Rathcreedan

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathcreedan, from 22 m² to 404,271 m² (40.43 ha, 99.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2RES (Existing residential)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1EE (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS (Open space, park)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 30 Jun 2026Grant permission

  The removal of Condition No.2 of the granted planning permission Reg.Ref. SD24A/0043 relating to a 3 year temporary planning time limit, for a development comprising of an open hard surfaced yard used for the parking of vehicles and trailers and external storage of non-hazardous goods and ancillary WC Facility. Apart from the request for the removal of condition 2, the development remains unaltered by this application.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0155W

• 19 Sept 2025Grant permission

  Alterations to existing granted Planning Permission for works at the existing GAA pitch facility (granted Planning Application Reg. Ref. SD22A/0298) at Rathcreedan, Newcastle, Co. Dublin. The subject alterations for which planning permission is sought for are as follows: 1. Addition of 6No. lighting columns, 15m tall pitch lights. 2. Addition of non-illuminated flat board sponsor signage at the north boundary of the pitch area. The extent and location of the signage is defined on the accompanying drawings. All other details remain as per the granted applications Reg. Ref. SD22A/0298.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0254W

• 19 Mar 2025Grant permission for retention

  Retention permission for the following: (a) Dwelling house as constructed. Dwelling as constructed differs slightly from that which was previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. S01A/0032, (b) Revised site layout including position of dwelling on site also previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. S01A/0032, (c) Re-aligned entrance / driveway avenue with additional vehicular entrance gateway at subject dwelling. As constructed entrance / driveway avenue and additional vehicular gateway differs slightly from that which was previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. S01A/0032 and also differs from amended driveway and avenue which was previously permitted under Planning Register Reference No. SD06A/0659, (d) Connection to mains foul services and all associated development works at Skylark Hill House, Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Eircode D22 K2E2

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0061W

• 28 May 2024Grant permission

  Planning Permission for Alterations to amend the previous granted permission (Reg Ref SD23A/0178) for a Self-Storage Facility revised to provide an open hard surfaced yard to be used for the parking of vehicles and trailers and external storage of non-hazardous goods with all associated works and Ancillary WC Facility at Tay Lane, Greenogue, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin. The subject alterations for which Planning Permission is sought are as follows: 1. Permitted Self-Storage Facility omitted to provide an open hard surfaced yard 2,468m2 to be used for the parking of vehicles and trailers and external storage of non-hazardous goods; 2. Provide a single storey Ancillary WC Facility, 27m2, 4.2m high, to the North-East boundary of the site. 3. Omission of 6 no. car parking spaces to the side (north-western) elevation; 4. Adjusted HGV site entrance set back to accommodate a recessed HGV Access/egress; 5. Provision of 9m wide HGV sliding gate; 6. Associated landscape adjustment due to the inclusion of the alterations above; 7. Associated drainage adjustments due to the inclusion of the alterations above.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0043

• 27 Oct 2023Grant permission

  Amendment to SDCC Reg. Ref. SD20A/0279 to amend the floor area of the permitted single storey dwelling house and associated site development works above and below ground. The amended scheme will result in: the reduction of floorspace from 279.8 sq.m to 208 sq.m; internal reconfiguration; associated elevational amendments; and hard and soft landscaping amendments.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0280

• 26 Jul 2023Grant permission

  Construction of a Self-Storage building with ancillary facilities and associated development. The Self-Storage building will have a maximum height of 9.745 metres with a Gross Floor Area of 1,796 sq m including storage area (1,698 sq m) and ancillary facilities (98 sq m). The development will also include: a vehicular entrance/exit to the site via Tay Lane; 6 No. ancillary car parking spaces (including 1 No. accessible parking space); loading bays; external fire escape stairs; an external canopy; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; lighting; and all associated site and development works above and below ground.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0178

