Ballynakelly
Townland in the civil parish of Rathcoole, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile na Coille
Parcel 5777742
- Area
- 2,742 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Buildings
- 15 buildings touch it, 1,259 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- G1 OS (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
R2 RES (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
R1 RES-N (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Ballynakelly
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Jun 2021Grant permission
Construction of 9 residential units distributed in 2 blocks, three storey in height reducing to 2 storey end of terrace; Block A consisting of 4 3-bed duplex apartments with private rear gardens at ground level, and 2 3-bed apartments at second floor level with private balconies; Block B: 2 3-bed duplex apartments with private rear gardens at ground level, and 1 3-bed apartment at second floor level with private balcony; new pedestrian access between Parson's Court and Burgage Green and all ancillary site development works. Total floor area of the proposal is 1025.6sq.m.
Permission, 9 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0312
19 Sept 2011Grant permission
2sq.m. extension to the front of the existing garage at ground floor level and first floor extension of 36sq.m. comprising 2 new bedrooms, en-suite bathroom and main bathroom to the side and rear of the existing semi-detached house.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD11B/0324
19 Nov 2007Grant permission
Permission for 6 no. 2 bed apartments and 1no. 3 bed apartment in one, two / three storey block, following on from condition no. 2 of Reg. Ref. SD04A/0953.
Permission, 7 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0579
21 Dec 2006Refuse permission
Following on from Condition No. 2 of Reg. Ref. SD04A/0953, permission is now sought for 10 no. 2 bed apartments in one three storey block (incorporating part roof gardens).
Permission, 10 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/1100
21 Dec 2006Grant permission
Revised house type to include dormer window to front and minor alterations to dwellings (16 in total), at sites 31-46 inclusive and all associated site works from previous Reg. Ref. SD04A/0953.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/1099
5 Aug 2005Grant permission
Demolition of 4 no. existing single storey cottages and construction of 49 no. dwellings and one gym area consisting of 30 no. 2 bed apartments in one three storey block and 16 no. 2 storey (with converted attic space) 5 bed dwellings in 2 blocks of 4, one block of 5 and one block of 3. Also one block of 3 no. 3 bed apartments at first floor with roof gardens and gym at ground floor and all associated site works on site of 1.03 hectares.
Permission, 49 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0953
8 Oct 2004Grant permission
20 no. units consisting of 1 no. 3 bed dormer bungalow, 12 no. 2 storey 3 bed dwellings in 3 blocks of 4, 7 no. 2 storey (with converted attic space) 4 bed dwellings in two blocks and all asociated site works on site of 0.6891 ha.
Permission, 20 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0212
23 Aug 2002Refuse permission
2/3 storey development of 34 dwelling units (12 apartments and 22 townhouses) and all associated works at site.
Permission, 34 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD02A/0496
10 Jul 2002Invalidate application
2/3 storey development of 34 dwelling units (12 apartments and 22 townhouses) and all associated works at site in townland.
Permission, 34 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD02A/0392
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 13 recorded monuments.
