Jamestown

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Jamestown, from 56 m² to 391,273 m² (39.13 ha, 96.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 28 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA-DM (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 31 Jul 2017Grant approval

  South Dublin County Council intends to lodge an application with An Bord Pleanála under section 175(3) of the Planning & Development Act 2000 (as amended) for the approval of the “Dublin Mountains Visitor Centre” Development. The site of the proposed development is Coillte's Hell Fire and Massy's Wood forest properties (totalling c.152 ha) in the townlands of Mountpelier, Killakee and Jamestown in South Dublin. Development is also proposed along stretches of the R115 and R113 regional roads connecting the site to the urban areas of Woodtown and Ballycullen to the north. Development is also proposed along stretches of the R115 and R113 regional roads connecting the site to the urban areas of Woodtown and Ballycullen to the north. The proposed development includes (a) the conversion of 26 ha of Coillte’s Hell Fire forest property from productive conifer forest to mixed deciduous woodland for use primarily as amenity open space; (b) modifications, including new sections of trail, and upgrade of the existing network of walking and equestrian trails throughout the Hell Fire and Massy’s Wood forest properties; (c) construction of a ‘tree canopy walk’/pedestrian bridge over the R115 to link the trail networks of the two properties, with a ‘bridge house’ at the Hell Fire end of the bridge; (d) conservation works to the Hell Fire Club building (South Dublin Record of Protected Structures ref. 388) and the architectural heritage of the Massy’s Wood property including the walled garden (part of South Dublin Record of Protected Structures ref. 384); (e) installation of heritage interpretation signage along the network of trails; (f) construction of a new parking area for 275 no. cars (including 14 no. disabled spaces) and five coach spaces to replace the existing parking area on the Hell Fire forest property; (g) construction of a visitor centre comprising two buildings (one single storey and one two-storey) side-by-side at an elevation of c. 300m on the Hell Fire forest property, with a combined gross floor area of 980 sqm, accommodating the following uses/spaces: audio-visual/exhibition facility (101 sqm), education room (55 sqm), café with seating area (175 sqm), servery (36 sqm) and kitchen (60 sqm), ‘Ramblers’ Lounge’ (43 sqm), retail (45 sqm), kiosk (27 sqm), toilets (66 sqm), facility management offices (55 sqm), and associated reception, circulation, plant and storage spaces; (h) construction of a stand-alone electricity substation (23 sqm); (i) installation of a new watermain line and sewage pipe under the R115 from the Hell Fire property to the existing watermain and public sewer network; (j) construction of a network of swales and ponds for attenuation of surface run-off, and a culvert beneath the R115 to channel overflow of surface water into the Glendoo Brook; (k) modifications to the existing entrance to the Hell Fire forest property; (l) installation of new fences along sections of the Hell Fire property boundary; (m) all ancillary works and landscaping on the Hell Fire and Massy’s Wood properties. It is proposed to make modifications to the stretches of the R115 and R113 roads connecting the site to the urban area to the north, including the provision of a footpath (minimum 1.5m width) and an advisory cycle lane (1.5m width), and the retention of a carriageway of sufficient width for two-way traffic except at one location where a single lane traffic shuttle is proposed. The proposed modifications to the roads do not require encroachment into adjoining private lands, but do require localised widening of the R115 by 1.2m into the Massy’s Wood property for a stretch of c.100m. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application and the EIAR may be inspected free of charge during office hours, or purchased at the offices of South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, and An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, until 25 September 2017

  Application under part 10 · South Dublin County Council, SD17X/0001

• 22 Jan 2010Refuse permission

  Detached bungalow with a water treatment unit a percolation area, driveway, vehicular access and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD10A/0011

• 15 Sept 2009Declared withdrawn

  Detached bungalow with a water treatment unit with a percolation area, driveway,vehicular access and associated site works.

  Outline permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD09A/0366

• 1 Aug 2007Grant permission

  A detached double garage to the front of the existing bungalow with a slate roof to match the existing bungalow & associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07B/0661

• 5 Dec 2005Refuse permission

  Dormer bungalow, waste water treatment unit, bored well and modifications to existing entrance.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0641

• 11 Feb 2005Grant permission

  Demolish existing garage, construct detached dormer bungalow adjacent to existing dwelling, together with sewage treatment facility and associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0669

• 6 Feb 2004Refuse permission

  Detached dormer bungalow adjacent to existing dwelling, also for the provision of a biocycle wastewater treatment system, demolition of existing garage and associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0090

• 22 Oct 2001Grant permission

  Bungalow with septic tank and percolation area, vehicular access at

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0448

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 Jamestown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Jamestown.

Architectural heritage

• Killakee House, garden, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Extensive gardens and foundations of former country house, c.1806, demolished 1941. Former building now replaced with modern house, possibly with original basement under, and with surviving wall at driveway. Over the river are remains of four acres of tiered high-walled gardens with arches, buildings, garden furniture, bridges, an icehouse, curvilinear glasshouse foundations and fountains designed by Richard Turner supplied by dammed pond to south-west, all within a wooded designed landscape with walks and exotic trees.

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_3185 (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 Jamestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Jamestown · Fearann Shéamais

Area

266,996 m² (26.7 ha, 65.98 acres)

Civil parish

Cruagh, and its townlands

Barony

Uppercross

Electoral division

Bohernabreena, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bohernabreena electoral division: 5,672 people in 1,740 households; 78% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cruagh, Killakee

Placenames

Jamestown 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.