Moneenalion Commons Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Saggart, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Móinín an Lín Íochtarach
- Area
- 17.1 ha
- 42 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 3,593 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneenalion Commons Lower, from 53 m² to 73,076 m² (7.31 ha, 18.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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
- P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 0 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
23 Dec 2022Grant permission
Relocation of the existing Clondalkin RFC grounds at Gordon Park to new lands at Kingswood Farm, Moneenalion Commons Lower Clondalkin and comprising of 4 new rugby playing pitches, including a high quality main competition pitch (with modern directional floodlighting comprising 18m high floodlighting columns either side) and a high quality Junior pitch both laid approximately level, and two back pitches as well as various grassed rugby training areas all laid on existing land cross fall levels; change of use of existing agricultural shed to accommodate new two storey changing facility and storage areas; a new two storey Clubhouse Pavilion with supporting facilities including dressing rooms, physio rooms, coffee dock, committee rooms, members bar and lounge, plantroom and toilets; all associated site development sustainability and infrastructure work including connection to existing public foul sewer, SUDs, sedum roof and PV roof panels; new landscaping throughout the site comprising trees, hedges and wild flower areas; new cycle track and pedestrian access and stairs off the R136, bicycle shelter, children's playground area, electrical car charging stations, vehicle parking and new vehicle entrance off the Old Country Roadway.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0081
25 Feb 2022Invalid application
Relocation of the existing Clondalkin RFC grounds at Gordon Park to new lands at Kingswood Farm, Moneenalion Commons Lower Clondalkin and comprising: 4 new rugby playing pitches, including a high quality main competition pitch (with modern directional floodlighting comprising 18m high floodlighting columns either side) and a high quality Junior pitch both laid approximately level, and two back pitches as well as various grassed rugby training areas all laid on existing land cross falls levels; change of use of existing agricultural shed to accommodate new two storey changing facility and storage areas; a new two storey Clubhouse Pavilion with supporting facilities including dressing rooms, physio rooms, coffee dock, committee rooms, members bar and lounge, plantroom and toilets and ; all associated site development sustainability and infrastructure work including connection to existing public foul sewer, SUDs, sedum roof and PV roof panels and ; new landscaping throughout the site comprising trees, hedges and wild flower areas; new cycle track and pedestrian access and stairs off the R136, bicycle shelter, children's playground area, electrical car charging stations, vehicle parking and new vehicle entrance off the Old Country Roadway.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0068
16 Jun 2010Refuse permission
Construction of a building and yard areas for use as a work shop and storage of specialist lifting equipment. The equipment typically serves the construction and maintenance industries. The floor area of the proposed building is 272sq.m.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD09A/0421
18 Jun 2009Refuse permission
Alterations to garage granted under planning Reg. Ref. SD04B/0656 from dormer style to two storey style. Alterations to include an increase in the overall size, height and fenestrations.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD09B/0231
4 Apr 2005Grant permission
Development of a dormer style garage consisting of a ground floor garage and first floor games room.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD04B/0656
9 May 2003Grant permission
Construct two 38kV 12 metre line termination masts under the Clondalkin Saggart / Tee to Cheeverstown 38kV line. These masts are required, in order to underground a section of the 38kV Overhead Line which is in conflict with the Outer Ring Road / N7 Interchange Roadworks.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD03A/0070
10 May 2002Grant permission
2 storey house, septic tank and percolation area.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0669
3 Dec 2001Request additional information
Construction of a single dwelling and garage.
Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, S01A/0800
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 Moneenalion Commons Lower.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Moneenalion Commons Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moneenalion Commons Lower.
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 10 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_3048 (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 Moneenalion Commons Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Moneenalion Commons Lower · Móinín an Lín Íochtarach
- Area
- 170,903 m² (17.09 ha, 42.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Saggart, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Newcastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newcastle electoral division: 5,552 people in 1,814 households; 75% of households own their home; 66% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baldonnell Little, Baldonnell Lower, Brownsbarn, Corkagh
- Placenames
- Moneenalion Commons Lower 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.