Westmanstown

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Westmanstown, from 19 m² to 259,110 m² (25.91 ha, 64.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1EE (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Aug 2026Referral

  St. Finian's GAA Club Newcastle intend to apply for Permission for development will consist of: The extension of the existing gravel car park from 1895m2 to 2973m2 and the creation of an accessible compacted gravel pedestrian pathway around the new all-weather pitch. The introduction of 1.1m low level solar bollard lighting around the perimeter of the pedestrian pathways and the creation of 2no. covered seating/picnic areas with picnic benches and demountable umbrellas/canopies with the creation of an enclosed children's play area, and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0199W

• 15 Dec 2025Grant permission

  Permission to upgrade and relocate existing floodlighting system on a training pitch consisting of 4 number 18.2 metre high columns and all associated ducting, column bases and light fittings.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0303W

• 19 Nov 2025Invalid - site notice

  Permission to upgrade and relocate existing floodlighting system on a training pitch consisting of 4 number 18.2 metre high columns and all associated ducting, column bases and light fittings.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0282W

• 30 Oct 2025Grant permission

  A new hazardous medical waste processing facility, including a change of use of the existing building (Building B) on site from general waste disposal to hazardous medical waste processing, and the extension of the current operating hours to 24/7 The demolition/removal of the existing outbuildings/structures including 2 no. storage units, an office and staff room canteen; The construction of an extension (c. 966 sqm) to the existing building c.1,577 sqm on site (Building B) and associated outbuildings including a new boiler house and storage areas; The construction of a new building (c. 984 sqm) to the northwest of the site (Building A); The construction of a new 2 storey office building (c. 287 sqm) to the southeast of the site; Provision of 26 no. car parking spaces, 5 no. truck parking spaces and 18 no. bicycle stands (30 no. spaces) to serve the proposed development; All ancillary landscaping, boundary treatments, associated infrastructure, internal roads, associated processing and treatment plant, weighbridges, pv panels, and site development works to support the development. The operation of the proposed development will require an Industrial Emissions Licence (IEL) from the Environmental Protection Agency. A Review of the existing IEL relating to the site will be sought from the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the proposed development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0101W

• 17 Sept 2025Grant permission

  The installation of Solar PV Panels to be mounted on the rooftop of an existing warehouse building and all associated ancillary infrastructure. PV Panels will not extend above parapet line.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0221W

• 25 Jul 2025Grant permission

  Partial demolition (c.114.3 sq m) of existing single-storey, detached, 5-bedroom bungalow (c.216.7 sq m), refurbishment (c.102.4 sq m) and single-storey, double-pitched and flat roof extension (c.219.9 sq m), to accommodate the primary dwelling (4 bedrooms and ancillary living and welfare areas) and an attached secondary, semi-independent annexe (1 bedroom and ancillary living areas), for integrated use as a multi-generational, fully accessible, family dwelling. And all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and boundary works, including localized site reprofiling (max. 500mm increase) to match existing ground floor level, new access ramps and covered walkway connecting entrance of house to existing driveway.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25B/0469W

• 23 Jul 2025Grant permission

  The provision of a new winter module, a replacement waste platform canopy and amendments to van loading bays at an existing distribution facility.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD25A/0087W

• 25 Jul 2022Grant permission

  A new waste handling building (561sqm and 12m high); Use of an existing building (159 sqm and 7.5m high) granted retention under SD22A/0100 for waste handling; elevational treatment including signage to the northern facade of the existing building granted retention under SD22A/0100; continued use of the existing building (427 sqm and 8.2m high) granted permission under SD06A/1097 and all ancillary site works. The development will comprise an activity requiring a review of the existing waste facility permit (WFP-DS-11-0002-06). The proposed development includes an increase in the total maximum annual waste intake to 20,000 tonnes. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been submitted with this application.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0310

• 7 Apr 2022Grant permission for retention

  Retention of existing building (159.25) currently not in use. Proposed use is intended as a recycling facility and this will be subject to a separate application.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0100

• 9 Sept 2021Refuse permission

  Development of the site for purpose of operational vehicle storage, including surfacing and ancillary infrastructure.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0062

• 20 Apr 2021Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention of an existing ESB substation (c. 17.5sq.m) to the east of the site; Permission for new welfare cabin (c. 17.1sq.m) and a new guard cabin (c. 2sq.m) to the east of the site; Permission for one high level sign on the south elevation (9.5m above ground level) and one high level sign on the east elevation (8.5m above ground level) of the existing building; Both signs are 6m x 1.8m and non illuminated; Wayfinding signs are proposed across the site and all other associated works.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0096

• 11 Mar 2021Grant permission

  Amendments to an existing warehouse building comprising the introduction of a mezzanine floor (c.883.24sq.m) to provide additional office and welfare facilities and a plant area for one air handling unit above (c.181.76sq.m); internal amendments are proposed to provide a new layout to office and welfare facilities; single storey lobby (c.18sq.m) is proposed to the west of the building which will result in the loss of two car parking spaces; minor alterations to the elevations comprising the introduction of three louvres, one to the west and two to the north elevation and a emergency access door to the west elevation; two new condensing units are proposed to the north elevation; one AHU condensing unit and five condensing units are proposed to the west elevation and all other associated works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0058

