Cessation of existing trotting track/raceway and car wash/valeting uses on site…
Lakeside Memorial Park (Formally the Lands at Portmarnock Trotting Track D13 V8X2, Former Portmarnock Driving Range D13 E138, Old Portmarnock, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin
Proposed development
Cessation of existing trotting track/raceway and car wash/valeting uses on site; demolition of all existing structures on site inclusive of clubhouse building and associated covered stand (204sq.m.), covered grandstand (95sq.m.), watch tower/observation platform (8sq.m.), 3 no. maintenance facility buildings (478sq.m.), 3 storage/utility buildings (432sq.m.), 5 no. cabins (80sq.m.), 2 no. sheds (52sq.m.) and disused golf driving range bays (698sq.m.); removal of existing vehicular entrance and car park/overflow car park areas; development of a landscaped memorial park (Lakeside Memorial Park) comprising a total of 11,168 no. burial plots on an overall site of 9.38 hectares (23.18 acres) consisting of 3,005 no. standard burial plots (with rectangular in-ground plaque), 8,163 no. ash interment receptacles set in-ground; construction of a single storey administration building (316sq.m.) comprising ancillary café and florist and a part-single part-two storey maintenance facility building (284sq.m.); extensive arboricultural and landscaping works including approximately 1,000 no. new trees, a 3,500sq.m. lake, 2 no. vehicular bridges, 5 no. pedestrian bridges, 1 no. pedestrian bridge over bio-swale, 25 no. sculptural monuments and 1 no. bell tower; 106 no. vehicular parking spaces (including 8 no. accessible spaces) and 20 no. bicycle parking spaces; new vehicular entrance via R124 and new emergency vehicular entrance via existing unnamed laneway; all ancillary works including lighting, signage, 2 no. flagpoles, fencing and boundary treatments, opening up of 2 no. culverts to the Sluice River, SuDS drainage infrastructure.
What happens next
The council recorded a decision on 31 Aug 2026. The official file has the outcome; a third-party appeal is possible within four weeks of the decision.
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