Beann Éadair GAA Club, Balkill Road, Howth, Co. Dublin
Installation of a synthetic grass pitch, floodlights, and an emergency entrance at Beann Éadair GAA Club.
F25A/0681E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 25 July 2025
- Reference
- F25A/0681E
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 25 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development will consist of a new 115m x 52m synthetic grass pitch and training area. It will also include floodlights, a loose gravel maintenance path around the perimeter, an emergency vehicular entrance, and a wayfinding post.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
The proposed development will consist of: provision of (i) a synthetic grass pitch/training area (115m x 52m), (ii) an emergency vehicular entrance to the south of the proposed pitch, (iii) a wayfinding post, (iv) a maintenance path with a loose gravel surface around the perimeter of the training pitch, (v) floodlights and (vi) all ancillary works, landscaping, boundary treatments, and drainage as necessary to facilitate the proposed development.
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 Balkill Park, Howth, Dublin 13 | Sept 2025 | €760,000 | 378 m |
| 2 Balkill Park, Howth, Dublin | May 2025 | €230,000 | 386 m |
| Hillside, Windgate Rd, Howth | Jun 2026 | €1,400,000 | 388 m |
| 62 Balglass Rd, Howth, Dublin | Jul 2025 | €740,000 | 426 m |
| 1 Dungriffin Villas, Howth, Dublin 13 | Sept 2025 | €935,000 | 484 m |
| 5 Tara, Balkill Road, Howth | Jun 2026 | €1,300,000 | 484 m |
| Quinton, Greyslane, Howth | Jun 2026 | €1,330,000 | 498 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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
Timeline
- Application received25 July 2025
- Decision due18 September 2025
- Decision issued31 July 2025
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
Provision of (i) a synthetic grass pitch/training area (115m x 52m), (
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- Granted110 m away
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- Granted110 m away
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- Granted120 m away
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- Refused210 m away
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F20A/0706FingalLodged 8 Nov 2021Infrastructure
- Granted210 m away
The replacement of the existing prefabricated 3 classroom single store
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F14A/0093FingalLodged 20 Feb 2015Other
- Withdrawn210 m away
The replacement of the existing prefabricated 3 classroom single store
Bracken Hill School, Beann Eadair GAA grounds, Balkill Road, Howth, Co
F12A/0382FingalLodged 9 Aug 2013Infrastructure
- Invalid210 m away
Replace the existing 3 classrooms 171.5sqm temporary pre-school struct
Beann Eadair GAA Grounds, Balkill Road, Howth, Co. Dublin.
F20A/0217FingalLodged 15 May 2020Other
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