• 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

• 19 Jun 2020Grant permission

  Minor alterations to the existing warehouse building including a new canopy to the south; three new level access doors on the south elevation and external waste platform; provision of hardstanding and use of the south of the site for operational parking; removal of the existing fencing dissecting the site; introduction of new fencing, security hut, gate, smoking shelter, cycle shelter, lighting, substation and transformer, acoustic screening to the north west and all other associated works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0046

• 17 Jul 2019Refuse permission

  Amalgamation of Units 14A and 14B to create a single waste processing facility as follows: (1) demolition of a 60m long by 6m high internal wall, single storey site office and store and the removal of 3 portacabin offices; (2) change of use from timber recycling to hazardous waste processing and construction of a new hazardous waste processing Building A (1,831sq.m) with a 14.58 ridge height all at Unit 14A; (3) processing of hazardous waste within existing waste processing Building B and the construction of an extension (1,000sq.m) with a 14.60m ridge height to Building B; new two storey offices (288sq.m) with a 8.5m ridge height; new weighbridge and weighbridge office (40sq.m) and alterations to existing site layout to provide 25 car parking spaces, 4 truck parking spaces and 24 bicycle stands all at Unit 14B; (4) new internal circulation road and the relocation of existing weighbridge; new weighbridge; alterations to the surface water drainage systems; (5) installation of an aqueous waste treatment plant in the new waste processing Building A; (6) installation of a sewage sludge treatment plant in the extended waste processing Building B and associated odour control unit (32sq.m) with 18m high stack; (7) installation of a waste oil recovery plant in the extended waste processing Building B and associated natural gas boiler house and stores (102sq.m) with 16m high stack; (8) installation of a waste oil re-refining plant and storage tanks in the extended processing Building B and associated de-asphalting and fractionating columns (60sq.m total floor area) both with 16m high stacks and all ancillary and associated works; the proposed development entails a phased transition, hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste will be accepted and processed simultaneously at the waste facility and the total quantum of waste accepted will not exceed 95,000 tonnes per annum as permitted at the existing licenced waste facility; the proposed development will require a review of the Industrial Emissions Licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency; an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) is submitted with the application.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0234

• 29 Aug 2018Declared not exempt

  Installation of lights along laneway. Install and erect suitable lighting along the 300 meter laneway.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED18/0029

• 17 May 2018Grant permission

  Warehouse unit 6,461sq.m, 17.40m high with 568sq.m integrated ancillary offices/staff facilities on 3 floors plus 763sq.m mezzanine storage area to warehouse totalling 7,792sq.m. The development will also include: (a) Site access from Grants Hill, (b) On-site security hut 14.50sq.m, 3m high, (c) Ancillary car parking, (d) HGV marshalling yard & HGV parking facility for 12 vehicles 816sq.m, (e) Site landscaping, (f) Flood management measures, (g) Drainage works including underground surface water attenuation facility, (h) all services & utilities including ESB sub-station 9sq.m, 3m high, (i) Plus all associated site development works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0036

• 19 Feb 2018Declared withdrawn

  Installation of roof mounted solar panels to existing waste transfer station and all ancillary works and services.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0055

• 27 Jan 2017Grant permission

  Alterations comprising: (1) change of use of 335sq.m of light industrial area at ground floor to ancillary office accommodation fully within existing building; (2) provision of new mezzanine floor at second floor level of 238.6sq.m providing staff facilities area - also fully contained within existing building; (3) elevation adjustments associated with the above alterations. All other details such as the remaining existing building, car parking, landscaping, site access, drainage layout including surface water attenuation to remain as detailed under previous planning applications SD05A/0140, SD16A/0074 and SD16A/0330.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0016

• 12 Jan 2017Grant permission

  Alterations to previous planning applications SD16A/0074 & SD16A/0330. The subject alterations are as follows: (1) Provision of a new ancillary bottle store building to the proposed building to the proposed buildings southern elevation measuring 246sq.m warehousing area, 47sq.m office accommodation and 33sq.m staff facilities, overall height 5.16m. (2) Ancillary forklift charging/bottle handling facility as previously proposed at 215sq.m & 8m high to be revised to charging area 96sq.m plus bottle handling area 211sq.m incorporating 144sq.m staff facilities at 4.8m high. (3) 3 goods doors plus associated canopy over to be omitted from buildings southern (side) elevation. (4) Change of use of mezzanine storage of 645.1sq.m as previously proposed to be revised to office accommodation 354.2sq.m & staff facilities 290.9sq.m. (5) Fenestration revisions to eastern (front) & northern (side) elevations to facilitate the change of use to the mezzanine floor. The above alterations also incorporate minor adjustments to the drainage on site. All the other details will remain as detailed in the previous applications SD16A/0074 & SD16A/0330.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0008

