InvalidInfrastructureDecided 22 October 2025

Cherry Orchard Football Club, D10 NY77 located to the rere of Cherry Orchard Hospital, bounded by new DCC housing developemnt North South Link Road and to the rere of properties on Blackditch Road and Elmdale Crescent, Dublin 10

New pitches, floodlights, spectator stands, and a gym building at Cherry Orchard Football Club.

3425/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 October 2025

Reference: 3425/25
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 14 October 2025

Summary

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The development includes a new 9-a-side astro turf pitch, new floodlighting columns, and a single-storey steel-frame gym building. It also proposes four covered spectator stands, new dugouts, 21 car parking spaces, and surface water drainage works.

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Official record

Development description

The development consists of the following; a. New 9-a-side astro turf pitch (size 75mx50m) with new flood lighting installation (2 no. 18m high columns) on west side of the pitch b. 11-a-side existing grass pitch new flood lighting installation (6 no. 18m high columns) on both sides of pitch c. Construction of new single storey steel frame/cladded gym building 4.7m high on the south side of existing 11-a-side grass pitch with associated male and female welfare facilities d. New generator shed 5m x 5m with metal cladding finish e two new covered two tier stands with metal cladding finish (108 seats each with wheelchair access) 30m x 2.5m located on the north side of existing 11-a-side pitch f. Two new covered 4 tier stands 8m x 3.6m with metal cladding finish (50 seats each) located on west side of new 9- a-side astro turf pitch g. Two new covered 4 tier stands 8m x 3.6m (50 seats each) located on south side of existing 11-a-side grass pitch h. 4 new pitch dug outs 6m x 2.1m i. 5 no. Cycle stand facilities (sheffield design) with min 10 cycle spaces in each j. New car parking spaces for 21 cars k. New surface water drainage system with on-site attenuation storage system and connected to public surface water sewer
New foul sewer system connected to public sewer m. New boundary landscaping n. New permeable macadam/concrete walkways and exercise tracks (protected by new 1.2 metre high railed wire fences) o. Installation of ball stop netting with posts 4 & 6m high to north, east & south sides of new 9-a-side astro turf pitch p. Installation of ball stop netting with posts 6m high at both ends of 11-a-side exist grass pitch q- installation of pole lighting to the walking/exercise route around the perimeter of the existing 11 -a-side grass pitch r. New pedestrian entrance gate in dcc boundary at north west corner from new north south link road s. New 4 metre wide internal vehicular access gates for emergency vehicles t. New fencing to segregate proposed 9-a-side astro pitch from grass training areas and all associated site works. An appropriate assessment screening, natura impact statement and ecological appraisal report have been carried out and these reports accompany this planning application submission

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z1: Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodsRS

“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
16 Elmdale Crescent, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10	Apr 2026	€368,000	135 m
10 Elmdale Crescent, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10	Dec 2025	€224,250	157 m
179 Oranmore Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10	Aug 2025	€386,000	203 m
106a Spiddal Rd, Ballfermot, Dublin 10	May 2025	€240,000	234 m
165 Oranmore Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10	Oct 2025	€310,000	252 m
110 Oranmore Rd, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10	Dec 2025	€310,000	266 m
314 Blackditch Rd, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10	May 2025	€240,000	269 m
190 Blackditch Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10	Jan 2025	€332,000	291 m

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Key dates

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Application received14 October 2025
Decision due9 December 2025
Decision issued22 October 2025

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