• 28 Oct 2022Grant permission & grant retention

  St. Finians GAA Club, intend to apply for the following retention permission and planning permission at an existing GAA pitch facility at Rathcreedan, Newcastle, Co Dublin. Retention permission is sought for 1,550m2 unmetalled drop-off area/carpark ancillary to the GAA pitch use and planning permission is sought for: GAA pitch goal posts (2No. standard 8m high) coupled with 8m high ballstop nets to the rear of each goal post. Entrance improvements from the existing Newcastle Road (R120) to the site including widening existing gate from 4.2m to 6m with setback gate arrangement to improve sightlines.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0298

• 14 Sept 2021Grant permission for retention

  Retention of existing 15m high telecommunications support structure carrying antennas and dishes; associated equipment container; security fence.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0256

• 26 Jul 2021Grant permission

  Provision of additional facilities at the existing Greenogue Equestrian Centre (permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD16A/0417 and as amended under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0035) to create a sport horse Centre of Excellence comprising a new indoor sand arena (3,759sq.m); the extension of the existing main outdoor jumping sand arena 800sq.m (resulting in a total of 4,000sq.m); the extension of the existing indoor sand arena by 250sq.m (resulting in a total of 1,625sq.m); a 2 storey training and administration facility (1,300sq.m); a veterinary shed (572sq.m); a hay shed (1,209sq.m); a 2 storey visitor toilets, lockers and storage facility (200sq.m) and a single storey building (673sq.m) to accommodate a laboratory for an Assisted Reproduction Programme. The proposed development also includes the provision of 50 car parking spaces within the existing yard; 20 bicycle parking spaces; plant; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; increased hard standing areas for parking and turning of horse boxes and lorries; and all associated site development works above and below ground at this 7.88 Ha (c.78,800sqm) site.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0067

• 30 Oct 2020Grant permission

  Construction of a single storey, three bedroom dwelling house (279.8sq.m); repositioned entrance and upgraded access road from Tay Lane which includes the partial demolition (109sq.m) of the existing stables and closing up of the existing entrance, hard & soft landscaping; boundary treatments; all associated site development works above and below ground.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0279

• 20 Jul 2020Refuse permission

  Construction of a single storey three bedroom dwelling house (279.8sq.m); repositioned entrance and upgraded access road from Tay Lane which includes the partial demolition (109sq.m) of the existing stables and closing up of the existing entrance; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments and all associated site development works above and below ground.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0179

• 16 Jul 2020Grant permission

  Installation of freestanding traditional style heritage trail information signs at Newcastle Community Centre opposite Tower House on Athgoe Road, bottom of new school road, Ballynakelly bus stop, top of Grant's Drive in Greenogue Ind. Estate, outside Peamount FC, St. Finian's GAA club access road, outside Glebe estate on Peamount Road; wall mounted traditional style heritage trail information signs on boundary wall of original St. Finian's National School and of St. Finian's Catholic Church (both protected structures).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0176

• 6 Jul 2020Grant permission

  Hay shed building (2,100sq.m, 9.85m high); ancillary yard (approx. 1,584sq.m) for equestrian/agricultural related vehicle parking and marshalling with access and egress formed from within the existing equestrian farmyard; landscaping, fencing, associated earthworks and surface water disposal to an on-site soakaway.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0158