• 16 Dec 2016Grant permission

  Alterations to existing granted planning permission SD16A/0074, as follows; (1) Relocation of part of eastern (front) elevation and attached canopy to facilitate yard operations thus reducing the warehousing area by 905sq.m and affecting the buildings north (side) elevation to College Road. (2) Relocation of ancillary office/staff facilities accommodation (with internal modifications) to facilitate yard operations resulting in east (front) and north (side) elevation alterations and warehouse area reduction of 160sq.m, additional floor added above office 1st floor providing 255sq.m storage on second floor. (3) Reduction in mezzanine floor area of 148sq.m plus adjustments to associated access. (4) Additional attached single storey area ancillary to warehouse as follows: staff facilities 58sq.m, sanitisation room 107sq.m, forklift charging area 108sq.m, 8m high plus adjacent 3 roller shutter doors and cantilever canopy to the buildings southern (side) elevation. (5) Fenestration revisions to the buildings eastern (front) and northern (side) elevations. (6) Site plan revisions including adjustment to: (a) Truck parking area reduction of 169sq.m; (b) Car parking - layout adjusted/spaces relocated; (c) Truck wash location adjusted & ancillary plant area provided; (d) Truck refuel area relocated; (7) Building height reduction from 19.5sq.m to 16.9sq.m throughout. (8) The construction of the building will be phased as follows: Phase 1: Provide 6,956sq.m warehouse (with 107sq.m sanitisation room included), 337sq.m office accommodation and 367sq.m staff facilities with 255sq.m storage area on second floor, 387sq.m mezzanine storage and 108sq.m forklift charging area. Site access provided and part yard associated with Phase 1 including 2,136sq.m of HGV parking area. All landscaping works, associated drainage and rearrangement of vehicular entrance/exists to Grants Rise to be provided. Phase 2: Provide 3007sq.m attached integrated warehouse area adjacent to College Road with associated HGV grade and dock doors plus remaining associated yard. Overall areas proposed: 9963sq.m warehouse (with 107sq.m sanitisation room included), 337sq.m office accommodation and 367sq.m staff facilities with 255sq.m storage area on second floor, 387sq.m mezzanine storage and 108sq.m forklift charging area ancillary to the warehouse totalling 11,417sq.m (areas as per previously granted planning application Reg.Ref. SD16A/0074: 10,994sq.m warehouse, 524sq.m ancillary 2 storey office/staff facilities and 535sq.m mezzanine totalling 12,053sq.m).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0330

• 27 May 2016Refuse permission & refuse retention

  Retention permission for 3 free standing single storey pre-fabricated ancillary offices (162sq.m) currently laid out as a single and two storey facility within a revised layout of the site administrative area and for permission for a new elevation treatment and external cladding of the pre-fabricated structures, revised car parking layout and all associated works. This application relates to a site which is operated subject to waste licence no. W0188-01

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0184

• 7 Mar 2016Grant permission

  Development (on 3.26 hectare site adjacent to the existing Unit 517 as granted and constructed under planning reference SD05A/0140) consisting of: 10,994sq.m warehousing unit, 19.5m high plus 524sq.m integrated ancillary office accommodation/staff facilities on two floors with 535sq.m mezzanine storage. The development will also include ancillary car parking, ancillary HGV parking on 2305sq.m of yard plus marshalling yard, canopy attached to part of the front elevation, ancillary HGV vehicle wash and refuel facility with underground fuel tank, alterations to the site entrance/exit arrangements to Grants Rise including widening an existing gate and rearrangement of the car parking associated with the existing building as previously referenced, provision of landscaping, paving, services utilities, drainage and all associated site development works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0074

• 19 Feb 2016Grant permission

  Construction of a warehousing/light industrial unit totalling 753sq.m, 8.45m high comprising: 308sq.m light industrial area, 154sq.m & 91sq.m ancillary integrated office accommodation & staff facilities respectively, 200sq.m mezzanine storage area, company signage mounted on the front elevation (non back lit) 2.9sq.m at 3.85m above ground level, ancillary car parking, services, utilities, landscaping, paving & site development works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD15A/0178

• 17 Nov 2015Grant permission

  Waste Handling/Materials Storage/Transfer Building 561sq.m & 12m high plus ancillary site works on the site of the existing waste handling facility.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD15A/0074

The 25 most recent of 73 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 Westmanstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Westmanstown.

Architectural heritage

• Westmanstown House, farm house, 1800–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey former farmhouse, built c.1850, now disused. Single-storey extension to east. Casement windows in east elevation. Rendered chimneystack to gable. Pitched slate roof, possibly truncated about its axis. Single-storey rubble stone byre to south. Rendered gate piers and stone arched bridge over stream at entrance. Ancillary buildings around courtyard include barns, stables and workshops.

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 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_2973 (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 Westmanstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Westmanstown · Baile an Bhaspailigh

Area

412,819 m² (41.28 ha, 102.01 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

Blundelstown, Commons Little, Cornerpark, Greenoge, Jordanstown, Keeloges

Placenames

Westmanstown 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.