Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedOtherDecided 7 July 2023

'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-generated

The 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.

Othercemeteryhowthsolar
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

HA - High AmenityHA
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.

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within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
26 South Hill, St Fintans Rd, Sutton Dublin 13not full market priceNov 2025€500,000349 m
45 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13Jan 2026€860,000403 m
22 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13Sept 2025€860,000454 m
12 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13Apr 2026€827,000470 m
8 St Fintans Crescent, Sutton, Dublin 13Dec 2025€1,041,000490 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

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  1. Application received17 May 2023
  2. Decision due11 July 2023
  3. Decision issued7 July 2023

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