Weston Airport, Celbridge Road, Lucan- St Helens DED 1986, Lucan, Dublin
Development of a hangar and helipad at Weston Airport for 24/7 search and rescue operations.
ED25/0050 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 24 June 2025
- Reference
- ED25/0050
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- Declaration of Exemption Section 5
- Received
- 24 June 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis declaration of exemption concerns the development of a hangar and helipad for search and rescue operations. It involves changing the use of existing airport buildings to a search and rescue base facility operating 24/7, 365 days a year.
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
Development of hangar and helipad at weston airport for the purposes of search and rescue operations. Change of use from operational airport buildings to search and rescue base facility, intensification of use for search and rescue operations 24/7, 365 days per year.
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 received24 June 2025
- Decision due21 July 2025
- Decision issued21 July 2025
In the area
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