Brownsbarn
Townland in the civil parish of Saggart, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Scioból an Bhrúnaigh
Parcel 1757416
- Area
- 156 m²
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 105 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 RES (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Brownsbarn
Planning applications on this parcel
28 Sept 2005Additions/revisions
Application for registration of a quarry under Section 261 of Planning & Development Act 2000.
Quarry registration · South Dublin County Council, SDQU05A/2
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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_3089 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 299.7 ha
- 741 acres
- Land parcels
- 714
- registered freehold, median 222 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RES
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
714 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brownsbarn, from 0 m² to 511,214 m² (51.12 ha, 126.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 100 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2RES (Existing residential)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 471 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1EE (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 104 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 96 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1RES-N (New/proposed residential)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3LC (District, neighbourhood centre)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 5 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
3 Sept 2026Ai referral
An attic conversion , including a dormer window to the rear , 4 no roof lights to the rear elevation and a new window in the gable end wall , and all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0274W
24 Aug 2026Referral
The retention permission for the external doors to existing warehouse storage building and external keg restraints structures as constructed and permission for the construction of a single-storey forklift maintenance shed and all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0204W
5 Aug 2026Invalidate application
The construction of a single storey forklift maintenance shed and all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0189W
29 Jul 2026Declared exempt
Upgrading of existing playing pitch and upgrade of drainage system edge details ECT at existing playing pitches.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0073
15 Jul 2026Withdraw the application
Installation of a rooftop solar photovoltaic system on the roof of the existing building within the FAAC Electronics Limited premises. The development will have an approximate capacity of 307.2 kWp, comprising approximately 640 photovoltaic panels, within a site application area of approximately 0.669 hectares, together with associated mounting systems, electrical cabling, connection to the existing on-site electrical infrastructure, ancillary electrical equipment and all associated site development works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413), and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to Section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with Section 34D(b), the provisions of Article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, RED26A/0019W
13 Jul 2026Grant permission
1No. single storey modular building comprising of changing/ shower/toilet facilities; office and canteen; new storm water SuDS provision; existing foul water connection; existing vehicular access and all associated site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0101W
8 Jul 2026Grant permission
Removal of the existing revolving entrance door and the construction of a new entrance lobby incorporating automatic double sliding doors to the principal entrance of the building. All associated works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0164W
29 Jun 2026Grant further ext. of duration of permission
Residential development of 112 dwellings comprised of: 90 two storey houses consisting of 10 four bed detached houses, 2 three bed detached houses, 8 four bed semi-detached houses, 2 three bed detached houses, 8 four bed semi-detached houses, 42 three bed semi-detached houses and 28 three bed mid-terrace houses along with 22 one and two bed apartments in a four storey apartment building. The proposed development includes all associated site development and infrastructural works, car parking, bin storage, open spaces and landscaping. Access to the development will be via two vehicular entrances from Garter Avenue. All on a site of 3.74ha bounded to the east by the N82 Citywest Road, to the north-west by Garter Avenue and to the south by lands that will be developed as a Neighbourhood Park (permitted under Reg.Ref. SD15A/0127) in accordance with the Fortunestown Local Area Plan 2012.
