Sean Keating Garden/Park, Rathfarnham Castle Park, Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
- 21 Jul 2025Received
- 18 Aug 2025Declared exempt
- 15 Sept 2025Appealed
- 7 Jan 2026Appeal: Other
- Status
- Appeal decided — other
- Decision
- Declared exempt · 18 Aug 2025
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
- Site
- 486 m²
- Appeal
- ACP 323659 · Other
What’s proposed
Ballyboden Tidy Towns clg (BBTT) have submitted under Section 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, an application to request a declaration as to whether specific works carried out at the Seán Keating Garden (sometimes referred to as the Seán Keating Park), located within the curtilage of Rathfarnham Castle, constitutes exempted development. The area in question lies adjacent to Rathfarnham Castle, a National Monument in State care, and a Protected Structure; and is also situated adjacent to an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA); and forms part of the landscape character of Rathfarnham Castle. It is our understanding that the following works were carried out without the benefit of planning permission: 1. Formation of a public garden/amenity park, including land grading, introduction of ornamental planting, and structured landscaping. 2. Installation of paved surfaces, hard landscaping, and fixed boundary treatments or kerbing. 3. Construction of an artificial pond and associated infrastructure. 4. Placement of street furniture, signage, and public amenities such as benches and bins. 5. Possible alterations to existing curtilage walls, access routes, or gates
ED25/0063 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for ballyboden Tidy Towns clg (BBTT) have submitted under Section 5 of the Planning and, received on 21 Jul 2025; permission was granted on 18 Aug 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- ED25/0063
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — other · register status “Appeal decided”
- Received
- 21 Jul 2025
- Observations close
- 25 Aug 2025 (closed 385 days ago)
- Decision due
- 18 Aug 2025 · decided 18 Aug 2025
- Decision
- Declared exempt on 18 Aug 2025
- Proposed development
- Ballyboden Tidy Towns clg (BBTT) have submitted under Section 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, an application to request a declaration as to whether specific works carried out at the Seán Keating Garden (sometimes referred to as the Seán Keating Park), located within the curtilage of Rathfarnham Castle, constitutes exempted development. The area in question lies adjacent to Rathfarnham Castle, a National Monument in State care, and a Protected Structure; and is also situated adjacent to an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA); and forms part of the landscape character of Rathfarnham Castle. It is our understanding that the following works were carried out without the benefit of planning permission: 1. Formation of a public garden/amenity park, including land grading, introduction of ornamental planting, and structured landscaping. 2. Installation of paved surfaces, hard landscaping, and fixed boundary treatments or kerbing. 3. Construction of an artificial pond and associated infrastructure. 4. Placement of street furniture, signage, and public amenities such as benches and bins. 5. Possible alterations to existing curtilage walls, access routes, or gatesAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 486 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.29976, -6.28322
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
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.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 13
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 6
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 98882). 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/68636.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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