Planning application FS5/080/26
287-Bed Non-Tourist Hostel at Emmaus Retreat Centre
Emmaus Retreat Centre, Balheary Demesne, Lissenhall, Swords, Co Dublin
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Key milestones
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Application received
Decision due
Target dateCurrent decision target recorded by the council.
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Why this application matters
Accommodation capacity
The declaration considers provision of up to 287 bedspaces within a non-tourist hostel at Emmaus Retreat Centre.
Works under review
The scope includes minor internal fit-out works needed to facilitate the hostel use.
Earlier site declaration
The hostel use and fit-out are linked to an earlier exempted-development declaration for the same retreat-centre site.
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Application details
- Planning reference
- FS5/080/26
- Council
- Fingal County Council
- Proposal description
- Whether the minor internal fit-out works to facilitate the non-tourist hostel previous declared exempted development under Reg. Ref. FS5/029/26at Emmaus Retreat Centre, Balheary Demesne, Lissenhall, Swords, Co. Dublin, are or are not development and, if development, are or not exempted development? Whether the provision of a maximum of 287 no. bedspaces within the non-tourist hostel previous declared exempted development under Reg. Ref. FS5/029, at Emmaus Retreat Centre, Balheary Demesne, Lissenhall, Swords, Co. Dublin, is or is not development and if development whether development constitutes exempted development or does not constitute exempted development?
- Location / address
- Emmaus Retreat Centre, Balheary Demesne, Lissenhall, Swords, Co Dublin
- Applicant
- Swohom Ltd
- Agent
- Hughes Planning and Development Consultant
- Application type
- Declaration under section 5
- Received / registered
- 17 Sept 2026
Location context
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