Further extension of duration of permission, 112 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0210/FEP
11 Jun 2026Grant permission
The proposed development shall consist of the construction of a new industrial building located at the northern end of the site. The proposed building, while physically separate from the existing structure, shall form part of the overall premises on site as an ancillary structure and shall be occupied in conjunction with the existing building. The proposed building shall have an overall footprint of 739 sq.m and shall be constructed with a steel portal frame, incorporating an insulated composite panel roof system and horizontally spanning metal wall panels. The parapet height shall be set at 110.65m O.D., approximately 10.05m above existing yard level and 0.35m below the level of the existing building. The building shall include a roller shutter door (6.0m x 5.0m) on the western elevation and a roller shutter door (4.85m x 5.0m) on the southern elevation, together with various personnel and fire access doors around the perimeter. Access shall be provided via improved yards and hardstanding's, within which Suds features shall be incorporated
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0084W
3 Jun 2026Request additional information
Construction of a Self-Storage building, with ancillary facilities and associated development. The Self-Storage building will have a maximum height of 14.6 m, over 5 levels, with a gross floor area of 5,925 sq.m, including a warehouse area, reception area and ancillary staff facilities. Vehicular and pedestrian access is provided via Brownsbarn Drive. The proposed development includes 12 no. car parking spaces and 10 no. bicycle parking spaces, level access goods doors, hard and soft landscaping, lighting, boundary treatments, bin stores, detention basin, blue roof, PV panels, footpath upgrades and a proposed cycle lane along Brownsbarn Drive, and all associated site development works. The proposed development will supersede the previous permission for a warehouse with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development on the subject site under Reg. Ref.: SD23A/0087. The site is bound to the north by Brownsbarn Drive, to the south by a ramp to the Naas Road (N7), to the east by an existing warehouse facility and to the west by a petrol filling station.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0131W
23 Apr 2026Grant permission
Attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic as non-habitable storage space with roof windows to front all with associated ancillary works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0191W
26 Feb 2026Declared not exempt
Removal of the existing revolving entrance door and the construction of a new entrance lobby incorporating automatic double sliding doors to the principal entrance of the building. Trance of the adjoining office building (3013 block A). No other external alterations to the building are proposed.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0016
12 Feb 2026Declared not exempt
Replace an existing 2.4m high Security boundary fence with a 3.0m high fence to secure the GNI Brownsbarn AGI
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0012
6 Feb 2026Grant permission
The development will consist of: The change of use of the existing warehouse to a clean manufacturing area - light industrial. Alterations to the existing south elevation, including the installation of new signage displaying the company name and the removal of the existing balcony. The provision of new double access doors and a new external pathway to facilitate access to the building; including all associated site and ancillary works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0028W
26 Nov 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of erection of back-lit signage to the west elevation of Unit 3018.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0293W
7 Nov 2025Declared exempt
Proposed ground floor sunroom extension to rear of existing dwelling. Total floor area of sunroom, 15.9sq.m
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED25/0100
7 Nov 2025Declared exempt
Insert a window.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED25/0101
16 Oct 2025Grant permission
Permission to install a standby industrial diesel generator and solar panels. The generator will include a bunded fuel tank and be located within a mesh enclosure. The proposed solar panels will be attached to a steel frame to be erected adjacent to the generator ( Covering an area of approximately 32 sq.m, to a maximum height of 4.8 meters above ground level ). Works to include all ancillary development works, all located within an existing fenced compound.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0255
26 Sept 2025Grant permission
The installation of an external Air Handling Unit, to be housed in a new timber and metal clad enclosure adjacent to Unit 3030, Lake Drive and the installation of a Heat Pump Unit to be installed within an existing plant enclosure, with additional cladding proposed, in the north east corner of the carpark of Unit 3030 and all ancillary engineering and landscape works necessary to facilitate the development at Unit 3030 Lake Drive, Browns barn, Dublin 24 D24 KX6Y. (Previous planning reference SD25A/0185W )
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0238W
23 Sept 2025Grant permission & grant retention
The development comprises of permission for new signage elements and site development works. As well as retention permission for various minor amendments to the development permitted under South Dublin County Council Planning Reference SD22A/0282. Specifically, 3no additional high power electric vehicle charging units, bollards, and 6no parking spaces, relocation of existing light column and previously approved substation, and all associated site development works.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0234W
19 Sept 2025Invalidate application
A.) the installation of an external Air Handling Unit, to be housed in a new timber and metal clad enclosure adjacent to Unit 3030, Lake Drive and B.) the installation of a Heat Pump Unit to be installed within an existing plant enclosure, with additional cladding proposed, in the north east corner of the carpark of Unit 3030 and all ancillary engineering and landscape works necessary to facilitate the development at Unit 3030 Lake Drive, Brownsbarn, Dublin 24 D24 KX6Y.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0231W
1 Sept 2025Refuse permission & refuse retention
Retention permission for hard stand area and for permission to complete works, incorporating the setting out of lorry trailer park, drainage network, attenuation tank together with Asphalt Concrete finish, and all associated site works.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0208
15 Aug 2025Declared exempted and cannot determine
Internal sub - division of existing Office building into 4 Office units ( existing office use to be maintained and no change of use proposed ) ( Note: Separate application for FSC and DAC will be submitted and complied with, as will compliance with BCAR ) Works to existing facade, existing paving / landscaping and existing external signage. Installation of roof mounted Solar PV panels on existing pitched roof.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED25/0066
13 Aug 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of alterations to the existing east elevation to include the provision of a new external fire escape stairs to facilitate the internal subdivision of the existing office building, together with all associated site and ancillary works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0185W
27 Jun 2025Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought for 1) the retention, conservation, restoration and change of use of 113sq.m ground floor portion of the existing 344sq.m two storey former barn building to restaurant dining & restaurant toilets 2) 4 no. pre-fabricated container type structures to be located in the court yard area which will accommodate Restaurant Kitchens, toilets & staff room 3) 1 no. 59sq.m, mostly glazed, prefabricated enclosed, pergola type structure to be located in the court yard area, which will accommodate restaurant seating & restaurant reception area 4) use of remaining existing internal court yard area as an outdoor cooking area with external pizza oven, restaurant service area and bin storage area 5) proposed vehicular/ service entrance in existing court yard wall from existing car park area 6) associated signage and 7) ancillary alterations to existing elevations and all ancillary site works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0064W
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 Brownsbarn.