- DU020-003001 Castle - motte
Description
Located in a level field of pasture W of the medieval church in the village of Newcastle (DU020-003005-). This is a broad flat-topped mound (diam. of base 26m; diam. of top 14m; H 5m). There is no evidence for a bailey. It was constructed c. 1200 AD (O'Keeffe 1986, 44-5). Austin Cooper writing in 1780 describes a very deep, wide fosse which is no longer apparent (Price (ed.) 1942, 27). DU020-003001-_01 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3707 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Patrick Healy, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/2069 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003001-_02 Photograph courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10691, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
- DU020-003002 Church
Description
Situated at the W end of Newcastle village. This medieval parish church comprises a nave (int. dims. 13.6m E-W x 6.9m N-S; ext. dims. 15.5m E-W x 8.7m N-S) and chancel (int. dims. 12.8m E-W x 6.9m N-S; ext. dims. 13.5m E-W x 8.7m N-S) with residential W tower (dims. 6.5m x 5m). The chancel is ruinous while both nave and tower are in use. The tower is square in plan with a stair turret in the NW corner (int. dims. L 3.37m x Wth 2.94m). It rises to three storeys with a battlemented parapet and a double bellcote. Built of coursed limestone blocks, with dressed quoins. The W tower is entered through a later door on the S side. This opens onto a vaulted porch with access to the nave and a stair turret in the NW angle. There is a vaulted roof over the ground, first and second floors. Fireplaces are present in the NE angle on both upper floors. The first floor is lit by cusped ogee-headed windows with stones seats in the W and S. There is a loft at this level which provides access to a gallery in the nave of the church. The nave is still in use but the chancel is ruinous. The interior was lit by a double light window with round moulding and cusped ogee-heads in N wall. Close to it is another blocked opening with a round arch. This may have been an original entrance. There is another blocked doorway at the E end of the nave (int. dims L 13.4m x Wth 6.5m). There are buttresses along the N wall of the nave. The chancel is entered in the E gable through a round arched opening. Above this is a large pointed arched opening where until 1724 there was a fine tracery window until it was placed in the E end of nave (Leask 1960, 3, 18; O'Keeffe 1986, 47-53). Within the chancel are two deep embrasures, now blocked. On S side is a double light ogee-headed window with spandrels and chamfered jambs (int. dims. L 12.75 x Wth 6.9m). S of the medieval church is a Latin cross carved from granite and set into a granite base (DU020-003003-). Newcastle Church ruins were described by Ní Mharcaigh (1997, 272-4) as follows; 'Newcastle Church was originally a nave-and-chancel church with a west tower that was both a priest's residence and a belfry. The church at present in use consists of the former nave and the entrance is through a modern door in the south wall of the tower, the ground floor of which acts as a porch to the church while the top floor continues in use as a belfry. The intervening floors of the tower are not in use but are intact. The chancel. The chancel is the same width as the nave and almost the same length. The east window (now in the nave) has three cinque-foiled lights, chamfered and cusped, with round heads, all three within a single pointed arch. The tracery above has quatrefoil openings with daggers between, all with chamfers and cusps. In the east wall of the chancel, underneath the opening from which the window was removed, is an entrance with recessed jambs, under a segmental arch, opened to admit burials within the chancel when that part of the church fell into disuse. The south wall of the chancel has three windows, two of them blocked up. Each window has two lights, ogee-headed with a foil each side, cusped under a square hood with concave spandrels. Inside the chancel these windows have pointed arches. There is only one window in the north wall of the chancel. It is a two-light window, ogee-headed and foiled, similar to the windows in the south wall but the inside arch is a plain shallow-curved one. Also in the north wall of the chancel, at the eastern end and near the present ground level, are two aumbries, 2ft sq. and 1ft sq., respectively. St Finians head. On the outside of the south wall of the chancel, near the east end, is a small carved head of sandstone, known locally as St Finnian's head. The nave. There are three windows in the south wall of the nave and none now in the north wall. However, on the outside, the outline of a tall narrow window in the north wall of the nave, near the original chancel arch, is visible. It shows the remains of a plain architrave with a square lintel. There is also a blocked doorway at the east end in the south wall and, near it, the hood of a blocked window opposite the blocked one in the north wall. The existing windows in the south wall of the nave are round-headed with two lights, cinque-foiled with chamfers and cusps and a cruciform opening above, centred. The north wall of the nave is buttressed in three (evenly-spaced) places. The tower. Entrance to the church is through the vaulted ground-floor of the tower. In the north-west corner, a stone stairway leads to the priest's apartment. The first floor has a fireplace in the north wall and cusped trefoil-headed windows in the west and south walls with window seats. There is a cupboard in