Esker South

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland: too many to draw here.

• R2RES (Existing residential)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• M3DC (District, neighbourhood centre)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS (Open space, park)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan
• R3SDZ (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 3 Sept 2026Referral

  Change of use and conversion of existing two storey private house (Esker House) to a retreat house with ancillary accommodation. Works to this Protected Structure comprise essential repairs including woodworm, wet rot and damp treatment, refurbished roof timbers, valley gutters, rainwater goods and staircase, new heating and electrical services and the introduction of a new partition and door-set to provide a minor hall and a pastoral office within the old study and complete redecoration of the internal rooms.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0214W

• 20 Aug 2026Invalid - site notice

  Change of use and conversion of existing two storey house to a retreat house with ancillary accommodation. Works to this protected structure comprise essential repairs including woodworm, wet rot and damp treatment, refurbished roof timbers, valley gutters, rainwater goods and staircase, new heating and electrical services and the introduction of a new partition and door-set to provide a minor hall and a pastoral office within the old study and complete redecoration of the internal rooms

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0201W

• 13 Aug 2026Grant permission

  Construction of a part-single, part-double storey side and rear extension; and associated partial-demolition of internal modifications to the existing dwelling and boundary wall, site works and installation of a new side gate (accessible off the public footpath).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0196

• 22 Jul 2026Declared not exempt

  Shed / Outhouse in rear garden - 25 sq.m in area.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0068

• 29 Jun 2026Declared exempt

  A single storey extension (31.5m2) to the rear of the dwelling house.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0060

• 22 Jun 2026Grant permission

  Construction of a two storey side extension to the existing house with flat roof dormer formed at the rear of the house over the new and existing roof area; Demolition of existing single storey pitched roof rear extension and replacement with single storey pitched roof rear extension full width of property including site works and landscaping.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0308W

• 17 Jun 2026Grant permission & grant retention

  Attic conversion with hip to gable roof to rear and dormer to side to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non-habitable storage space with roof windows to both sides. Retention for extended vehicle access all with associated ancillary works.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0297W

• 10 Jun 2026Declared not exempt

  Shed / Outhouse in rear garden - 25 Sq.m. in area.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0055

• 5 Jun 2026Grant permission for retention

  Retention of a Dormer Attic conversion including: a box shaped dormer window altering the original roof profile of the rear North facing slope of the roof; a new bedroom and an en-suite bathroom at dormer attic level.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0277W

• 29 May 2026Grant permission

  Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure; raising of existing gable c/w window, new access stairs; 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0263W

• 8 May 2026Invalid - site notice

  Attic conversion with hip to gable roof to rear and dormer to side to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non-habitable storage space with roof windows to both sides. Retention for extended vehicle access all with associated ancillary works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0224W

• 1 May 2026Grant permission for retention

  The relocation and amalgamation of previously permitted bike stores (Reg. Ref. [SD21A/0359]) to a revised location north of Block 2, together with all associated site works.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0109W

• 3 Apr 2026Grant permission & refuse permission

  Alterations to previously granted planning application (SD24A/0204), including extended ground floor footprint to granted dormer bungalow and new detached habitable garden room with revised site layout.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0088W

• 30 Mar 2026Grant permission

  Construction of single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling comprising of family room, bedroom with en-suite and all associated site works. Pedestrian access from Griffen Dene.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0143W

• 27 Mar 2026Grant permission

  Mono-pitch, single-storey extension to the front and side, conversion of existing garage to habitable space and installation of a rooflight to the side roof slope of the existing side extension; and provision of a new side gate to the rear garden.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0140W

• 23 Mar 2026Grant permission

  Conversion of existing attic to non-habitable space including raised gable to mini-hip, dormer to rear, window to side & velux to front of existing dwelling.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0129W

• 19 Mar 2026Grant permission

  The development includes a single-storey rear extension, an attic conversion for storage purposes, a raised side gable with a Dutch-hipped roof and new side window, a rear dormer roof, roof lights to the front, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0119W

• 27 Feb 2026Declared not exempt

  Relocation of Existing Pillar within the curtilage of the dwelling to widen Vehicular Access to the driveway. No Alteration to the public footpath or existing dropped kerb is proposed

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0017

• 11 Feb 2026Grant permission

  Construction of a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling to contain family ancillary accommodation with internal modifications and associated site works

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0049W

• 5 Feb 2026Declared not exempt

  Conversion of a portion of the exclusive use front garden within the curtilage of the dwelling into domestic parking driveway to facilitate off street parking and electric vehicle charging. Works will involve replacement of soft landscaping with a permeable hard surface. No alteration to height or alignment of boundary walls no alteration of footpath or road. Aligns with class 1, part 1, schedule 2 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001. As works within the curtilage of a dwelling/house. The driveway is for domestic use only and to provide off street parking facilities. No alternation to public footpath, road or boundary wall.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED26/0009

• 19 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable c/w window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0716W

• 17 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Planning permission is sought for 2 storey extension to front, side and rear of existing house, additional bedroom / utility facility, also attic conversion with dormer projecting window to rear, also new single storey porch extension to front of house, permission also sought for single storey building to rear garden consisting of gym/ games room and storage facility, and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0704W

• 11 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Construction of single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling comprising of family room and bedroom with en-suite and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0691W

• 2 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Planning Permission for a two-storey side and rear extension, along with a single -storey infill rear extension and all associated site works

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0672

• 17 Oct 2025Grant permission

  Attic conversion with dormer window to the rear. Flat-roof porch extension to the front. Single-storey flat-roof extension to the rear. Installation of two garden rooms to the rear of the property with a pergola linking both.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0606W

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.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Esker South.

