# Johnstown, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathcoole, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile Sheáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,328,373 m² (132.84 ha, 328.25 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 15,740 m² (1.57 ha, 3.89 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 RU, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathcoole, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/rathcoole.md - Barony: Newcastle - Electoral division: Rathcoole, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Dublin, https://everytownland.com/dublin.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16681 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260500 - Centre: latitude 53.258586, longitude -6.508781 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Johnstown, from 457 m² to 58,825 m² (5.88 ha, 14.54 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1757977: 58,825 m² (5.88 ha, 14.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757977.md - Parcel 5504041: 36,076 m² (3.61 ha, 8.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5504041.md - Parcel 1757978: 30,657 m² (3.07 ha, 7.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1757978.md - Parcel 1849371: 15,740 m² (1.57 ha, 3.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849371.md - Parcel 6069431: 6,761 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6069431.md - Parcel 6069429: 1,889 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6069429.md - Parcel 1849372: 457 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1849372.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P1 RU (Agriculture): South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin; 14 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) 17 applications, newest first. - 15 May 2018, South Dublin County Council SD18A/0167: Refuse permission. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/54202 - 27 Apr 2018, South Dublin County Council SD18A/0146: Grant permission for retention. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/54098 - 19 Apr 2013, South Dublin County Council SD13A/0069: Refuse permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/45245 - 31 Oct 2012, South Dublin County Council SD12A/0214: Grant permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/44608 - 23 Jul 2012, South Dublin County Council ED12/0026: Declared not exempt. Declaration of exemption sect. 5. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/44202 - 7 Jun 2012, South Dublin County Council ED12/0019: Withdraw the application. Declaration of exemption sect. 5. Referral pursuant to s.5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to development of this land. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/44029 - 20 Feb 2008, South Dublin County Council SD07A/0865: Grant permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/34699 - 12 Mar 2007, South Dublin County Council SD07B/0198: Grant permission. Permission. Side & rear extensions to the existing dwelling & all related and necessary site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/31973 - 17 Jan 2005, South Dublin County Council SD05A/0028: Grant permission for retention. Retention. Retention permission for 3 no. additional ventilation opes/windows on ground floor of east facing elevation of existing stable barn.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/24843 - 12 Nov 2004, South Dublin County Council SD04A/0843: Refuse permission. Permission. New gate entrance and for the temporary change of use of an existing shed to a transport depot.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/24449 - 10 Nov 2004, South Dublin County Council SD04A/0832: Grant permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/24421 - 2 Feb 2004, South Dublin County Council SD03A/0651: Grant permission. Permission, 1 home. 3 bed dormer style dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and all associated site works. The overall site contains a Protected Structure.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/21361 - 15 Jan 2004, South Dublin County Council SD04A/0022: Grant permission. Permission. Extend recording studio to the front and side and all related works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/22171 - 18 Dec 2003, South Dublin County Council SD03A/0973: Withdraw the application. Permission. Construction of a new gated entrance and the change of use of an existing agricultural building to commercial and domestic store.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/22090 - 20 Dec 2002, South Dublin County Council SD02A/0763: Grant permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/19590 - 27 Aug 2001, South Dublin County Council S01A/0302: Refuse permission. Permission. Stable barn and all weather exercising area for horses.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/3797 - 26 Sept 2000, South Dublin County Council S00A/0626: Grant permission. Permission. Two storey extension to the side and elevational modifications including new entrance ramps and canopy to the club house.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/1532 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Johnstown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Johnstown. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Johnstown House, walled garden, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 11217006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SC®no=11217006. 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, registry number 11217007, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SC®no=11217007. 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, registry number 11217008, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SC®no=11217008. 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, registry number 11217009, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SC®no=11217009. 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, registry number 11217010, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SC®no=11217010. 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, registry number 11217011, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=SC®no=11217011. 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. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2942.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/johnstown-260500.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/johnstown-260500.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/johnstown-260500.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Johnstown 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) - Badgerhill: https://everytownland.com/dublin/badgerhill.md - Calliaghstown Lower: https://everytownland.com/dublin/calliaghstown-lower.md - Farmersvale: https://everytownland.com/dublin/farmersvale.md - Huttonread (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/huttonread.md - Newtown Lower: https://everytownland.com/dublin/newtown-lower.md - Newtown Upper: https://everytownland.com/dublin/newtown-upper.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/johnstown-260500 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/dublin/johnstown-260500