the south west angle. A loft over this floor has a narrow west light. The second floor has a rectangular window in the south wall, widely splayed, with window seats. The chimney continues up the north wall from the floor below. The stair turret, which projects from the north wall of the tower, is lit by small slits. An oversailing course near the top of the tower carries the double bellcote and a parapet with battlements. The east and south windows of the nave, essentially curvilinear in type, are coeval with the square-headed, fifteenth-century windows in the chancel. Leask suggests an early fifteenth-century date for both nave and chancel, with the tower an early addition to the building (Leask 1960b, 18-19). O'Keeffe considers the nave to be earlier than the chancel, which he dates to about 1420 (O'Keeffe 1986, 52-3). Bradley and King consider that the nave and tower were built together in the early fifteenth century and that the chancel is a mid-fifteenth century addition; they accept O'Keeffe's date of 1420 for the chancel (Bradley and King 1988, 277-9). The first quarter of the fifteenth century is suggested for the whole building, with the chancel slightly later than the rest'. To see a 3D model of the twin-light cusped ogee-headed window in the S wall of the chancel visit https://skfb.ly/oI6Oy To see a 3D model of the twin-light cinque-foiled traceried window in the S wall of the nave visit https://skfb.ly/oI6SF See attached plan of church taken from Ní Mharcaigh 1997, Fig. 12 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 10 May 2023
- DU020-003003 Cross
Description
S of the medieval church (DU020-003002-) is a Latin cross carved from granite and set into a granite base. It narrows from the base to the top. There is a Latin Cross in relief on it's S face and a worn cross-in-circle on N face (dims. H 1.64m, Wth 0.62m, T 0.18m-0.30m; see Swan 1986, 80). Compiled by Geraldine Stout
- DU020-003004 Castle - tower house
Description
Situated in level ground SE of church yard (DU020-003008-). It is a square tower, which rises to two storeys and is built of coursed limestone blocks with dressed quoins. Formerly entered from the S, now blocked, the present entrance is on E side. There is a vault over the ground floor (int. dims. L 4.7m; Wth 4.55m). The interior has been partitioned in more recent times. The stairwell in the SW corner is entered through a plain pointed doorway and is lit by slit opes. There is a stepped embrasure on the S side before entering the stairs which is an original feature. First floor is totally overgrown. There are remains of chamfered jambs on the E side of the entrance. This is probably the remains of the castle held by the Canons of St. Patrick's in 1547 (Ball 1905, III, 138). According to O'Meara (1903, 63) there is mention made of this castle in a list of ecclesiastical buildings presented to Henry VIII on the dis-establishment of the monasteries. A building attached to the N end of the tower house contains a limestone tablet on which is the inscription T. M. S. Anno 1727. According to Austin Cooper writing around 1780, this building served as a stable attached to the parsonage (Mc Dix 1898, 40, 85; Price 1942, 47). DU020-003004-_01 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/3772 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003004-_02 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/4103 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
- DU020-003005 Ritual site - holy well
Description
St. Finian's Well in the parish of Newcastle is an enclosed natural spring in a lintelled granite recess within a concrete structure. It is dedicated to St Finian (Ó Danachair 1958, 82; Swan 1986, 8-9). Folklore collected in 1937 from Saggart School recorded the follow details about this well; 'This is an old story going around the village of Newcastle about St. Finian's Well. The well which is about three feet in diameter and two feet in height and guarded by a concrete coping was by St. Finian himself. It is said that in the year 1798 English soldiers, stationed in the village of Newcastle, desecrated the well, by one of them washing his feet in it. The story goes on to say that well flooded the whole village of Newcastle, and the big body of soldiers were drowned. The Catholic curate of Newcastle had to bless the waters. When the waters were blessed by him, they slowly but surely receded back into the well. This is but one of the stories associated with St. Finian's Well. It is said that there are cures connected with it also. There is one story told of a lame man who came to the well and took a bucket of water home with him. He immediately bathed his foot in the water and kept doing so for some time, and at the end of three weeks his foot was completely better. This practice has been going on up to the present day for all kinds of diseases' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 371; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428215/4386644/4456676). See attached photos (01/02/03) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00036 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16620; F024.06.00037 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46709 and F024.06.00038 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/46710. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2023
- DU020-003006 Castle - tower house
Description
In level ground immediately E of bend in Athgoe Road between two other tower houses is the possible site of another marked in 1980s by the foundations of mortared walls (O'Keeffe 1986, 55, Fig.4.1:3). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by Geraldine Stout
