GrantedInfrastructureDecided 18 November 2024

College Road, Castleknock, Dublin 15, D15 PD95

Upgrade of playing pitches to synthetic and natural turf with floodlighting at Castleknock College.

FW24A/0184E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 30 April 2024

Reference: FW24A/0184E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 30 April 2024

Summary

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St. Vincent's Castleknock College intends to upgrade existing natural turf playing surfaces to an all-weather synthetic surface and a natural turf sand-enhanced pitch. The works, located within the curtilage of a protected structure, include fencing, ball stop netting, and eight 15-metre-high floodlight poles.

Infrastructureschoolsportsfloodlightsprotected structure

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Official record

Development description

St. Vincent's castleknock college, within the curtilage of a protected structure (castleknock college and associated structures) intend to apply for: permission to upgrade existing playing surfaces (natural turf) to an all-weather synthetic surface of 118 x 76 metres with an attached all-weather athletic sprint track 4.8 x 118 metres and a full-sized natural turf sand enhanced pitch 112 x 80 metres. The all-weather surfaces consisting of 2.4m high green welded mesh panel fence surrounding the pitch and an additional internal 1.2m spectator welded mesh panel fence. Behind each goal a ball stop netting, with a total height of 8m and 12m. Floodlighting the all-weather surfaces to 350 lux with 8 number 15m high poles with associated fittings ai received 14/10/24 sai received 23/10/2024

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
Address	Date	Price	Distance
49 Yeats Hall, Collegefort, Castleknock	Dec 2025	€389,000	108 m
72 Collegefort, Castleknock, Dublin 15	Sept 2025	€439,065	125 m
59 Yeats Hall, Collegefort, Castleknock Dublin 15	Apr 2026	€365,000	129 m
58 Yeats Hall, Collegefort, Castleknock	Sept 2025	€450,000	131 m
35 Collegefort, Castleknock, Dublin 15	May 2025	€332,500	169 m
30 Joyce Hall, Collegefort, Castleknock	Feb 2025	€450,000	170 m
29 Collegefort, Castleknock, Dublin 15	Apr 2026	€355,000	170 m
31 Kinsella Hall, Collegewood, Castleknock	Jun 2025	€450,000	198 m

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Application received30 April 2024
Decision due19 November 2024
Decision issued18 November 2024

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