Steelstown Farm, Steelstown, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, D24 X6PE.
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
SD24A/0222W is a planning application for permission at Steelstown Farm, Steelstown, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, D24 X6PE., received by South Dublin County Council on 9 Oct 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of change of use of existing agriculture buildings (561m2) and yard area on a site of .2016ha for the storage of green waste for transportation to a licensed composting facility and the storage of certified compost which is intended to be sold for use as animal bedding and fertilizer and all ancillary development. The proposed activity requires a Waste Facility Permit from South Dublin County Council. The council refused permission on 3 Dec 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 13 Nov 2024. The site is zoned P1 — rural under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 5 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
The development will consist of change of use of existing agriculture buildings (561m2) and yard area on a site of .2016ha for the storage of green waste for transportation to a licensed composting facility and the storage of certified compost which is intended to be sold for use as animal bedding and fertilizer and all ancillary development. The proposed activity requires a Waste Facility Permit from South Dublin County Council.
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 3 Dec 2024
- Site (from polygon)
- 2,014 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 9 Oct 2024New applicationObservation window closed 13 Nov 2024
- 3 Dec 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 9 Jan 2025

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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
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
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 3
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 113503). 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/67042.
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