Brownsbarn, Baldonnell, Co. Dublin

What’s proposed

Permission for Retention is sought for a 3.04 hectare area of gravel surfacing, the installation of a surface water drainage network and underground Stormtech attenuation system, security lighting to the perimeter of the site (21 no. 10m high lighting columns with LED luminaires) and replacement of the existing boundary fence with security fencing. Planning Permission is sought for alterations to the installed gravel surfacing to include new tarmacadam surfacing over an area of 1.09 hectares. The works will also include landscaping alongside the Corbally Stream, alterations to the surface water drainage network and relocation of security fencing and security lighting columns along the eastern boundary of the site. The proposed works are in order to facilitate the outdoor, uncovered storage of up to 1,011 vehicles together with circulation areas and access roads

SD17A/0144 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for permission for Retention is sought for a 3.04 hectare area of gravel surfacing, the, received on 12 May 2017; permission was granted on 6 Jul 2017.

Planning details

Reference: SD17A/0144
Local authority: South Dublin County Council
Status: Granted · register status “Decision”
Received: 12 May 2017
Observations close: 16 Jun 2017 (closed 3389 days ago)
Decision due: 6 Jul 2017 · decided 6 Jul 2017
Decision: Grant permission & grant retention on 6 Jul 2017
Proposed development: Permission for Retention is sought for a 3.04 hectare area of gravel surfacing, the installation of a surface water drainage network and underground Stormtech attenuation system, security lighting to the perimeter of the site (21 no. 10m high lighting columns with LED luminaires) and replacement of the existing boundary fence with security fencing. Planning Permission is sought for alterations to the installed gravel surfacing to include new tarmacadam surfacing over an area of 1.09 hectares. The works will also include landscaping alongside the Corbally Stream, alterations to the surface water drainage network and relocation of security fencing and security lighting columns along the eastern boundary of the site. The proposed works are in order to facilitate the outdoor, uncovered storage of up to 1,011 vehicles together with circulation areas and access roads
As published by the register.
Site area: 7.38 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121519). 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/52275.

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