Johnstown

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Johnstown, from 457 m² to 58,825 m² (5.88 ha, 14.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 May 2018Refuse permission

  Construction of a two storey dwelling with single storey annex, serviced with small on-site waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, entrance to be combined with existing field gate in a new 'shared recessed entrance arrangement' and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0167

• 27 Apr 2018Grant permission for retention

  Retention for 'The Barn' incorporating a music practice room, WC, lobby and kitchenette, constructed in 2007 to the rear of the studio and dwelling house.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0146

• 19 Apr 2013Refuse permission

  Erection of a single storey house containing four bedrooms, a combined kitchen/dining room, a formal dining area and a living room, as well as ancillary bathroom, utility and hallway areas; the installation of a septic tank and percolation area; the use of the existing well and vehicular access to serve the proposed dwelling and the modification of the existing equestrian development, which was permitted under Reg. Ref. SD02A/0763, by the demolition of part of the premises so as to create two single storey equestrian buildings for stable accommodation (90sq.m and 254sq.m respectively) and the provision of a rendered exterior and the erection of a low pitch roof atop each of the resulting buildings along with the establishment of an equestrian business, chiefly involving the provision of livery services and horse-riding tuition by the applicant for permission.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD13A/0069

• 31 Oct 2012Grant permission

  Alter an existing development which contains a partly built equestrian development (SD02A/0763) and which was originally to have contained two floor levels. Proposal comprises the modification of this incomplete structure and involves alterations to and the demolition of part of the building so as to create two single storey equestrian premises for stable accommodation (90sq.m.) and for equine storage (254 sq.m.) purposes.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD12A/0214

• 23 Jul 2012Declared not exempt

  Whether a stable development as illustrated on drawings forming part of this submission on land at Badger's Hill Johnstown, Kilteel Road, Rathcoole. Co. Dublin is exempted development.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED12/0026

• 7 Jun 2012Withdraw the application

  Referral pursuant to s.5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to development of this land

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED12/0019

• 20 Feb 2008Grant permission

  Construction of a portal frame building with facilities to cater for the storage of equipment and materials for the maintenance and upkeep of Beech Park Golf Course, serviced by treatment system, with the revision to existing entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0865

• 12 Mar 2007Grant permission

  Side & rear extensions to the existing dwelling & all related and necessary site works

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07B/0198

• 17 Jan 2005Grant permission for retention

  Retention permission for 3 no. additional ventilation opes/windows on ground floor of east facing elevation of existing stable barn.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD05A/0028

• 12 Nov 2004Refuse permission

  New gate entrance and for the temporary change of use of an existing shed to a transport depot.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0843

• 10 Nov 2004Grant permission

  46.5 linear metres of 2.20 metre high stone boundary wall, 4 no. 2.70 metre high stone piers & 2.45 metre high automated gates and associated site works to golf course front entrance.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0832

• 2 Feb 2004Grant permission

  3 bed dormer style dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and all associated site works. The overall site contains a Protected Structure.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD03A/0651

• 15 Jan 2004Grant permission

  Extend recording studio to the front and side and all related works

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04A/0022

• 18 Dec 2003Withdraw the application

  Construction of a new gated entrance and the change of use of an existing agricultural building to commercial and domestic store.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD03A/0973

• 20 Dec 2002Grant permission

  (A) Permission for stable barn with storage for fodder overhead; (B) Retention for (1) pump house, (2) new recess entrance from roadway to replace previous field gate, (3) woodchip surface all weather exercising area for horses.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD02A/0763

• 27 Aug 2001Refuse permission

  Stable barn and all weather exercising area for horses.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0302

• 26 Sept 2000Grant permission

  Two storey extension to the side and elevational modifications including new entrance ramps and canopy to the club house.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, S00A/0626

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 Johnstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Johnstown.

Architectural heritage

• Johnstown House, walled garden, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former walled garden c.1800, now in use as a cattle grazing area. The garden is enclosed by a high limestone rubble walls with partial red brick coping. Interiors of north, east and west walls are lined with red brick. Southern part of enclosure wall has buttresses, redundant openings and a segmental-arched gateway. Façade of two-bay two-storey house with replacement uPVC windows and door, hipped slate roof and red brick chimney stacks incorporated into north-east of enclosure wall. Overgrown structure of red brick with pointed-arched openings built into south-east corner of enclosure wall. Dilapidated timber-framed glass-house located in centre of overgrown garden.

• Johnstown House, animal house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey animal shed, c.1800. Limestone rubble walls partially rendered. Openings to ground floor have timber lintels with circular openings to first floor. Pitched slate roof. Structure partially overgrown. Built in re-entrant corner of limestone rubble wall.

• Johnstown House, building misc, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two detached five-bay two-storey former storage buildings, c.1800, now in use as animal sheds. Located in centre of courtyard. Limestone rubble walls partially rendered with brick eaves course and staircase to north-east elevations. Open arcaded ground floor to northern building, altered open ground floor to southern building. Timber slatted openings with stone sills to first floors. Hipped slate roofs.

• Johnstown House, mill (water), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey former water mill, c.1800, now in use as animal sheds. Rendered rued and lined walls with Tudor pointed arches (mostly blocked) to ground floor and diamond openings with carved stone surrounds to first floor. Cast-iron water wheel attached to north-east elevation of central block. Central block has hipped slate roof, remainder of structure with pitched roof. Attached to south-east elevation is two-bay single-storey shed with roughcast rendered walls with metal casement windows and pitched slate roof. Further to south-east is square cover gateway with partially blocked double-height pointed arch having granite surround. Pyramidal slate roof.

• Johnstown House, office, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey former estate offices, c.1800, now partially used as animal sheds. The main structure is divided into two angled parts with roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills and timber door, several openings blocked. Hipped slate roof. Partially blocked double-height pointed-arched opening with granite string course mirroring arch incorporated into north-west of former offices. Three-bay single-storey block attached to south-west elevation, adjacent to arch, in similar style to offices. Further addition of four-bay single-storey stables with roughcast rendered walls, stable doors and hipped corrugated metal roof.

• Johnstown House, office, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey former estate offices and animal shed, c.1800, on an octagonal plan. Now partially in use as animal sheds. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills and timber door. Hipped slate roof with smooth rendered chimney stack. Double-height pointed-arched entrance with granite surround and granite string course mirroring arch and parapet to south-west elevation. Entrance to north-west of octagonal structure with parapet, pinnacles and plaque. Blocked cast-iron gates and railings to north-west of former offices with granite block gate piers and tall pinnacles. Four-bay and two-bay sheds with roughcast rendered walls and pitched slate and corrugated metal roof, to south-west elevation.

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_2942 (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 Johnstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Johnstown · Baile Sheáin

Area

1,328,373 m² (132.84 ha, 328.25 acres)

Civil parish

Rathcoole, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Rathcoole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathcoole electoral division: 6,590 people in 2,172 households; 79% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Badgerhill, Calliaghstown Lower, Farmersvale, Huttonread (Co. Kildare), Newtown Lower, Newtown Upper

Placenames

Johnstown 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.