Bord Pleanála has approved the creation of the State's first Strategic Development Zone around the village of Adamstown, near Lucan in west Dublin. The zone will guarantee the phased delivery of 10,000 new homes as well as new town and village centres, schools, parks, roads, quality bus corridors and a railway station on the Dublin to Kildare line. The 550-acre site is about 10 miles from Dublin city centre. Confirmation of the zone by Bord Pleanála means that development proposals which meet the requirement of the zone and are granted planning permission by South Dublin County Council, cannot be appealed to Bord Pleanála either by objectors or property developers.

