Castlelands, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

• Fingal county council (environment, climate action, active travel and sports ) are proposing the construction of a public swimming pool building with associated changing facilities and site works on 0.589 hectares of land at castlelands, balbriggan, co. Dublin. In accordance with section 179 of the planning and development act 2000 (as amended) and part 8 of the planning and development regulations 2001 (as amended), fingal county council hereby gives notice of the proposed development to be carried out at the above site. The nature and extent of the proposed development is as follows: (i) construction of a single-storey public swimming pool building, comprising of: (a) a 25-metre,6-lane swimming pool with viewing gallery; (b) associated changing facilities including a village changing area, group changing rooms, accessible changing rooms, showers, and toilets; (c)reception lobby and waiting area, staff offices/facilities, meeting rooms, and storage areas; (d)plant room, chemical storage, and buggy store; and (e) photovoltaic (pv) panels on the roof level;(ii) provision of a new vehicular access from the permitted neighbourhood street to the west (as permitted under reg. Ref. F21a/0576); (iii) provision of 41 no. Car parking spaces (including 5no. Ev charging spaces, 2 no. Accessible spaces, and 1 no. Combined ev/accessible space), 5no. Motorcycle parking spaces, a covered bicycle shelter (including 40 no. Bicycle parking spaces), provision for e-bike and scooter charging, bike repair station, and staff bicycle lockers;(iv) provision of bus/coach and car set-down areas and a dedicated service bay; (v) provision of shared pedestrian and cycle routes from the north and south of the site; and (vi) all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development, including level adjustments, hard and soft landscaping, bin store, esb substation, public lighting, boundary treatments, and drainage works including suds basin. Plans and particulars of the proposed development will be available for inspection at https://consult. Fingal. Ie/en/browse and inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy from thursday 5th february 2026 up to and including friday 6th march 2026 at the following locations: the offices of fingal county council, county hall, main street, swords, co. Dublin, k67 x8y2 during normal opening hours (monday to thursday 9.00am to 5.00pm and friday 9.00am to 4.30pm excluding bank & public holidays)
• Fingal county council, balbriggan carnegie library, george's square, balbriggan, co. Dublin, k32 tw27 (during library opening hours) submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the development would be situated, may be made either online through our website https://consult. Fingal. Ie/en/browse or in writing to:- sports programme administrative manager, sports division, dept of environment climate action, active travel and sports; fingal county council, civic offices, grove road, blanchardstown, dublin 15, d15 w638. Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development must arrive no later than 5pm on monday 23rd march 2026

1. Application received5 February 2026
2. Decision issued11 May 2026

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