• 2 Mar 2020Grant extension of duration of permission

  Revisions to granted planning permission Reg. Ref. SD06A/0659 (as extended by Reg. Ref. SD06A/0659/EP for a 255 bedroom hotel in a new landmark building consisting of sub-basement and basement, ground floor and five upper floors (with a total hotel development gross floor space of approximately 28,476sq.m.); 680 underground car parking spaces; 5 coach spaces; 50 bicycle spaces; a new 9m wide vehicular, cycleway and pedestrian access approximately 900m in length from a new roundabout on the Newcastle Road (R120) in vicinity of Newcastle Manor housing estate; fire tender access road and site development and landscaping works; revisions to the permitted hotel development (which is partially constructed) will comprise construction of a retirement village in the permitted hotel grounds which will consist of: 69 individual 3 bedroom single storey retirement homes, ranging in size from 112sq.m. to 164.1sq.m; a single storey medical/health centre (146.7sq.m); a two storey community services centre (844.3sq.m); an outdoor recreation and allotment area with an associated recreation equipment store (245sq.m.) and allotment equipment store (22.8sq.m.); a nursing home/care centre to be located within the permitted hotel building necessitating a change of use of part of the hotel's accommodation block (1,653.7sq.m. at ground floor and 2,351.5sq.m. at first floor) from hotel use (comprising 92 hotel bedrooms in total) to nursing home/care centre use (comprising 60 nursing home/care centre bedrooms with associated dining, healthcare and administration facilities) as well as change of use of 302sq.m. at basement level car parking to nursing home/care centre mortuary, deliveries store and clinical waste store and all associated works, including the provision of a new entrance; new 6.4sq.m. porch and a reception area for the nursing home/care centre; new vehicular lay-by and enclosed outdoor areas for nursing home residents (the gross floor space of the hotel incorporating the nursing home/care centre will now be approximately 29,562sq.m.); and site development and landscaping works including revised site levels to facilitate surface drainage, boundary planting including reinstatement of hedgerows; 2.2m to 2.5m high fencing and automatic gates surrounding the retirement homes; a new 2.5m block wall inside the northern boundary of the site and the relocation of 11 car parking spaces at the eastern side of the access road into the development site (serving the adjacent development to the north, Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344) to the western side of the access road. The proposed revised development will have 666 underground car parking spaces, 204 surface car spaces, 5 surface coach spaces, 1 surface ambulance space and 50 bicycle spaces.

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0021/EP

• 30 Jan 2020Grant permission

  Single storey extension to the left hand side; extension to the front at ground and first floor level in order to straighten the front building line; addition of a two storey extension to the front which will act as a porch at ground floor level and a bathroom at first floor level; to face the central portion of the front elevation in natural stone over its full height; extend the existing garage on the right hand side to the front and rear; remove the existing garage roof and build a first floor extension over the entire extended garage area; existing ground floor area including the garage is 152.38 sq.m & the proposed ground floor extensions will add 101.05 sq.m.; the existing first floor are is 68.95sq.m. & the proposed first floor extension will add 115.59sq.m.; all ancillary site works required to complete the project.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19B/0310

• 4 Oct 2019Declared not exempt

  Importing a softer variety of top soil to create a softer cushion on top of the existing ground. This procedure will have the added benefit of improving the quality of the ground from a grass growing point of view. Some drainage will also be incorporated. The layer of new topsoil will not exceed 250mm.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED19/0026

• 18 Sept 2019Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention of a 50sq.m extension 9.35m high to the service area at the front of the building and to extend same by 18sq.m; 131sq.m extension 9.35m high adjacent to the existing extension; retention of 4 service doors - 3 to the rear elevation and 1 to the front elevation. Retention of 1 escape door in the rear elevation; inclusion of 3 disabled parking spaces adjacent to entrance, to remove approx. 200sq.m of grassed area to provide additional van parking to the front of the building and retention of staff car parking to the rear.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0293

• 18 Sept 2019Grant permission for retention

  Retention of 9 signs on the face of the above industrial unit building, 3 signs on the front elevation, 4 on the back and 2 on the side elevation facing east. Areas of each sign as listed (1) 16.8sq.m, (2&3) 3.15sq.m, (4) 15.9sq.m, (5) 8.55sq.m, (6&7) 9.2sq.m, (8&9) 51.6sq.m.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0294

• 17 Sept 2019Grant permission

  Modifications to the previously permitted Ref. SD16A/0406 consisting of the change of use of the dry bailing facility to a green waste recycling facility (excluding food and household general waste collection) including renovation and upgrade works to the fire damaged buildings and the addition of new green waste storage area and attenuation tanks (this application will also require a Waste Licence).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0196

• 9 Nov 2018Refuse permission

  156 bedroom part two to part four storey Aparthotel (12,283sq.m) with ancillary facilities including a gym (178sq.m), communal lounge (118sq.m) and a meeting/t.v. room (79.4sq.m); 137 car parking spaces (including provision for a car sharing facility); vehicular entrance to the north of the site; pedestrian access via a pathway to the north of the site; 62 bicycle parking spaces; 64 storage lockers; hard and soft landscaping; loading bays; boundary treatments; ESB substation; plant and all associated site development works above and below ground on a site of 1.8426ha.