- DU020-003007 Castle - tower house
Description
This is a square, urban tower house with a stair turret at the NW angle. It is two storeys high and is built of coursed regular limestone blocks with dressed quoins. It is entered through a pointed doorway in the W wall which contains a door rebate and bar-bolt holes. There is a vault over ground floor with traces of wicker-work centring. The interior is lit by slit opes on the W and S walls and a large rectangular opening in S wall. Wall presses are present in the S wall and NE corner of interior (dims. L 4.5m; Wth 1.03m; see Anon 1914, 275-6; Mc Dix 1898, 85). DU020-003007_01/02 Photographs courtesy of Rocshot.com/Rob O'Connor, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10690, © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies DU020-003007_03 Photograph courtesy of Tomás Maher, https://hdl.handle.net/10599/4229 © South Dublin Libraries - Local Studies Compiled by Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023
- DU020-003008 Settlement deserted - medieval
Description
Newcastle was first mentioned as a royal manor in 1215 and had borough status by the late fifteenth century. The settlement was a linear one based on a single street, running east-west. The marketplace was located in the roughly sub-triangular space in front of the church. Compiled by Geraldine Stout
- DU020-003010 Graveyard
Description
Situated at the W end of Newcastle village. It encloses a medieval parish church (DU020-003002-). In the graveyard is a granite cross (DU020-003003-) and there are 18th and 19th century memorials in the graveyard. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 24 November 2011
- DU021-017001 Well
Description
Situated in the NW corner of a long narrow holding opposite the medieval parish church at Newcastle Lyons. It is bounded on the E by a patch of spade cultivation. Traces of mortared wall protruding from beneath the sod were interpreted as a possible site of a tower house (O'Keefe 1986, 55, No. 5). Recent clearance has revealed that the mortared wall was actually a covering for a well. Compiled by Geraldine Stout
And 3 more.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2973 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 63 ha
- 156 acres
- Land parcels
- 312
- registered freehold, median 172 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RES
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
312 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynakelly, from 1 m² to 191,122 m² (19.11 ha, 47.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2RES (Existing residential)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 318 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1EE (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Apr 2026Grant permission
Planning permission for a new single storey extension, comprising toilet, sitting room, gym and storage, to side and rear of the existing house with all associated ancillary works
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0703W
11 Dec 2025Invalidate application
Planning permission for a new single storey extension, comprising toilet, sitting room, gym and storage, to side and rear of the existing house with all associated ancillary works
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0690W
19 Mar 2025Grant permission for retention
Retention permission for the following: (a) Dwelling house as constructed. Dwelling as constructed differs slightly from that which was previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. S01A/0032, (b) Revised site layout including position of dwelling on site also previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. S01A/0032, (c) Re-aligned entrance / driveway avenue with additional vehicular entrance gateway at subject dwelling. As constructed entrance / driveway avenue and additional vehicular gateway differs slightly from that which was previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. S01A/0032 and also differs from amended driveway and avenue which was previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. SD06A/0659, (d) Connection to mains foul services and all associated development works at Skylark Hill House, Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Eircode D22 K2E2
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0061W
9 Oct 2024Grant permission
Removal of existing flat roof to the side, along with the hipped roof to the side and rear. To be replaced by a ground-floor flat roof extension with an increased height and roof light to the side, as well as a first-floor flat roof extension to the rear (South), also featuring a roof light. Additionally, there will be a single-story ground-floor flat roof extension to the rear (South). The small timber shed in the rear garden will be removed and replaced with a new shed to serve as a home office and gym.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24B/0449W
9 Sept 2024Grant further ext. of duration of permission
Alterations to previous planning application, Ref. SD13B/0117. The alterations will include revisions to the design of the proposed detached dormer dwelling at the rear of the existing dwelling. Proposed alterations are as follows: (1) new roof window and revised door to front elevation; (2) new sliding door to east elevation; (3) new corner window and new door to west elevation; (4) two new corner windows to south elevation; (5) minor changes to the internal layout of the proposed detached dormer dwelling and all associated site works.