Recorded monuments
- DU021-023 Habitation site
Description
This monument was discovered during topsoil removal in the course of preparatory works for the Cork – Dublin gas pipeline in 1981. It was situated adjacent to a small stream. Although initially considered to be the remains of a possible fulacht fia (Gowan 1982, 29) on further examination it was determined as the remains of a possible settlement site. This was evident as a shallow fosse or drain (15m long, 0.3m deep and 1m wide) and a sub-rectangular pit (L 5.80m long and 0.9m wide). The fill in the fosse contained charcoal enriched soil, animal bone and oxidised clay, possibly from a hearth; a bone comb was recovered from the fill. The fill of the pit comprised a dark brown humus-enriched soil and animal bones. The excavators suggested that the finds indicate that the drain and pit may be part of a 9th or 10th century AD settlement site. It has not been possible to identify with certainty the precise location of this site and the current ITM coordinates should only be considered as indicative. (Sleeman and Hurley 1987) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 July 2015
Architectural heritage
- Kingswood, country house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey former country house c.1830, now in use as a hotel. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber sash windows. Pitched slate roof with smooth rendered chimney stack to gables. Gable-ended two-storey wing to south. Entrance set into conservatory extension to south-east elevation. Limestone rubble boundary wall with square-plan rubble piers. Detached three-bay single-storey roughcast rendered outbuilding to north-west with a flat roof.
- Brown's Barn, coaching inn, restaurant, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached multiple-bay two-storey former coaching inn, c.1800, now in use as a bar and restaurant. Limestone rubble walls with brick dressings to openings. Segmental-arched double-leaf timber tongue and groove doors. Oculi to gables. Boarded-up windows and slit windows at eaves level. Pitched artificial slate and corrugated roof with red brick chimney stacks.
- Inistioge, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey house, c.1910. Timer sash windows. Roughcast rendered walls with a smooth rendered base course. Central recessed porch with glazed timber door. Hipped slate roof with two rendered chimney stacks. Single-storey flat-roofed extension to west, c.1950. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered edging to wall and gate piers to road.
- Milestone/milepost, 1795–1815 · Regional interest
Description
Monolithic square granite milestone, c.1800, with inscriptions to south and east faces. Set into tarmac footpath.
- Brownstown House, house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1830. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered edging and base course. Flat-roofed porch extension with parapet and moulded cornice. Porch incorporates timber panelled door with pediment, flanking engaged columns and sash windows. Timber sash windows with smooth rendered surrounds. Hipped slate roof with central red brick chimney stacks. Single-storey extensions to north and south elevations. Single-storey and two-storey outbuildings of coursed rubble construction with pitched slate roof to north.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3048 (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 Brownsbarn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Brownsbarn · Scioból an Bhrúnaigh
- Area
- 2,996,767 m² (299.68 ha, 740.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Saggart, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Tallaght-Fettercairn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tallaght-Fettercairn electoral division: 11,335 people in 3,471 households; 38% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baldonnell Little, Baldonnell Upper, Cheeverstown, Collegeland, Cooldown Commons, Corkagh, Fortunestown, Gibbons, Jobstown, Kingswood, Moneenalion Commons Lower, Moneenalion Commons Upper, Saggart
- Placenames
- Brownsbarn 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.