Citywest Hotel & Convention Centre, Saggart, Co. Dublin
Development of a new cemetery with over 8,000 burial plots and a reception building near Citywest Hotel.
SD22A/0457 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 19 July 2023
- Reference
- SD22A/0457
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 19 July 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe project consists of a new cemetery featuring 8,047 burial plots, columbarium walls, and a single-storey reception building with solar panels. It also includes a maintenance shed, 110 parking spaces, and a new vehicular access road from Garters Lane.
- Storey
- 1
- Floor area
- 215 m²
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
The development will consist of a cemetery including: 8,047 no. Traditional burial plots; columbarium walls; 1 single storey reception building (214.7m2 gross floor area (gfa)) comprising a reception, 1 office, 1 reception store, wc, kitchenette with photovoltaic (pv) solar panels at roof level; and the provision of an ancillary maintenance shed, bin and battery storage structures; the development includes a new vehicular access road from garters lane to the n7 /m7 naas road, with 2 vehicular access points serving the proposed cemetery; 110 car parking spaces (25 spaces to the east of the reception building and 85 within overflow car park areas to the south of the development); 8 bicycle parking stands; and all associated hard and soft landscape and boundary treatment works including the reshaping of an existing lake and provision of a footbridge; provision of suds measures, associated lighting, associated signage, site services (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities”
National zoning type: Open space, park
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Garter Terrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €475,771 | 295 m |
| 24 Garter Terrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Mar 2025 | €475,770 | 295 m |
| 10 Garter Terrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €475,770 | 296 m |
| 16 Garter Tarrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Sept 2025 | €475,771 | 298 m |
| 14 Garter Terrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €475,770 | 299 m |
| 12 Garter Terrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €475,771 | 302 m |
| 30 Garter Terrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Mar 2025 | €475,771 | 304 m |
| 8 Garter Terrace, Parklands, Citywestprice excludes VAT | Sept 2025 | €475,771 | 306 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received19 July 2023
- Decision due15 August 2023
- Decision issued15 August 2023
- Appeal submitted11 September 2023
- Appeal decided3 September 2024
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Withdrawn80 m away
Community sports & civic campus consisting of a golf facility including driving range and associated…
Lands at Citywest Hotel Conference Leisure and Golf Resort, Saggart, Co. , Dublin.
SD21A/0088South DublinLodged 15 Apr 2021Commercial
- Refused220 m away
Retention of 4 number non-illuminated double sided temporary marketing signs (1.22m wide by 4.572m high at a…
Baldonnell Business Park, Brownsbarn, Co Dublin
SD02A/0674South DublinLodged 15 Nov 2002Retention
- Refused230 m away
Non-illuminated double sided temporary marketing sign (6.0m wide by 3.5m high at a height of 2m above ground…
Baldonnell Business Park, Brownsbarn, Co Dublin
SD02A/0675South DublinLodged 15 Nov 2002Retention
- Granted270 m away
Installation of 360 PV solar panels covering an area of 720 sq.m on roof; all associated site and development…
MJ Flood, Clonlara Avenue, Baldonnell Business Park, Baldonnell, Dublin 22
SD21A/0261South DublinLodged 21 Sept 2021Energy
- Part granted, part refused270 m away
Retention of two flagpoles and flags at entrance to hotel, along with a digital signpost along the N7/N9 site…
Citywest, Naas Road, County Dublin
S00A/0563South DublinLodged 8 Aug 2000Retention
- Granted270 m away
Provision of a single storey substation including switch room
Citywest Hotel and Conference Centre, Saggart, Co. Dublin
SD18A/0141South DublinLodged 24 Apr 2018Infrastructure
- Granted280 m away
Modifications and proposed alterations to the existing Convention Centre permitted under Planning Register…
International Event & Conference Centre (IECC) Convention Centre, Garters Lane, Saggart, Co. Dublin
SD12A/0246South DublinLodged 6 Dec 2012Retention
- Granted280 m away
Change of use of 80 short term tourist accommodation units (34 1 bed, 46 2 bed units) and the ground floor of…
Westpark, Garters Lane, Saggart, Co. Dublin
SD16A/0441South DublinLodged 24 Mar 2017Change of use
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