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South Dublin County Council · SD22A/0457 · Permission

Citywest Hotel & Convention Centre, Saggart, Co. Dublin

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Council received 19 Jul 2023We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1151 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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SD22A/0457 is a planning application for permission at Citywest Hotel & Convention Centre, Saggart, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 19 Jul 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of a cemetery including: 8,047 No. traditional burial plots; Columbarium walls; 1 single storey reception building (214.7m2 Gross Floor Area (GFA)) comprising a reception, 1 office, 1 reception store, WC, kitchenette with photovoltaic (PV) solar panels at roof level; and the provision of an ancillary maintenance shed, bin and battery storage structures; The development includes a new vehicular access road from Garters Lane to the N7 /M7 Naas Road, with 2 vehicular access points serving the proposed cemetery; 110 car parking spaces (25 spaces to the east of the reception building and 85 within overflow car park areas to the south of the development); 8 bicycle parking stands; and all associated hard and soft landscape and boundary treatment works including the reshaping of an existing lake and provision of a footbridge; provision of SUDS measures, associated lighting, associated signage, site services (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground. The council granted permission on 15 Aug 2023. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Aug 2023. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 317989 on 3 Sept 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 17 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 12 Sept 2023 closed 1097 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (15 Aug 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

The development will consist of a cemetery including: 8,047 No. traditional burial plots; Columbarium walls; 1 single storey reception building (214.7m2 Gross Floor Area (GFA)) comprising a reception, 1 office, 1 reception store, WC, kitchenette with photovoltaic (PV) solar panels at roof level; and the provision of an ancillary maintenance shed, bin and battery storage structures; The development includes a new vehicular access road from Garters Lane to the N7 /M7 Naas Road, with 2 vehicular access points serving the proposed cemetery; 110 car parking spaces (25 spaces to the east of the reception building and 85 within overflow car park areas to the south of the development); 8 bicycle parking stands; and all associated hard and soft landscape and boundary treatment works including the reshaping of an existing lake and provision of a footbridge; provision of SUDS measures, associated lighting, associated signage, site services (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground.

Status
Appeal decided
Decision
Grant permission on 15 Aug 2023
Permission expires
11 Mar 2024
Floor area
215 m²
Site (from polygon)
13.43 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 13 Feb 2023
    Further information requested
  • 19 Jul 2023
    Further information received
  • 19 Jul 2023
    New application
    Observation window closed 23 Aug 2023
  • 15 Aug 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 12 Sept 2023
  • 11 Sept 2023
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

ACP 317989 · Planning Appeal · decided · Granted with conditions 3 Sept 2024
received by the Commission 11 Sept 2023 · inspector's report · board order

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    Zoning at the site

    G1 — Open space with recreation

    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.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 1
      Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland Limited
    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121293). 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/63547.

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