RefusedInfrastructureDecided 6 December 2019

Loreto Abbey Secondary School, Loreto Avenue, off Harbour Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin A96 YC81

New practice hockey pitch and athletics track with floodlighting next to Loreto Abbey.

D18A/1162 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 11 November 2019

Reference: D18A/1162
Authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 11 November 2019

Summary

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Permission is sought for a 65m x 39m practice hockey pitch and a four-lane 100m athletics track. The development includes 1.8m high perimeter fencing and floodlighting on sports ground adjacent to Loreto Abbey, which is a protected structure.

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Development description

Permission for a practice hockey pitch 65m x 39m and a four lane 100m athletics track fully drained, including 1.8m high perimeter fencing and associated flood lighting onto the proposed area of sports amenity ground adjacent to the existing hockey pitch. (loreto abbey is a protected structure rps 1445, the proposed sports surfaces are adjacent but outside the curtilage of the loreto abbey). A geotechnical and environmental report is attached to the application.

Land-use zoning

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Objective SNICI

“SNI To protect, improve and encourage the provision of sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
7 Leslie Ave, Dalkey, Dublin	May 2025	€710,000	167 m
7a Leslie Avenue, Dalkey, Co. Dublin	Feb 2026	€835,000	176 m
3 Tempe Terrace, Rockfort Avenue, Dalkey	Jun 2025	€3,600,000	180 m
Cnoc Aluinn, 92 Coliemore Road, Dalkey	May 2025	€3,350,000	194 m
33 Convent Rd, Dalkey, Dublin	Nov 2025	€875,000	200 m
1 Derrynane Terrace, Dalkey, Dublin	Sept 2025	€1,295,000	268 m
3 Harbour Crescent, Harbour Rd, Dalkey	Oct 2025	€2,600,000	303 m
5 Carysfort Court, Carysfort Rd, Dalkey	Jan 2026	€550,000	313 m

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Application received11 November 2019
Decision issued6 December 2019

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