Newlands Cross Cemetery & Crematorium, Ballymount Road, Dublin 24, D24 K1CY
- 18 Dec 2023Received
- 20 Feb 2024Grant permission
- 2 Apr 2024Final grant
- 22 Apr 2026Commenced
- 1 Apr 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Commenced
- Decision
- Grant permission · 20 Feb 2024
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 26.03 ha
What’s proposed
Install a second cremator within the existing crematorium building to be powered with electricity; the new unit will be located beside the existing unit within the building (the building was originally designed and built for 2 units); internal alterations to the building including removal of non-load bearing block walls to facilitate the new unit; extension to the west side of the building to provide staff changing facilities and a cremulator room (20.2sq.m); extract system to be connected to the existing flue; partial demolition of existing boundary wall to facilitate a new sub-station/switch room, the laying of underground ducts for ESB connection, underground cabling and all ancillary works to facilitate the development
SD23A/0329 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for install a second cremator within the existing crematorium building to be powered with, received on 18 Dec 2023; permission was granted on 20 Feb 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- SD23A/0329
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Final Grant”
- Received
- 18 Dec 2023
- Observations close
- 31 Jan 2024 (closed 958 days ago)
- Decision due
- 20 Feb 2024 · decided 20 Feb 2024
- Decision
- Grant permission on 20 Feb 2024
- Proposed development
- Install a second cremator within the existing crematorium building to be powered with electricity; the new unit will be located beside the existing unit within the building (the building was originally designed and built for 2 units); internal alterations to the building including removal of non-load bearing block walls to facilitate the new unit; extension to the west side of the building to provide staff changing facilities and a cremulator room (20.2sq.m); extract system to be connected to the existing flue; partial demolition of existing boundary wall to facilitate a new sub-station/switch room, the laying of underground ducts for ESB connection, underground cabling and all ancillary works to facilitate the developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 26.03 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 53.31297, -6.37206
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0014047SD
Zoning at the site
EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
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.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- EPA-licensed facility · 2
- Radon risk area · 4
- Recorded monument · 10
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 122225). 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/65315.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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