Lakeside Memorial Park (Formally the Lands at Portmarnock Trotting Track D13 V8X2, Former Portmarnock Driving Range D13 E138, Old Portmarnock, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin

Permission on lands adjacent to St. Marnock's Church and associated outbuildings which are Protected Structures (RPS Nos. 457 and 915). The proposed development is as follows: (a) cessation of existing trotting track/raceway and car wash/valeting uses on site; (b) 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.); (c) removal of existing vehicular entrance (from R124 and the unnamed laneway to the south of the site); car park/overflow car park areas, and hard surfaced marshalling areas; (d) 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 (with rectangular plaque), in free-standing memorial walls, columbarium walls and tree gardens; (e) construction of a single storey administration building (316sq.m.) comprising ancillary café and florist served by an onsite wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and a part-single part-two storey maintenance facility building (284sq.m.) with service yard and 4 no. staff vehicular parking spaces (including 1 no. accessible space); (f) extensive arboricultural and landscaping works (including regrading works and the importation of clean soil and stone) to provide a native woodland setting within the park with open memorial spaces defined by tree/hedgerow planting, columbarium walls and grassed mounding. The proposed landscaping works include the retention of the majority of existing hedgerows/trees along the site boundaries, planting of hedgerows, flowerbeds and approximately 1,000 no. new trees, a 3,500sq.m. lake, 2 no. vehicular bridges over the Sluice River, 5 no. pedestrian bridges over the proposed lake and 1 no. pedestrian bridge over associated bio-swale, 25 no. sculptural monuments and reduction of site levels by between 0.5 and 3m along the Sluice River, increase in site levels over approximately 25% of the site of between 0.5m and 2m internal access roadways and a network of pedestrian paths, and visitor amenities including seating, bins and information/wayfinding signage and 1 no/ 3 x 3 x 12.8 metre bell tower; (g) 106 no. vehicular parking spaces (including 8 no. accessible spaces) and 20 no. bicycle parking spaces; (h) new vehicular entrance via R124, new emergency vehicular entrance with inset pedestrian entrance, via existing unnamed laneway to the south of the site (secured by steel gate), entrance signage and 1 no. pedestrian gate from the existing unnamed laneway to the south of the site; and (i) 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, necessary to facilitate the development. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

Reference: F20A/0392/E1