Weston Airport, Backweston, Lucan, Co. Dublin
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ED24/0009 is a planning application for declaration of exemption sect. 5 at Weston Airport, Backweston, Lucan, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 23 Feb 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The installation of a system of 'Visual Aids to Navigation', including all associated electrical ducting, an aeronautical beacon, runway edge lights, runway lead-in lights, runway threshold identification lights, Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI's), runway end lights, stopway lights, runway guard lights, stop-bars, taxiway edge lights, apron floodlighting and wind-direction indicator (windcone) lights. The standardisation of the width of the straight sections of all taxiways to 11m (with wider than 11m for turns). (Please refer to the cover letter enclosed within for a detailed description of the proposed development). The council granted permission on 21 Mar 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 29 Mar 2024. The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 2 other decided applications in the last five years and 2 appeals.
Proposal
The installation of a system of 'Visual Aids to Navigation', including all associated electrical ducting, an aeronautical beacon, runway edge lights, runway lead-in lights, runway threshold identification lights, Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI's), runway end lights, stopway lights, runway guard lights, stop-bars, taxiway edge lights, apron floodlighting and wind-direction indicator (windcone) lights. The standardisation of the width of the straight sections of all taxiways to 11m (with wider than 11m for turns). (Please refer to the cover letter enclosed within for a detailed description of the proposed development)
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Declared exempt on 21 Mar 2024
- Site (from polygon)
- 5.76 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 23 Feb 2024New applicationObservation window closed 29 Mar 2024
- 21 Mar 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 18 Apr 2024
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
RU: To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture
Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121377). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/65631.
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