RefusedRetentionDecided 16 February 2026

Lands located at Ounavarra, Clonee Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 HP90

Retention of a concrete yard and agricultural access, with plans to install a synthetic grass playing area.

FW25A/0559E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 22 December 2025

Reference: FW25A/0559E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission and Retention
Received: 22 December 2025

Summary

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The applicant seeks retention for a 448 square metre concrete yard and an agricultural access. Permission is also sought to install a synthetic grass playing area on top of the yard for residential amenity, and to reduce the width of the entrance with associated demolition and boundary works.

Retentionretentionamenityagricultural

Floor area: 448 m²

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Official record

Development description

Retention is sought for: (i) a 448 sq. M concrete yard and (ii) an agricultural access onto clonee road. Permission is sought for: (i) the provision for a 448 sq. M synthetic grass playing area atop the concrete yard to provide residential amenity to ounavarra house; (ii) alterations to existing unauthorised agricultural access (7.173 m in width) to provide a reduced entrance width of 3.6 m; the proposed works include the (a) demolition of 2 no. Internal entrance piers, (b) the partial demolition of the stone wall and to facilitate the reduced width, (c) provision of timber posts and timber fence, (d) the existing external stone entrance piers are proposed to be reduced height; (iii) all associated landscaping, boundary treatments, site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
9 Hillsborough, Laraghcon, Lucan	Feb 2025	€320,000	410 m
92 Laraghcon, Lucan, Dublin	Aug 2025	€663,000	467 m
69 Laraghcon, Lucan, Co Dublin	Jun 2026	€467,500	497 m

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Key dates

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Application received22 December 2025
Decision due24 February 2026
Decision issued16 February 2026
Appeal submitted16 March 2026

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