  Permission, 156 homes · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0401

• 5 Oct 2018Refuse permission

  Construct house on site to the rear; consisting of a two storey section to the front; two storey over basement section to the return of the U shaped design; single storey over basement section to the rear portion; detached double garage; connection to the public mains sewer and water mains; construct vehicular entrance; driveway and all other ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0361

• 2 Feb 2018Grant permission

  Alterations to an existing granted planning permission (Reg. Ref. SD16A/0417) for an agricultural equestrian development at Rathcreedan, Rathcoole. The alterations are as follows: (1) Previous 2 block stable buildings (897sq.m, 3.75m high) providing 52 stables and the adjacent indoor exercise area (940sq.m, 7.1m high) to be joined into 1 building 2,676sq.m, 8.27m high plus associated elevation alterations. (2) Reconfiguration of the associated dungstead at its original location. (3) Associated adjustments to drainage due to building footprint adjustments noted above. All other details remain as per the granted application Reg. Ref SD16A/0417 such as site access, welfare building, machinery park/shelter building, site boundaries, landscaping, external surface finishes, water supply, on site soakway & foul sewer, drainage & outfall.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0035

• 6 Apr 2017Grant permission

  An equestrian facility for the purpose of breeding, breaking and producing horses for own use and sale on 1.45 ha. site consisting of: (a) 50 stables in two adjacent blocks totalling 897sq.m,, 3.75m high; (b) Indoor exercise area, 940sq.m., 7.1m high; (c) Machinery park/shelter building, 481sq.m, 6.75m high; (d) Staff welfare building, 107sq.m, 5.1m high to include associated canteen/wc/wash area and tack room; (e) Outdoor sand arena, 1,800sq.m; (f) Ancillary yard 3320sq.m approx. for vehicle parking-marshalling-loading-unloading including 6m access road with new access/egress gate from Tay Lane also including landscaping, fencing, dungstead, water main connection plus utilising existing well, surface water disposal to ground and foul sewer connection to existing sewer network on Tay Lane.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0417

• 2 Apr 2015Grant permission & refuse permission

  (a) Temporary non-habitable, demountable single storey show house of 164.1sq.m gross floor space and all ancillary works to be located on the site of the permitted attenuation pond at the entrance to the permitted Lamberton Hotel and Retirement Village site (Reg. Ref. SD14A/0021 and An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL06S.243745) on the western side of the existing access road. This temporary show house will be used as a marketing suite for the permitted Lamberton Retirement Village development in advance of the construction of the permitted individual retirement units. The temporary show house will not require connection to water supply or drainage services and will be temporarily served by the 11 previously approved car parking spaces at the entrance to the site. (b) 3 temporary billboard signs (24sq.m each), 8 metres high, with the base of each sign 2 metres above ground level, each attached to three support poles, advertising the proposed Lamberton Hotel and Retirement Village development. One of the temporary billboard signs will be located at the entrance to the permitted development, on the eastern side of the existing access road. The other two billboard signs will be placed on the northern side of the R120 (Rathcoole) Road to the east of Newcastle Manor Heights housing estate and will also include way finding to the temporary show house and Retirement Village development site. These temporary structures (3 billboard signs and the temporary show house) will be removed 1 year from the grant of this permission and the permitted attenuation pond will be completed as per Reg Ref. SD14A/0021 and PL06S.243745. All on a site of approx. 12.59 hectares in the townlands of Ballykelly and Rathcreedan (the site of the partially completed Lamberton Hotel) and 0.01 hectares on the north side of the R120 (Rathcoole) Road to the east of Newcastle Manor Heights housing estate.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD15A/0079

