include public open and communal amenity spaces with new landscaping, ancillary car and cycle parking, and all necessary above and below ground infrastructure to facilitate the proposal with undercroft level to incorporate residents’ car parking.

The project followed the temporary Part VIII exemption process, which seeks to accelerate the delivery of public housing, and in partnership with DCC will commence construction by the end of 2024.

T: 01 9103400
E: info@lda.ie
W: www.lda.ie