Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
- 24 Oct 2008Received
- 20 Nov 2008Grant permission
- 2 Jan 2009Final grant
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Grant permission · 20 Nov 2008
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 11.40 ha
What’s proposed
4 no. floodlit GAA pitches comprising: Pitch No. 1 (160m x 90m/lux level 1000 - 4 no. 30m high columns per pitch); Pitch Nos. 2, 3, 4 (160m x 90m/lux level 500 - 12 no. 20m high columns per pitch; 2 no. speed training areas; 8 no. ball stop nets (12m x 30m); a scoreboard; a hurling training alley (12m x 20m); an indoor pitch facility (c. 1000sq.m.) in a stand alone 10.15m high building; a single storey maintenance building (c. 137sq.m.); a perimeter walking track; an entrance sign and a 3 storey clubhouse facility. The 3 storey clubhouse facility (c.2310sq.m.) will include 10 no. changing rooms, toilet facilities, shower rooms, a gym, ice bath, physiotherapy room, medical room, first aid room, reception, referees room, warm up room, team locker room, 2 no. meeting rooms, general purpose room, shop, kitchen, 5 no. stores, managers office, office, finance room, media room, viewing terrace and a stand to accommodate approx. 1018 people. The proposal includes an emergency access road onto the roundabout (part of Rathcoole Distributor Road) at the southeast boundary, a c.0.1km extension to the side road off the proposed distributor road of 7.75m wide with a 1.75m footpath, 1.75m cycle track, 2m grass verge either side serving a new South Dublin County Council car park facility (65no. car parking spaces) and a 2m wide footpath connecting the car park to Rathcoole Park. The clubhouse facility will be accessed via this road extension and will provide 244no. car parking spaces, 9 no. coach spaces and a bicycle rack all at surface level. The proposal includes hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and all other associated site development works including construction of 112m of foul sewer, north of the site, along footpath in Rathcoole Park to the junction between Coolamber Drive and Beechwood Lawns to serve the development all on a c.10.82 hectare site bounded by Rathcoole Park to the north and west, the proposed new Rathcoole Distributor Road to the south and agricultural lands to the east
SD08A/0153 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for 4 no. floodlit GAA pitches comprising: Pitch No. 1 (160m x 90m/lux level 1000 - 4 no., received on 24 Oct 2008; permission was granted on 20 Nov 2008.
Planning details
- Reference
- SD08A/0153
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Granted · register status “Decision”
- Received
- 24 Oct 2008
- Observations close
- 28 Nov 2008 (closed 6503 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Grant permission on 20 Nov 2008
- Proposed development
- 4 no. floodlit GAA pitches comprising: Pitch No. 1 (160m x 90m/lux level 1000 - 4 no. 30m high columns per pitch); Pitch Nos. 2, 3, 4 (160m x 90m/lux level 500 - 12 no. 20m high columns per pitch; 2 no. speed training areas; 8 no. ball stop nets (12m x 30m); a scoreboard; a hurling training alley (12m x 20m); an indoor pitch facility (c. 1000sq.m.) in a stand alone 10.15m high building; a single storey maintenance building (c. 137sq.m.); a perimeter walking track; an entrance sign and a 3 storey clubhouse facility. The 3 storey clubhouse facility (c.2310sq.m.) will include 10 no. changing rooms, toilet facilities, shower rooms, a gym, ice bath, physiotherapy room, medical room, first aid room, reception, referees room, warm up room, team locker room, 2 no. meeting rooms, general purpose room, shop, kitchen, 5 no. stores, managers office, office, finance room, media room, viewing terrace and a stand to accommodate approx. 1018 people. The proposal includes an emergency access road onto the roundabout (part of Rathcoole Distributor Road) at the southeast boundary, a c.0.1km extension to the side road off the proposed distributor road of 7.75m wide with a 1.75m footpath, 1.75m cycle track, 2m grass verge either side serving a new South Dublin County Council car park facility (65no. car parking spaces) and a 2m wide footpath connecting the car park to Rathcoole Park. The clubhouse facility will be accessed via this road extension and will provide 244no. car parking spaces, 9 no. coach spaces and a bicycle rack all at surface level. The proposal includes hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments and all other associated site development works including construction of 112m of foul sewer, north of the site, along footpath in Rathcoole Park to the junction between Coolamber Drive and Beechwood Lawns to serve the development all on a c.10.82 hectare site bounded by Rathcoole Park to the north and west, the proposed new Rathcoole Distributor Road to the south and agricultural lands to the eastAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 11.40 ha 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 53.27931, -6.45867
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
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.
RES-N: To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 6
- Radon risk area · 3
- Recorded monument · 6
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121817). 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/35817.
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