Further extension of duration of permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0078/FEP
3 Sept 2024Grant permission
The development will consist of; 1. Change of use of existing dwelling from residential use to café use (47 sq.m) with construction of single storey extension (58 sq.m) to the south-west of the existing building. 2. Alterations and enhancements to the existing building elevations 3. Provision of a 1.6m high main ID signage. 4. Ancillary site features to include the installation of 24 no. surfaced car parking spaces with 1 no. E charging space and 10 no. covered bicycle parking spaces. Construction of 1 no. pressure wash slab, refuse compound, low-level blockwork wall, 2.0m high blockwork wall, landscaping surfacing and all associated drainage works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0121W
20 Dec 2023Grant permission
Single storey extension to the side and rear comprising of additional bedrooms and living space.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0525
11 May 2023Refuse permission
Permission for a two storey dwelling, improvements to existing entrance, connection to existing services and associated works
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0104
14 Mar 2023Grant permission
Installation of approx. 279sq.m of Photo-Voltaic Solar Panels onto the existing roof of retail building shed and forecourt canopy; The solar panels will be used to create green electricity, all of which will be used by the store and all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0051
16 Sept 2022Grant permission for retention
Retention planning permission for 2 storey extension to rear of existing house, a single storey garage to side of existing house with associated ancillary works.
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD22B/0414
12 Sept 2022Grant further ext. of duration of permission
Alterations to previous planning application, Ref. SD13B/0117. The alterations will include revisions to the design of the proposed detached dormer dwelling at the rear of the existing dwelling. Proposed alterations are as follows: (1) new roof window and revised door to front elevation; (2) new sliding door to east elevation; (3) new corner window and new door to west elevation; (4) two new corner windows to south elevation; (5) minor changes to the internal layout of the proposed detached dormer dwelling and all associated site works.
Further extension of duration of permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0078/EP
12 Jul 2022Grant permission
The development will consist of a pay to use portable waste compactor for the acceptance of residual and food waste and a pay to use compactor for mixed dry recyclables. This activity requires the developers to process a waste collection permit/certificate of registration.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0301
5 Jul 2022Refuse ext. of duration of permission
2 semi-detached, dormer bungalows and all ancillary works on site to rear of existing dwelling.
Extension of duration of permission, 2 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0280/EP
27 May 2022Grant permission
New driveway entrance in the front garden & new pavement dish with associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21B/0636
25 May 2022Invalid - site notice
Pay to use portable waste compactor for the acceptance of residual and food waste and a pay to use compactor for mixed dry recyclables. This activity requires the developers to possess a waste collection permit/certificate of registration.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0151
1 Oct 2021Grant permission
Top floor roof window to front of 3 storey dwelling.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21B/0510
9 Sept 2021Invalid application
Vehicular access into front garden to create new driveway.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21B/0481
9 Oct 2020Grant permission
11 residential units consisting of (i) 4 three bed duplex apartments above 4 two bed duplex apartments in a three storey building; (ii) 3 two storey terrace houses (1 three bedroom and 2 four bedroom); communal open space; surface parking; bin and bicycle storage and all ancillary site development works at a site bordered by the R120 to the north, Newcastle Boulevard to the west, Ballynakelly Green to the south and Ballynakelly View to the east.
