'Deer Park Hotel and Golf', Deerpark, Carrickbrack Road, Howth Co. Dublin, Within the grounds of Howth Estate Howth Co. Dublin
Development of a new cemetery with over 6,000 burial and ash plots, and a reception building.
F22A/0559 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 17 May 2023
- Reference
- F22A/0559
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 17 May 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposed development on the grounds of Howth Estate consists of a cemetery containing 5,806 traditional burial plots and 617 ash interment plots. It also includes a single-storey reception building with solar panels, a columbarium wall, and 87 parking spaces.
- Storey
- 1
- Floor area
- 215 m²
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Official record
Development description
The development will consist of a cemetery including 5,806 no traditional burial plots; 617 no. Ash internment plots; biodegradable garden plots; a columbarium wall; 223 no granite marker posts; 110 no. Memorial plaques; 1 no. Single storey reception building (215m2 gross floor area (gfa)) comprising a reception, 1 no. Office, 1 no. Reception store, wc, kitchenette, with photovoltaic (pv) solar panels at roof level; and ancillary bin and battery storage structures. The development will be served by a new vehicular access from carrickbrack road; 87 no. Car parking (72 no. Spaces with a car park to south of the reception building and 15 no. With an overflow car park); 4 no bicycle parking stands: and all associated hard and soft landscape and boundary treatment works; provision of suds measures, associated lighting , site services (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and side development works above and below ground. A natura impact statement (nis) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. Ai received 17/05/23
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Protect and enhance high amenity areas”
National zoning type: Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape
Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 South Hill, St Fintans Rd, Sutton Dublin 13not full market price | Nov 2025 | €500,000 | 349 m |
| 45 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13 | Jan 2026 | €860,000 | 403 m |
| 22 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13 | Sept 2025 | €860,000 | 454 m |
| 12 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13 | Apr 2026 | €827,000 | 470 m |
| 8 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13 | Dec 2025 | €1,041,000 | 490 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received17 May 2023
- Decision due11 July 2023
- Decision issued7 July 2023
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted290 m away
(a) Change of use of existing dormer Boarder House (Reg. Ref: F97A/086
Site Adjoining South Hill, Sutton Park School, Saint Fintan's Road, Su
F08A/0723/E1FingalLodged 6 Nov 2013Change of use
- Granted300 m away
All weather training surface on existing training area 42m x 22m
Howth Celtic FC, Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin 13.
F14A/0136FingalLodged 6 Nov 2014Commercial
- Granted300 m away
An all weather training surface on existing playing area. The pitch w
Howth Celtic F.C., Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin 13.
F15A/0445FingalLodged 25 Sept 2015Other
- Refused300 m away
The development will consist of a new 100m x 59m all weather training pitch to replace the existing grass…
Howth Celtic Football Club, Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin 13, D13X863
F24A/0843EFingalLodged 20 Sept 2024Infrastructure
- Refused300 m away
The development will consist of a new 100m x 61m all-weather training pitch to replace the existing grass…
Howth Celtic Football Club, Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin 13
F23A/0277FingalLodged 3 Nov 2023Infrastructure
- Granted320 m away
The replacement of the existing first dormer window with a new increas
27, South Hill, Sutton, Dublin 13, D13P972
F22B/0234FingalLodged 5 Dec 2022Extension
- Granted320 m away
Minor alterations to the facades and roofs of House 2 as erected which
Cluain Aedin, Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin 13
F17B/0263FingalLodged 17 Jan 2018Retention
- Granted320 m away
Permission for change of use of existing of boarding house to pre-scho
Sutton Park School, St Fintan's Road, Sutton, Dublin 13
F17A/0380FingalLodged 27 Sept 2017Change of use
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