• 3 Jul 2014Grant permission & refuse permission

  Revisions to granted planning permission Reg. Ref. SD06A/0659 (as extended by Reg. Ref. SD06A/0659/EP for a 255 bedroom hotel in a new landmark building consisting of sub-basement and basement, ground floor and five upper floors (with a total hotel development gross floor space of approximately 28,476sq.m.); 680 underground car parking spaces; 5 coach spaces; 50 bicycle spaces; a new 9m wide vehicular, cycleway and pedestrian access approximately 900m in length from a new roundabout on the Newcastle Road (R120) in vicinity of Newcastle Manor housing estate; fire tender access road and site development and landscaping works; revisions to the permitted hotel development (which is partially constructed) will comprise construction of a retirement village in the permitted hotel grounds which will consist of: 69 individual 3 bedroom single storey retirement homes, ranging in size from 112sq.m. to 164.1sq.m; a single storey medical/health centre (146.7sq.m); a two storey community services centre (844.3sq.m); an outdoor recreation and allotment area with an associated recreation equipment store (245sq.m.) and allotment equipment store (22.8sq.m.); a nursing home/care centre to be located within the permitted hotel building necessitating a change of use of part of the hotel's accommodation block (1,653.7sq.m. at ground floor and 2,351.5sq.m. at first floor) from hotel use (comprising 92 hotel bedrooms in total) to nursing home/care centre use (comprising 60 nursing home/care centre bedrooms with associated dining, healthcare and administration facilities) as well as change of use of 302sq.m. at basement level car parking to nursing home/care centre mortuary, deliveries store and clinical waste store and all associated works, including the provision of a new entrance; new 6.4sq.m. porch and a reception area for the nursing home/care centre; new vehicular lay-by and enclosed outdoor areas for nursing home residents (the gross floor space of the hotel incorporating the nursing home/care centre will now be approximately 29,562sq.m.); and site development and landscaping works including revised site levels to facilitate surface drainage, boundary planting including reinstatement of hedgerows; 2.2m to 2.5m high fencing and automatic gates surrounding the retirement homes; a new 2.5m block wall inside the northern boundary of the site and the relocation of 11 car parking spaces at the eastern side of the access road into the development site (serving the adjacent development to the north, Reg. Ref. SD05A/0344) to the western side of the access road. The proposed revised development will have 666 underground car parking spaces, 204 surface car spaces, 5 surface coach spaces, 1 surface ambulance space and 50 bicycle spaces.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0021

The 25 most recent of 54 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 Rathcreedan.

Recorded monuments

• DU021-027 Mound
  Description

  On flat land close to a stream. Named as a small circular earthwork on the 1843 OS 6-Inch map. There are no visible surface remains. Compiled by Geraldine Stout

• DU021-104 Moated site
  Description

  First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91. DV.13) shows cropmark of a rectangular enclosure defined on three sides by a broad fosse; the north-eastern side is defined by a small stream. This enclosure is recorded as a rectangular field on the first edition OS 6-inch map; however, the broad fosse suggests that this may be an archaeological monument (Gillian Barrett).

Architectural heritage

• Rathcreedan House, farm house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1820 on an L-shaped plan. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered base course and cut stone quoins. Openings on ground floor set into recessed smooth rendered three-centred arches. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber panelled door with teardrop fanlight, timber surround and iron boot-scrapers. Hipped slate roof with smooth rendered chimney stacks. Extensions to south-west and north-west elevations.

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 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_2974 (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 Rathcreedan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Rathcreedan · Ráth Críodáin

Area

1,115,948 m² (111.59 ha, 275.76 acres)

Civil parish

Rathcoole, 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

Ballynakelly, Greenoge, Highdownhill, Keatingspark, Tootenhill

Placenames

Rathcreedan 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.