Permission, 11 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0192
24 Jul 2020Grant permission
Option of the inclusion of an ancillary single storey garden room structure (c.12.5sq.m) in gardens of permitted dwellings under planning Reg. Ref. ABP-305343-19.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0186
16 Jul 2020Grant permission
Installation of freestanding traditional style heritage trail information signs at Newcastle Community Centre opposite Tower House on Athgoe Road, bottom of new school road, Ballynakelly bus stop, top of Grant's Drive in Greenogue Ind. Estate, outside Peamount FC, St. Finian's GAA club access road, outside Glebe estate on Peamount Road; wall mounted traditional style heritage trail information signs on boundary wall of original St. Finian's National School and of St. Finian's Catholic Church (both protected structures).
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0176
2 Mar 2020Grant extension of duration of permission
Revisions to granted planning permission Reg. Ref. SD06A/0659 (as extended by Reg. Ref. SD06A/0659/EP for a 255 bedroom hotel in a new landmark building consisting of sub-basement and basement, ground floor and five upper floors (with a total hotel development gross floor space of approximately 28,476sq.m.); 680 underground car parking spaces; 5 coach spaces; 50 bicycle spaces; a new 9m wide vehicular, cycleway and pedestrian access approximately 900m in length from a new roundabout on the Newcastle Road (R120) in vicinity of Newcastle Manor housing estate; fire tender access road and site development and landscaping works; revisions to the permitted hotel development (which is partially constructed) will comprise construction of a retirement village in the permitted hotel grounds which will consist of: 69 individual 3 bedroom single storey retirement homes, ranging in size from 112sq.m. to 164.1sq.m; a single storey medical/health centre (146.7sq.m); a two storey community services centre (844.3sq.m); an outdoor recreation and allotment area with an associated recreation equipment store (245sq.m.) and allotment equipment store (22.8sq.m.); a nursing home/care centre to be located within the permitted hotel building necessitating a change of use of part of the hotel's accommodation block (1,653.7sq.m. at ground floor and 2,351.5sq.m. at first floor) from hotel use (comprising 92 hotel bedrooms in total) to nursing home/care centre use (comprising 60 nursing home/care centre bedrooms with associated dining, healthcare and administration facilities) as well as change of use of 302sq.m. at basement level car parking to nursing home/care centre mortuary, deliveries store and clinical waste store and all associated works, including the provision of a new entrance; new 6.4sq.m. porch and a reception area for the nursing home/care centre; new vehicular lay-by and enclosed outdoor areas for nursing home residents (the gross floor space of the hotel incorporating the nursing home/care centre will now be approximately 29,562sq.m.); and site development and landscaping works including revised site levels to facilitate surface drainage, boundary planting including reinstatement of hedgerows; 2.2m to 2.5m high fencing and automatic gates surrounding the retirement homes; a new 2.5m block wall inside the northern boundary of the site and the relocation of 11 car parking spaces at the eastern side of the access road into the development site (serving the adjacent development to the north, Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344) to the western side of the access road. The proposed revised development will have 666 underground car parking spaces, 204 surface car spaces, 5 surface coach spaces, 1 surface ambulance space and 50 bicycle spaces.
Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0021/EP
19 Sept 2019Grant permission
Single storey dwelling; improvements to existing entrance; connection to existing services and associated works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0295
4 Sept 2019Grant permission
(1) The demolition of 5 structures on site, total area measuring 359sq.m, comprising 2 habitable dwellings and 3 associated outbuildings/sheds located to the northwest of the site; (2) development of 406 residential homes; (3) a childcare facility (518sq.m GFA); (4) 1 commercial unit (67.7sq.m GFA); (5) reservation of a school site (1.5ha); (6) new vehicular, cycle and pedestrain access from Main Street; (7) continuation of Newcastle Boulevard forming part of a new east-west link street; (8) a new Public Park (2ha); (9) pocket parks and greenway together with associated internal access roads, pedestrain and cycle paths and linkages; (10) 1 single storey marketing suite (81sqm) and signage (including hoarding) during the construction phase of development only and (11) all associated site and development works.The overall site comprises lands to the south of Main Street (c.15ha) together with 3 additional infill sites at the corner of Burgage Street and Newcastle Boulevard (c. 0.8ha); No. 32 Ballynakelly Edge (c.0.05ha); and Ballynakelly Rise (c.0.18ha)
Shd3-application to abp, 371 homes · South Dublin County Council, SHD3ABP-305343-19
13 Jun 2019Part 8 approved by council
Construct 2 play spaces: 1 play space at Burgage Green, Newcastle South and 1 play space at Newcastle Boulevard, Ballynakelly, all at Newcastle, Co. Dublin. The outline details of the proposal are: • 1 playspace at Burgage Green, Newcastle South to incorporate play equipment, surfacing, seating areas, planting, paving. • 1 play space at Newcastle Boulevard, Ballynakelly to incorporate play equipment, surfacing, seating areas, planting, paving. • All ancillary works. The proposal has undergone Appropriate Assessment Screening under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and screening for Environmental Impact Assessment. Any person may, within 4 weeks from the date of publication of this notice, apply to An Bord Pleanála for a screening determination as to whether the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment. Plans and particulars of the proposed scheme will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy from the 13th of June 2019 to the 12th of July 2019 at the following locations: • South Dublin County Council Offices, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 between the hours of 9:00am – 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am – 4.30pm on Friday (Inspection and purchase). • Civic Offices Clondalkin, 22 between the hours of 9:00am – 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am – 4.30pm on Friday (4.30pm on Fridays) (Inspection only). • Clondalkin Library, Clondalkin Library, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 between the hours of 9:45am – 8.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.45am – 4.30pm on Friday & Saturday (Inspection only). The plans and particulars can be viewed on the Council’s Public Consultation Portal website: https://consult.sdublincoco.ie/en/consultation/newcastle-playspace-0. Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the proposed development will be situated may be made in writing up to 5pm on the 29th of July 2019 and may be submitted either via: Online Submissions: http://consult.sdublincoco.ie or Post to: Senior Executive Officer, Environment Water and Climate Change Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 YNN5. Note: Please make your submission by one medium only. All submissions should include your name and a contact address. It should be noted that the Freedom of Information Act, 1997-2006 (as amended) applies to all records held by South Dublin County Council.
Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD198/0005
11 Jun 2019Refuse permission
Single storey dwelling; improvements to existing entrance; connection to existing services and associated works.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0187
The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballynakelly.
Recorded monuments
- DU021-095 Fulacht fia
Description
Archaeological testing in 2001 identified heat cracked stones which probably derived from a fulacht fiadh (Tobin 2003, 91). This site was excavated in 2003. A narrow trough was revealed (L 1.2m, Wth 0.80m). No artefacts were recovered (Tobin 2006, 107).
- DU021-105 Enclosure
Description
This d-shaped enclosure (Wth 52m E-W, 49m N-S) is evident as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 2005 SE of Newcastle village. There is evidence for a double ditch along the NW and an entrance causeway in the NNW (pers. comm. Siobhain Mc Dermott).
Architectural heritage
- Post box, 1950–1970 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron pillar post box, c.1960, with ‘P & T’ mark to roadside.
- Water pump, 1850–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron hydrant, c.1860. Fluted shaft and domed cap with acorn finial. Lion’s head to street front above maker's mark.
- Ballynakelly House, farm house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1900. Timber casement windows. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course. Shallow lean-to projection to ground floor of front elevation with slate roof and glazed timber door set into screen. Pitched slate roof with raised gables and rendered chimney stacks. Outbuildings to east. Anderson shelter located in grounds, in use as store.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2973 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballynakelly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynakelly · Baile na Coille
- Area
- 629,616 m² (62.96 ha, 155.58 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathcoole, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Newcastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newcastle electoral division: 5,552 people in 1,814 households; 75% of households own their home; 66% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Commons Little, Cornerpark, Greenoge, Highdownhill, Newcastle South, Rathcreedan
- Placenames
- Ballynakelly on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.