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South Dublin County Council · ED25/0043 · Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5

Dublin Weston Airport, Lucan, Co. Dublin

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Council received 15 Jul 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (424 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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ED25/0043 is a planning application for declaration of exemption sect. 5 at Dublin Weston Airport, Lucan, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 15 Jul 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: According to Weston Airport Aerodrome they propose using some of the existing hangers for the purpose of servicing and operating SAR (Search and rescure) Helicopters from 1st of July 2025 This raises a number of questions: A. There is already a Planning Permission granted by SDCC Reference SD23A/0324 in relation to the provision of this service from a different location within the Aerodrome. B. As you should be aware this decision was appealed by myself and others to An Bord Pleanala and a decision is still awaited on this appeal C. Do the plans to operate a similar service from 1st July 2025 from the exiting hangers not require planning permission? D. Operating a SAR facility means there will be night flying. I am not aware of any decision to permit such flights at this location E. Surely there must be conditions attached to this type of operation -flight paths etc. The Airport is in close proximity to three major towns; Celbridge, Leixlip and Lucan. And Maynooth is no far away either. F. It interesting to note the intention of using the existing facilities to fun the SAR operations from the existing buildings when one of the main arguments put forward in their planning application (SD23A/0324) was that it was not possible to do that. The council's recorded decision is "Cannot Determine" on 24 Jul 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 19 Aug 2025. The site is zoned P1 — rural under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 9 other decided applications in the last five years and 3 appeals.

Appeal window closes 21 Aug 2025 closed 387 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (24 Jul 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

According to Weston Airport Aerodrome they propose using some of the existing hangers for the purpose of servicing and operating SAR (Search and rescure) Helicopters from 1st of July 2025 This raises a number of questions: A. There is already a Planning Permission granted by SDCC Reference SD23A/0324 in relation to the provision of this service from a different location within the Aerodrome. B. As you should be aware this decision was appealed by myself and others to An Bord Pleanala and a decision is still awaited on this appeal C. Do the plans to operate a similar service from 1st July 2025 from the exiting hangers not require planning permission? D. Operating a SAR facility means there will be night flying. I am not aware of any decision to permit such flights at this location E. Surely there must be conditions attached to this type of operation -flight paths etc. The Airport is in close proximity to three major towns; Celbridge, Leixlip and Lucan. And Maynooth is no far away either. F. It interesting to note the intention of using the existing facilities to fun the SAR operations from the existing buildings when one of the main arguments put forward in their planning application (SD23A/0324) was that it was not possible to do that.

Status
Decision Following A.I.
Decision
Cannot determine on 24 Jul 2025
Site (from polygon)
572 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 7 Jul 2025
    Further information requested
  • 15 Jul 2025
    Further information received
  • 15 Jul 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 19 Aug 2025
  • 24 Jul 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 21 Aug 2025

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    Zoning at the site

    P1 — Rural

    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.

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 102445). 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/68428.

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