Newtown Upper

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown Upper, from 56 m² to 325,708 m² (32.57 ha, 80.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA-DM (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 2 Dec 2025Declared exempt

  The development is the installation of an all weather horse gallops for the exercising and training of horses.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED25/0073

• 24 Sept 2024Declared exempt

  4 no. non load bearing partition walls on the attic level

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED24/0050

• 27 Oct 2023Grant permission for retention

  The development will consist of retention permission for 4 no windows in the existing gable walls at existing converted attic floor level.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD23B/0454

• 3 Jun 2020Refuse permission

  Material change of use to convert the recording studio & control room to residential (2 1-bed, 2 person units) and all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0131

• 7 Dec 2018Grant permission for retention

  Retention of a ground floor infill extension to the rear (northeast) corner; extend the main roof at the rear and change pitch angle; extend one dormer roof and the demolition and relocation of a second dormer roof at the rear; ground and first floor windows to the east gable; build up an arch with provision of a window to the front; front porch; stone finish to the front facade; conservatory to the west side; detached garage to the east side; internal alterations and reconfiguration to the ground and first floor layouts and to increase the floor area on the first floor and all associated site works.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD18B/0502

• 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

• 14 Nov 2016Grant permission for retention

  Retention permission for basement and conservatory to existing dwelling and change of site layout.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD16B/0229

• 7 May 2015Grant permission for retention

  Garáiste tís faoi thíleanna le taobh an tí; grianán faoi thíleanna ar chúl an tí; athshuí an tí faofa faoi réir ag clár tagairt uimhir S94A/0599; méadú ar achar an láithreáin (corpú talamh tadhlach i gcúirtealáiste an láithreáin); bealach isteach faofa faoi réir ag clár tagairt uimhir S94A/0599.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD15B/0040

• 2 Feb 2015Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention permission and completion of alterations to two and a half storey house previously granted permission under Reg. Ref. SD05A/0202; planning permission for the installation of Bord na Mona Platinum waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission and retention, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0192

• 3 Apr 2014Grant permission for retention

  Retention of first floor games room and study room and associated 2 no. dormer type windows and 4 no. rooflights to roof and all associated site works.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD14B/0094

• 16 Dec 2011Refuse permission

  1.5 storey dormer bungalow with basement plant room; relocating existing shared entrance to Kilteel Road; removal of existing garage and repositioning new detached garage; new septic tank, percolation area and soakways.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD11A/0298

• 20 Jul 2011Refuse ext. of duration of permission

  Demolish the existing pre 1963 dwelling and replace same with provision of proposed new four bed two storey dormer type dwelling with domestic garage, remove, block up and reinstate and make good the existing entrance gate, to match the existing site boundary and to provide new proposed site entrance; also remove and replace the existing septic tank and percolation area with new proposed proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area.

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/0064/EP

• 11 Feb 2011Refuse permission

  New single storey dwelling, detached garage/store and associated siteworks including on-site wastewater treatment system.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD11A/0032

• 24 Jun 2010Grant permission for retention

  Completion and retention of revised roof design to that already granted under planning ref. SD09B/0452 (single storey extension).

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD10B/0247

• 25 Feb 2010Grant permission

  Proposed single storey extension (circa 74.2sq. m.) to facilitate two elderly members of our family, to the south side of our existing dwelling; new single storey extension to consist of two single bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen/dining area with all associated site development and ancillary works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD09B/0452

• 22 Feb 2010Refuse permission

  New dwelling with a ridge height of 7.8m, detached garage/store and associated site works including on-site waste water treatment system.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD10A/0036

• 28 Jul 2008Withdraw the application

  Demolition of existing one bedroom bungalow and lean to garage and the construction of a single storey five bedroom dwelling (194.6sq.m.) with a pitched roof garage (28.6sq.m.)

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0522

• 19 Jun 2008Grant permission

  Replace existing fire destroyed dwelling consisting of 2 no. living rooms, 6 no. bedrooms (2 ensuite) 1 no. study, 1 no. bathroom, 1 no. kitchen and entrance hall (162sq.m.) with a dwelling consisting of 1 no. lounge, 1 no. living room, 1 no. kitchen, 1 no. utility room with wc, 1 no. bathroom, 4 no bedrooms (2 ensuite)m 1 no. guest WC, 1 no. cloak room and entrance lobby with porch (185sq.m.).

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0202

• 22 Feb 2008Grant permission

  A one and a half storey dormer bungalow, garage for domestic use and septic tank.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0818

• 16 Mar 2007Grant permission

  10 horse boxes, tack room, feed room, toilet, hay shed, dungsted, sand arena, horse walker, septic tank and associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0192

• 12 Mar 2007Grant permission

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

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07B/0198

• 22 Dec 2006Refuse permission

  Dormer bungalow, 7.8m high, domestic garage, sewage treatment system and ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/1126

• 13 Oct 2006Refuse permission

  Dormer type one and a half storey house, 2 no. septic tanks, garage for domestic use, stable block with 10 horses boxes, track room, feed store, toilet, hay shed, dungsted, sand arena, horse walker and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/0463

• 4 Jul 2006Grant permission

  Demolish the existing pre 1963 dwelling and replace same with provision of proposed new four bed two storey dormer type dwelling with domestic garage, remove, block up and reinstate and make good the existing entrance gate, to match the existing site boundary and to provide new proposed site entrance; also remove and replace the existing septic tank and percolation area with new proposed proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/0064

The 25 most recent of 41 applications.

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 Newtown Upper.

Recorded monuments

• DU024-001001 Church
  Description

  Situated in pastureland on the brow of a small valley overlooking a stream. The OS Letters describe the remains of a church at Newtown Upper (Herity 2001, 48). A section of wall stood at the SW angle, the remainder survived as foundations (dims L c. 4.5m, Wth 3m). The church remains appear today as an oblong mound (L 6m, Wth 4m). The church is surrounded by a circular bank and external fosse (int. diam.21m). It has been used for the burial unbaptised children (DU024-001002-) and maybe the remains of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (DU024-001003-; Healy 1975, 1-19; Ua Broin 1943, 87-88). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

• DU024-001002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Situated in pastureland on the brow of a small valley overlooking a stream. A children's burial ground traditionally used for the burial unbaptised children. It is located with a circular enclosure which maybe the remains of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (DU024-001003-). Also within the enclosure a church remains as an oblong mound (DU024-001001-; Healy 1975, 1-19; Ua Broin 1943, 87-88). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

• DU024-001003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Located in pastureland on the brow of a narrow valley overlooking a stream. The OS Letters describe a circular bank (int. diam.21m) and external fosse (Herity 2001, 48) enclosing a church (DU024-001001) and the children's burial ground (DU024-001002). This may be the remains of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (Healy 1975, 1-19; Ua Broin 1943, 87-88). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 6 July 2018

Architectural heritage

• Newtown Lodge, outbuilding, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Range of rubble stone outbuildings, c.1840, some converted into modern housing.

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 20 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_2975 (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 Newtown Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Newtown Upper · An Baile Nua Uachtarach

Area

1,261,474 m² (126.15 ha, 311.72 acres)

Civil parish

Saggart, 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

Calliaghstown Lower, Calliaghstown Upper, Carrigeen, Crockaunadreenagh, Johnstown, Newtown Lower, Redgap

Placenames

Newtown 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.