Recorded monuments

• DU017-078 Bridge
  Description

  King Johns Bridge crosses the Griffeen River 30m upriver of the 19th-century bridge annotated Esker Bridge (NIAH Reg. No. 11204023) on the 1837 ed. OSi 6 inch map. This partially ruined hump-backed masonry bridge crossing the river from SW to NE probably carried a medieval road leading to St Finnian's medieval church ruins (DU017-022001-) and graveyard (DU017-022002-) 100m to NE. According to O’Keeffe and Simington (1991, 134-6), the bridge is clearly marked on Rocque’s map as 'King John’s Bridge'. Esker was part of a demesne in the Liffey valley which Henry II annexed to the crown and which was organized under King John as a royal manor. The bridge probably fell into disuse between 1760 - the date of publication of Rocque’s survey map of the County of Dublin and the 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map when the road is shown as re-aligned and Esker Bridge constructed. D'Alton (1838, 660) recorded that 'by an act of 1771, Mr Vesey havinn agreed that the road from the new bridge over the Liffey, should be carried without any expense to the county through his estate in a certain line, whereby said road would b considerably shortened, it was enacted, that, as soon as the said new road should be finished, it should be lawful for Mr. Vesey to stop and enclose that part of the old road which lies on the west side of the little river Griffin'. Only a single central arch survives of the original triple-arched bridge, what survives is a partially intact central arch and accompanying piers, a short length of the NE arch and the demolished remains of the SE arch. The overall length of the visible remains is 7.7m and is 4.3m wide including cutwaters. The surviving central segmental arch is formed of narrow voussoirs set on edge rising from straight-sided piers. The keystone is wedge-shaped and was slightly too large to fit perfectly. The bridge spans an opening 2.1m wide and is approximately 3.8m in length. At its narrowest width it measures 0.8m surviving better at the upstream end to the SE where it measures 2.1m. The piers are composed of well-made coursed rubble masonry up to five courses high. In overall height the piers measure 1.5m from the river bed to the arch springing point with evidence for some rebuilding of on the inner edge of the N pier. Two triangular cutwaters project 0.5m upstream at 45 degrees each side the arch opening. Just beyond the intrados of the SE arch the imprint of a short length of wicker centering can be seen at the N side of the arch. Test excavations located 1.5m to the W of the bridge in 2003 under licence no. 02E1018 revealed a cut-limestone wall post-dating the bridge that was aligned N-W/S-E which followed the course of the Griffeen River (Kavanagh 2006, 170) References: Kavanagh, J. 2006 King John's Bridge, Lucan. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003, 170. See attached Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin showing King Johns Bridge and Esker Church ruins See attached reconstruction of King John's Bridge by Jonathan Cully courtesy of the Society for Old Lucan Compiled by: Margaret Keane Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 March 2023

Architectural heritage

• King John's Bridge, bridge, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge, c.1820. Segmental arch with dressed voussoir stones, set into limestone rubble construction with granite coping blocks. Modern alterations to the south-eastern elevation.

• Esker House, farm house, 1770–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey farm house, c.1780, with shallow advanced end bays. Smooth rendered walls. Timber sash windows. Timber panelled door with simple radial fanlight and side lights. Pitched slate roof with raised gables, each having rendered chimney stacks. Extension to rere with hipped roof. Limestone rubble boundary wall to front. To west a smooth rendered boundary wall with a round-headed doorway with cast-iron gates to gardens. Rebuilt rubble stone gate piers and screen walls with late nineteenth-century cast-iron gates to east.

• Outbuilding, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of two detached multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings, c.1810, the southernmost now converted into a dwelling. Set in an L-shape both have pitched slate roofs and are of limestone rubble construction. Some timber tongue and groove stable doors remaining. Modern skylights to south pitch of converted building.

• House, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1938. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course. Timber sash windows. Glazed timber tongue and groove door in shallow projecting concrete surround. Widely-spaced dentil cornice beneath overhanging eaves of a pitched tiled roof with central and shared brick chimney stacks. Timber picket fence to street front and large gardens to north.

• House, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1938. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course. Replacement timber casement windows. Replacement timber panelled door in shallow projecting concrete surround. Pitched tiled roof with central and shared brick chimney stacks. Crenellated breeze-block wall and gate piers to street front.

• House, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1938, now abandoned in favour of modern extension to north. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course. All windows and doors have been breeze-blocked. Shallow projecting concrete surround to doorway. Pitched tiled roof with central and shared brick chimney stacks.

• House, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1938. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course. Aluminium casement windows. Shallow projecting concrete surround to doorway. Pitched tiled roof with central and shared brick chimney stacks. Modern crenellated limestone rubble wall and gate piers to street front.

• Esker Abbey, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey house, c.1860, now derelict. Roughcast rendered finish with breeze-blocked windows. Some timber casement windows to the first floor. Projecting single-storey porch to the centre bay. Half-hipped slate roof with rendered chimney stacks. Roughcast rendered boundary walls with rendered, ruled and lined gate piers having caps bearing remains of house name. Cast-iron pedestrian gate. Rere extension with pitched slate roof and chimney stack to gable end. Range of stone rubble outbuildings to rere and east. House possibly originally single-storey and earlier.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_3004 (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.

No address of the register names Esker South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Esker South · An Eiscir Theas

Area

1,861,653 m² (186.17 ha, 460.02 acres)

Civil parish

Esker, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Lucan-Esker, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lucan-Esker electoral division: 33,849 people in 9,990 households; 70% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Adamstown, Balgaddy, Ballyowen, Doddsborough, Finnstown, Glebe, Grange, Kishoge, Lucan and Pettycanon

Placenames

Esker South 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.