Kilbarrack Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbarrack, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cill Bharróg Uachtarach
- Area
- 23.8 ha
- 59 acres
- Land parcels
- 134
- registered freehold, median 299 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS - Residential
- Planning
- 40
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
134 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbarrack Upper, from 8 m² to 30,589 m² (3.06 ha, 7.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 84 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1MRE - Metro and Rail Economic Corridor (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Existing residential)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Development Plan 2022-2028, Dublin · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Dec 2025Grant permission & grant retention
The proposed development comprises; Retention Permission
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/1157E
21 Oct 2025Grant permission
Planning permission for development of underground watermains in the Raheny/Kilbarrack area of Dublin City. The watermains pass through the townlands of Bettyville, Foxlands and Kilbarrack Upper. The development will consist of: • Installation of approximately 1.9km of below ground watermain (600mm) on the James Larkin/Howth Road between Causeway Road and Kilbarrack Road. • Installation of approximately 175m of below ground connection watermain (150mm) from trunk main at Bull Island Causeway Junction to Watermill Road District Metered Area (DMA). • Installation of approximately 1.1km of below ground watermain (400mm) along Greendale Road and Thornville Road to Kilbarrack Parade. • Installation of approximately 504m below ground rider watermain (150mm) along Howth Road, from Greendale Road Junction to Kilbarrack Road Junction. • Decommissioning of 1.1km of 2 No. 9inch Cast Iron mains within Howth Road. • Installation of 2 no. above ground kiosks (1.17m H, 0.7m L and 0.3m W) at junction of Watermill Road and Causeway Road and at the junction of Thornville Road and Kilbarrack Parade. • Above ground marker posts and below ground valves, chambers and vessels and all associated ancillary development works.
Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5455/25
14 Oct 2025Application declared invalid
Development of an underground watermain in the Raheny/Kilbarrack area of Dublin City. The development will consist of: • Installation of approximately 1.9km of below ground watermain (600mm) on the James Larkin/Howth Road between Causeway Road and Kilbarrack Road. • Installation of approximately 175m of below ground connection watermain (150mm) from trunk main at Bull Island Causeway Junction to Watermill Road District Metered Area (DMA). • Installation of approximately 1.1km of below ground watermain (400mm) along Greendale Road and Thornville Road to Kilbarrack Parade. • Installation of approximately 504m below ground rider watermain (150mm) along Howth Road, from Greendale Road Junction to Kilbarrack Road Junction. • Decommissioning of 1.1km of 2 No. 9inch Cast Iron mains within Howth Road. • Installation of 2 no. above ground kiosks (1.17m H, 0.7m L and 0.3m W) at junction of Watermill Road and Causeway Road and at the junction of Thornville Road and Kilbarrack Parade. • Above ground marker posts and below ground valves, chambers and vessels and all associated ancillary development works.
Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB5390/25
11 Jul 2025Grant permission
Permission is sought for development comprising: (1) Change of use
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0627E
20 Jun 2025Grant permission for retention
The development consists of 2No. company logo signs, 3m by 1.2m in siz
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0558E
11 Jun 2025Invalid application
The development consists of 2No. company logo signs, 3m by 1.2m in siz
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/0512E
29 May 2025Grant permission
Change of use from warehouse/storage to offices/administration of part
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0471E
25 Nov 2024Grant permission
Permission is sought for change of use from warehouse/storage to offic
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1050E
4 Oct 2024Invalid application due to site notice
Change of use from warehouse/storage to offices/administration of part
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0889E
4 Jul 2024Grant permission
planning permission for a ground floor single storey extension to the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0598E
15 Sept 2023Grant permission
Permission is sought for new first floor extension
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0550
7 Jul 2023Grant permission
Planning permission for development existing semi detached single and
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0409
15 May 2023Refuse permission
The development will consist of permission for change of use from Ligh
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0252
3 Apr 2023Grant permission
Permission for development at Denis Mahony Motors, Kilbarrack Road, Ki
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0136
17 May 2022Grant permission
45kWp (c. 240m2) of roof mounted solar PV panels and all associated wo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0250
5 Aug 2021Grant permission
Construction of a new pedestrian access to the front garden at the sid
Permission · Fingal County Council, F21B/0288
22 Nov 2019Grant permission
Alterations to a previously approved permission (Reg. Ref. F17A/0630
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0556
30 Apr 2019Grant permission
Alterations to a previously approved permission (Reg. Ref. F17A/0630/
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0181
31 Jan 2019Grant permission
Permission for demolition of existing single storey garage to side (s
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19B/0018
23 Aug 2018Grant permission
The development will consist of conversion of existing garage, bathroo
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0485
15 May 2018Grant permission & grant retention
Alterations to previously approved builders merchant yard (Reg. Ref. F
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F17A/0630
1 May 2018Grant permission
New ground floor only extension to the rear
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0224
30 Aug 2017Grant permission
The development will consist of alterations to an existing house inclu
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17B/0115
17 Jul 2017Grant permission
Demoliton of existing extension and construction of a two storey, 4 be
Permission · Fingal County Council, F17A/0423
13 Dec 2016Grant permission
The construction of a single storey rear conservatory with glazed wall
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16B/0330
The 25 most recent of 40 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilbarrack Upper.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilbarrack Upper.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilbarrack Upper.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_3307 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilbarrack Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Kilbarrack Upper · Cill Bharróg Uachtarach
- Area
- 237,976 m² (23.8 ha, 58.81 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbarrack, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Sutton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Sutton electoral division: 5,789 people in 2,222 households; 85% of households own their home; 7% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baldoyle, Grange, Kilbarrack Lower
- Placenames
- Kilbarrack Upper 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.