Whether the identified physical works and operations actually undertaken at Hellfire / Montpelier Hill and Massy's Wood…

Application details

Planning reference

ED26/0109

Council

South Dublin County Council

Proposal description

Whether the identified physical works and operations actually undertaken at Hellfire / Montpelier Hill and Massy's Wood, within the area shown on the accompanying map and associated with the Dublin Mountains Visitor Centre project and related site works from 2024 onwards, constitute development and, if so, whether they constitute exempted development. The request concerns actual physical operations, not activities merely contemplated or announced. The statutory classification is sought by reference to the nature and substance of the operations rather than the descriptions given to them by the project promoters or contractors.

Location / address

Hellfire, Montpelier Hill and Massy's Wood, Killakee Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

Applicant

Ballyboden Tidy Towns clg

Application type

Declaration of Exemption Section 5

Received / registered

8 Oct 2026