Rathcreedan, Newcastle, Co. Dublin
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SD22A/0298 is a planning application for permission and retention at Rathcreedan, Newcastle, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 28 Oct 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: St. Finians GAA Club, intend to apply for the following retention permission and planning permission at an existing GAA pitch facility at Rathcreedan, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Retention permission is sought for 1,550m2 unmetalled drop-off area/carpark ancillary to the GAA pitch use and planning permission is sought for: GAA pitch goal posts (2No. standard 8m high) coupled with 8m high ballstop nets to the rear of each goal post. Entrance improvements from the existing Newcastle Road (R120) to the site including widening existing gate from 4.2m to 6m with setback gate arrangement to improve sightlines. The council granted permission on 24 Nov 2022 (retention). The five-week observation window closed on 2 Dec 2022. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 315345 on 12 Feb 2024 (grant conditions). The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 16 other decided applications in the last five years and 1 appeal.
Proposal
St. Finians GAA Club, intend to apply for the following retention permission and planning permission at an existing GAA pitch facility at Rathcreedan, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Retention permission is sought for 1,550m2 unmetalled drop-off area/carpark ancillary to the GAA pitch use and planning permission is sought for: GAA pitch goal posts (2No. standard 8m high) coupled with 8m high ballstop nets to the rear of each goal post. Entrance improvements from the existing Newcastle Road (R120) to the site including widening existing gate from 4.2m to 6m with setback gate arrangement to improve sightlines.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Grant permission & grant retention on 24 Nov 2022
- Permission expires
- 19 Jul 2023
- Site (from polygon)
- 2.05 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 29 Aug 2022Further information requested
- 28 Oct 2022Further information received
- 28 Oct 2022New applicationObservation window closed 2 Dec 2022
- 24 Nov 2022DecisionAppeal window closed 22 Dec 2022
- 14 Dec 2022Appeal lodged

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Appeal
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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: To protect and/or improve residential amenity
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 119770). 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/62763.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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