Esker Lawn Cemetery, Newlands Road, Lucan, Dublin 22
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SD23A/0292 is a planning application for permission at Esker Lawn Cemetery, Newlands Road, Lucan, Dublin 22, received by South Dublin County Council on 18 Jun 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The construction of a new 485 m2 crematorium within the grounds of Esker Lawn Cemetery consisting of a congregation space, 1 no. electric cremator and associated plant and services spaces, and the provision of visitor toilets, and ESB substation; provision of new car parking area and minor adjustments to existing parking resulting in the net addition of 2 parking spaces; amendments to existing site landscaping involving removal and reduction of existing hard surfaces and roadway surfaces and all associated works; the construction of new landscaping works including a contemplation pond, water feature, planted landscape berms and swale drains at the building perimeter and at the adjacent area designated for grave spaces under SD10A/0331 as part of a combined suds drainage and biodiverse planting strategy; temporary access for construction traffic to be provided from the eastern boundary, and the existing boundary treatment reinstated post construction. The council granted permission on 15 Jul 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Jul 2024. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 320513 on 18 Dec 2025 (grant conditions). The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 33 other decided applications in the last five years and 2 appeals.
Proposal
The construction of a new 485 m2 crematorium within the grounds of Esker Lawn Cemetery consisting of a congregation space, 1 no. electric cremator and associated plant and services spaces, and the provision of visitor toilets, and ESB substation; provision of new car parking area and minor adjustments to existing parking resulting in the net addition of 2 parking spaces; amendments to existing site landscaping involving removal and reduction of existing hard surfaces and roadway surfaces and all associated works; the construction of new landscaping works including a contemplation pond, water feature, planted landscape berms and swale drains at the building perimeter and at the adjacent area designated for grave spaces under SD10A/0331 as part of a combined suds drainage and biodiverse planting strategy; temporary access for construction traffic to be provided from the eastern boundary, and the existing boundary treatment reinstated post construction.
- Status
- Appeal decided
- Decision
- Grant permission on 15 Jul 2024
- Floor area
- 470 m²
- Site (from polygon)
- 5,558 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 10 Jan 2024Further information requested
- 18 Jun 2024Further information received
- 18 Jun 2024New applicationObservation window closed 23 Jul 2024
- 15 Jul 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 12 Aug 2024
- 8 Aug 2024Appeal lodged
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Appeal
Commencement
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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.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 4
- Radon risk area · 3
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 118043). 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/65088.
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