Killakee

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killakee, from 23 m² to 178,365 m² (17.84 ha, 44.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3HA-DM (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 53 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 46 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 13 Feb 2026Refuse permission for retention

  A lean-to agricultural building (35sq.m.) including sanitary and washing facilities attached to the side of an existing agricultural building, a septic tank and percolation area.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0036W

• 29 Jul 2025Grant retention & refuse retention

  Retention permission sought for extension of detached single storey treatment room / home office building permitted under ABP-305380-19 by 52.5m2, garden pergola 18m2, single storey garden room 23m2 and barn shed 2m2 and all associated works.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0470W

• 14 Feb 2025Declared withdrawn

  The demolition of existing dormer bungalow & associated single storey storage sheds; the provision of a new two storey detached dwelling and separate single storey garage; along with the provision of a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0334W

• 20 Oct 2024Grant permission

  The demolition of an existing bedroom extension and creation of a single storey extension, including mezzanine, providing living, kitchen, dining and bedroom accommodation. The removal of the existing rear flat roof and part removal of the existing pitched roof and replacement with a new pitched roof with internal alterations to the existing house to create a master bedroom suite and all associated external alterations

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24B/0266W

• 6 Nov 2023Grant permission & grant retention

  The Development requiring permission will consist if Construction of new dormer window to the front at attic level. Modifications to facades and internal layout and all associated ancillary Landscaping and site development works. The development requiting retention permission Weill consist of retention of the existing single storey detached garden storage to the front. Retention of the existing two storey detached ancillary recreational building to the rear. Retention of the existing storey porch to the ide. Retention of the retaining walls to the rear and sides

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0465

• 31 Oct 2023Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention permission consists of the construction of a single-storey extension to the south-east and south-west of the existing main house. The development requesting permission consists of the construction of a first-floor extension over existing ground-floor extension to the south-east and south-west of the existing main house as well as the construction of two single-storey porches to the south-west of the main house.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0460

• 9 Nov 2022Grant permission

  Part demolition and reconfiguration and extension of an existing family dwelling (c.228sq.m, single-storey (over lower ground floor) to the front and two-storey to the rear) to form a larger (c.485sq.m, up to two-storey over lower ground floor to the front and three-storey to the rear) family home. The overall height (measured to the existing chimney) will remain unchanged; The development includes: the retention of part of the existing dwelling's external fabric with an up to three-storey extension towards the east of the property; internal remodelling including the addition of a first­floor level within the sloped roof to the rear, both with dormer windows to give daylight to the new floor area; The development includes remodelling of house entrance levels to facilitate access by wheelchair and wheelchair adapted vehicles.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22B/0491

• 26 Oct 2022Invalid application

  Part demolition and reconfiguration and extension of an existing family dwelling (c.228sq.m, single-storey (over lower ground floor) to the front and two-storey to the rear) to form a larger (c.485sq.m, up to two-storey over lower ground floor to the front and three-storey to the rear) family home; The overall height (measured to the existing chimney) will remain unchanged; The development includes: the retention of part of the existing dwelling's external fabric with an up to three-storey extension towards the east of the property; Internal remodelling including the addition of a first­floor level within the sloped roof to the rear, both with dormer windows to give daylight to the new floor area; The development includes associated site development and landscaping works above and below ground.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22B/0467

• 8 Sept 2022Refuse permission

  Demolition of a bedroom extension to the existing house, previously granted under Ref. SD05B/0144; Construction of a new two storey house, on family lands, beside Beechlawn; The proposed contemporary house follows the existing contours of the slope; External works include the removal of sections of existing hedging, the existing septic tank (which currently serves Beechlawn), the planting of new native species mix hedges and low fencing; The installation of two new sewerage treatment plants and associated percolation areas to serve the existing and proposed houses, provision of a soak away for surface water; A new well to supply water to the proposed house, parking for two cars, an electric car charging point and landscaped stepped terraces and associated external works; The proposed house is to be accessed via a right of way from the existing lane and through the grounds of Beechlawn.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0354

• 14 Sept 2021Grant permission & grant retention

  Side extension and retention for garage to the side for storage and garden room.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD21B/0337

• 28 Jun 2021Grant permission

  4.8sq.m ground floor extension to the rear (east) of the existing house; 4.1sq.m extension to the (north) side at ground level and 35.7sq.m lower ground floor extension to the (east) rear; new level access entrance to ground level to the front; 1 roof-light to rear; 4 solar panels on to existing roof and associated landscaping works to rear.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21B/0364

• 19 Jun 2019Refuse permission

  Detached single storey treatment room/home office (non-habitable); wastewater treatment system; landscaping and associated works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19B/0248

• 17 Jul 2018Refuse permission

  Detached single storey bungalow, shared vehicular entrance, landscaping of site and all associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0258

• 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

• 7 Jun 2017Refuse permission

  Construction of an Aquaponics Farm Complex compromising; agricultural shed of 408sq.m, machinery garage of 92sq.m and single storey, 3-bedroom farmhouse including farm office and plant nurseries of 294sq.m. This development includes a wastewater treatment systen with percolation area, landscape management and site development works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0175

• 9 Dec 2016Refuse permission

  Construction of split level 4 bedroom, grass/pitched roof dwelling house and associated site works including a waste water treatment system and access to Killakee Road.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0428

• 15 Jul 2015Grant permission

  Alteration and extension of an existing 3 bed single storey dwelling, comprising the provision of a single storey bedroom over an existing car port, a single storey bay window extension and pergola both to rear of dwelling, the provision of a free standing single storey room and shed to rear garden and sundry works to site.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD15B/0243

