# Colganstown, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Uí Cholgan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 822,441 m² (82.24 ha, 203.23 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 32,739 m² (3.27 ha, 8.09 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 RU, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Newcastle, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/newcastle.md - Barony: Newcastle - Electoral division: Newcastle, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 5,552 people lived in 1,814 households in the Newcastle electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 66% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Dublin, https://everytownland.com/dublin.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/17157 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260253 - Centre: latitude 53.311577, longitude -6.519829 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Colganstown, from 200 m² to 283,269 m² (28.33 ha, 70 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1827332: 283,269 m² (28.33 ha, 70 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1827332.md - Parcel 1827336: 230,265 m² (23.03 ha, 56.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1827336.md - Parcel 1827334: 101,168 m² (10.12 ha, 25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1827334.md - Parcel 1827335: 59,681 m² (5.97 ha, 14.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1827335.md - Parcel 1776516: 5,796 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1776516.md - Parcel 1776515: 741 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1776515.md - Parcel 1776513: 278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1776513.md - Parcel 1827333: 200 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1827333.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P1 RU (Agriculture): South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin; 25 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.sdcc.ie/en/devplan2022/adopted-plan/ - G1 OS (Open space, park): South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.sdcc.ie/en/devplan2022/adopted-plan/ ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 18 Dec 2025, South Dublin County Council ACP-323980-25: Registered application. Strategic infrastructure application. The proposed development will primarily consist of a proposed Raw Water Intake & Pumping Station at Garrynatineel, Ballina, Co. Tipperary; a proposed Water Treatment Plant at Incha Beg, Birdhill, Co. Tipperary; a proposed Break Pressure Tank at Knockanacree, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary; a proposed Booster Pumping Station at Coagh Upper, Birr, Co. Offaly; a proposed Flow Control Valve at Commons Upper, Celbridge, Co. Kildare; a proposed Termination Point Reservoir at Loughtown Upper, Peamount, County Dublin; c. 172km of pipeline connecting the water infrastructure sites; uprating and associated works to the existing Ardnacrusha - Birdhill 38kV line and Ardnacrusha - Birdhill - Nenagh 38kV line, works at the existing Birdhill 38 kV electricity substation, power connections to infrastructure and all ancillary works above and below ground. The nature, extent and location of the proposed development is fully described in the application plans and particulars. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) and Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) have been prepared in respect of the Proposed Development. A copy of this application may also be viewed on the application website www.watersupplyproject.ie Public Consultation in respect of this application runs for the period commencing on the 6th January 2026. Any submission/observation must be received by An Coimisiún Pleanála no later than 5.30pm on the 25th February 2026. Submissions or observations may be made only to An Coimisiún Pleanála. Submissions can be made by hand or post to, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, or by email to laps@pleanala.ie.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/69621 - 1 Apr 2025, South Dublin County Council SD25B/0174W: Grant permission. Permission. Demolish the existing front porch; Demolish an existing single-storey rear Utility extension; Construct a dormer extension to the front of the existing house; Construct a single-storey and two-storey extension to the rear of the house; Convert the existing attic space, Carry out general alterations & refurbishment of the existing house; Construct a new entrance gate and walls to replace the existing entrance; Relocate existing external garden sheds and Carry out associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/67992 - 12 Jun 2024, South Dublin County Council SD24A/0149: Grant permission. Permission. Permission is sought for a single storey Office Extension with a flat roof for Ground Investigations Ireland Ltd.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/66339 - 24 Nov 2023, South Dublin County Council SD23A/0213: Grant permission. Permission. Two storey office extension with a flat roof for Ground Investigations Ireland Ltd.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/64740 - 16 Nov 2018, South Dublin County Council SD18A/0412: Grant permission. Permission. Two storey 38sq.m office extension with flat roof; changes to north and east elevations at ground and first floor level.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/55319 - 8 Jul 2015, South Dublin County Council SD15A/0189: Refuse permission. Permission. Construction of a new 270m long fixed timber jetty to facilitate 6 boats east of Hazelhatch Bridge. These will be fully serviced with lighting, water, electricity and access to boat pump-out and waste disposal facilities. These moorings will be classified as Extended Term Services Moorings and made available to appropriate permit holders. Upgrade and extension of the existing visitor mooring area on the quay wall along the north east side of Hazelhatch Bridge. This shall include cleaning and re-pointing to provide moorings for 4-5 transient boats visiting the area. This work will be in the curtilage of Hazelhatch Bridge a protected structure. Formalise an existing hard standing area used for parking to facilitate approximately 15 vehicles. The existing canal banks in the vicinity of the proposed works shall be refurbished and upgraded to address historical leakage problems with towpaths resurfaced.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/48980 - 20 Feb 2014, South Dublin County Council SD14B/0043: Grant permission. Permission. Extension to rear of existing house including conversion of garage and boiler room into a family flat with 2 no. rooflights and removal of mobile home.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/46589 - 25 Sept 2009, South Dublin County Council SD09A/0114: Grant permission. Permission, 1 home. (a) 4 bedroom, 2 storey dwelling house, (b) provision of a new treatment unit & percolation area, (c) all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/38717 - 8 Oct 2008, South Dublin County Council SD08A/0695: Refuse permission. Permission, 1 home. (a) Construction of a new 4 bedroom, 2 storey dwelling house (b) Provision of a new treatment unit & Percolation area. (c) All associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/37834 - 9 Dec 2004, South Dublin County Council SD04A/0913: Withdraw the application. Permission, 1 home. Single storey dwelling with septic tank. The proposed dwelling is to be accessed by sharing the existing driveway to the dwelling currently on the site by means of a right of way.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/24611 - 28 Mar 2001, South Dublin County Council S01A/0178: Refuse permission. Permission. Retention of storage container for canoes.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/12859 - 19 Jun 2000, South Dublin County Council S00A/0179: Grant permission. Permission. Proposed new bungalow, septic tank and temporary access through Stramorne.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/6598 - 17 Apr 2000, South Dublin County Council S00A/0246: Refuse permission. Permission. Retention of storage container for canoes.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/17533 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Colganstown. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Colganstown House, country house, 1750–1770, Regional interest, registry number 11207009, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SC®no=11207009. Three-bay two-storey over basement house with three-bay two-storey flanking wings, built c.1760, with rendered walls and stone quoins. House has a breakfront centre with a Diocletian window above a tripartite fanlighted and pedimented doorway.The back elevation is of one-bay on either side of a curved central bow, into which the staircae extends. Hipped slate roof with parapet, and single-storey rubble stone outbuildings. Rusticated gate piers with iron gates to site. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Colganstown, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2940, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2940.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/dublin/colganstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/colganstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/colganstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Colganstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin: https://everytownland.com/dublin.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Commons: https://everytownland.com/dublin/commons-260264.md - Dangan (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/dangan.md - Hazelhatch: https://everytownland.com/dublin/hazelhatch.md - Newcastle Farm: https://everytownland.com/dublin/newcastle-farm.md - Ringwood: https://everytownland.com/dublin/ringwood.md - Skeagh: https://everytownland.com/dublin/skeagh.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/dublin/colganstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/dublin/colganstown