Rockbrook Park School, Edmondstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.
Importation of fill material to construct four new playing pitches at Rockbrook Park School.
ED17/0056 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 10 October 2017
- Reference
- ED17/0056
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Declaration of Exemption Section 5
- Received
- 10 October 2017
Summary
AI-generatedA Section 5 declaration of exemption is sought to import approximately 8,000 cubic metres of select fill material. This material will be used to construct four new playing pitches and one warm-up area on the school grounds.
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
Import select fill material into existing school grounds for the construction of four new playing pitches and one warm up area, approximately 8,000m3 of select fill to be imported to meet attached design.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture”
Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Timeline
- Application received10 October 2017
- Decision due6 November 2017
- Decision issued2 November 2017
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- Part granted, part refused40 m away
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