• 20 May 2014Grant permission

  New driveway entrance piers (leading to 'Hollybank') consisting of 2 no. 0.675 x 0.675 x 2.25 metre high piers to match existing piers (leading to 'Woodside') with associated new wrought iron gates; 15.6 linear metres x 0.7 metre high entrance stone wall; associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14B/0142

• 7 Jun 2013Declared not exempt

  Removal of the northern 4.8 m section of building no.1 of ED09/0022 and SD11A/0124 and retention of the remainder of building no 1 as the only building on the plateaux.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED13/0024

• 7 Jun 2013Declared not exempt

  Relocation of building no. 2 of ED09/0022 and SD11A/0124 from its current location to below the base of the cliff of the plateaux wherr it is currently located.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED13/0025

• 11 Jan 2013Declared not exempt

  3.0 metre widepaved private access (leading from point A to point B)

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED13/0003

• 8 Aug 2011Grant permission for retention

  Retention and completion for two agricultural sheds (barns).

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD11A/0124

• 12 Apr 2011Grant permission & refuse permission

  Redevelopment of Killakee House and old stable buildings which are Protected Structures. Demolitions include extensions to the perimeter of the main house together with internal partitions and the existing staircase. The works will involve extensive conservation works to the main building including internal remodelling and the provision of additional windows in order to use the structure as a single residential unit. The works will also involve the the conversion of the original stable buildings into 3 no. holiday home residential units which will include the construction of a ground floor/basement extension to the western side. The coach house will be converted for use as a games room and maintenance facility. Car parking for all units will be in the entrance courtyard.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD10A/0032

• 22 Nov 2010Declared not exempt

  2 barns (class 9 buildings)

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED10/0042

• 23 Sept 2009Grant permission

  Modifications to planning SD08B/0148 to include: conversion of attic space to bedroom & ensuite; 6 additional skylights (2 north facing, 4 south facing) & 1 window to the east & 1 west; remodelling of existing roof to create gable to east & west; remodelling of existing roof to create gable east to west; repositioning of chimney; glazed walkway between attic & granted first floor; replace window with door to east elevation & 1 large window with 2 smaller to north elevation; inclusion of local stone cladding; reduction of cedar cladding to new extension; increase in size of windows to kitchen & bedrooms 1 & 2; removal of 2 first floor windows to east; new windows to utility room to south , to shower room to north & to ensuite 4 to west; move window in ensuite 1 to south; removal of glazed roof & inclusion of 1 skylight; revisions to the internal layout with an increase in footprint by 1.1sq.m. - there are no alterations to height of the building; increase to 1.8m of stonewall to east boundary/Kilakee Road.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD09B/0222

The 25 most recent of 48 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Wicklow Mountains SAC 002122
• Special Protection Area: Wicklow Mountains SPA 004040

Recorded monuments

• DU025-021001 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated in a forest clearing W of the site of a large enclosure (DU025-021002-) planted with trees. It was described as an irregularly shaped granite boulder (H. 3m) which terminates in a point at the top (Healy 1975, 1-19) but is now prostrate across a modern trackway to the crest of the hill. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

• DU025-021002 Enclosure
  Description

  Located downslope from Mountpelier Hill, within a forest clearing. Appears on an aerial photograph (CUCAP1963, AIG 75) and is an etimated 60m in diameter (Healy 1975). No visible trace. A standing stone (DU025-021001-) is located to the W. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

• DU025-022 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Situated in a state forestry plantation on a slight summit overlooking the Glen between Cruagh and Mountpelier. A megalithic tomb consisting of an irregular low mound (Wth 7m) which contains a number of protruding upright slabs (Ó hÉailidhe 1978, 101-3). The chamber extends E-W, with a W-facing façade and entrance (L 6m; Wth 6m). It is defined by sidestones and one endstone. Running parallel to the sides are remains of a double revetment wall of upright slabs. There are traces of kerbstones in the NW. Both the cairn material and roofing slabs have been removed. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

Architectural heritage

• Killakee House, road (section of), 1750–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Surviving section of cobbled military road within Massy's Woods, c.1780. Bridge over the Owendoher with cyclopean stonework leads to best preserved section of road beneath revetment walls, and showing cobbled gutters. Further west the road becomes a forest track and vanishes into woodland beneath modern Killakee Road.

• Killakee House, house, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former house, c.1765, now in use as a restaurant and bar. Coarse rendered walls. Replacement timber sash windows to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimney stacks to gables. Four-bay two-storey former dower house of Killakee House, c.1806, abutting to rere to form T-plan. Roughcast rendered walls with cut stone quoins. Timber Wyatt and casement windows. Hipped slate roof. Unroofed remains of two-storey rubble stone stables to north-west, with prominent belfry and blocked carriage arches. Also in yard smaller stable of similar style. Single-cell Gothic style lodge across road.

• Killakee House, gate lodge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, c.1850, on a square-plan with three chamfered corners. Now in use as a private house. Smooth rendered walls. Replacement leaded timber casement windows. Canted bay window to south front. Entrance in flat-roofed projection to east. Hipped slate roof with central rendered chimney stack and wide projecting eaves, supported at each chamfered corner by a column, Greek Doric, to the principal elevation. Ornate painted cast- and wrought-iron railings and gate posts with beehive finials at entrance.

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 high, 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 Killakee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Killakee · Coill an Chaoich

Area

2,678,871 m² (267.89 ha, 661.96 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, Glassamucky Mountain, Jamestown, Mountpelier, Newtown, Powerscourt Mountain (Co. Wicklow), Woodtown

Placenames

Killakee 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.