# Windmillhill, Co. Dublin: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin; in Irish Cnoc an Mhuilinn Ghaoithe.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 615,155 m² (61.52 ha, 152.01 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,743 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 RU, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 18 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Newcastle, https://everytownland.com/dublin/parish/newcastle.md
- Barony: Newcastle
- Electoral division: Rathcoole, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 6,590 people lived in 2,172 households in the Rathcoole electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Dublin, https://everytownland.com/dublin.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/17176
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 260933
- Centre: latitude 53.272567, longitude -6.503105 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Windmillhill, from 43 m² to 305,687 m² (30.57 ha, 75.54 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1825881: 305,687 m² (30.57 ha, 75.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825881.md
- Parcel 1777813: 214,291 m² (21.43 ha, 52.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777813.md
- Parcel 1777712: 15,936 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777712.md
- Parcel 1777806: 13,556 m² (1.36 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777806.md
- Parcel 1825882: 9,340 m² (0.93 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825882.md
- Parcel 4850381: 8,790 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4850381.md
- Parcel 1825876: 4,585 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825876.md
- Parcel 1825872: 4,523 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825872.md
- Parcel 1777807: 4,272 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777807.md
- Parcel 1825971: 3,865 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825971.md
- Parcel 1775454: 3,516 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1775454.md
- Parcel 1777808: 3,006 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777808.md
- Parcel 2582662: 2,963 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2582662.md
- Parcel 1825883: 2,875 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825883.md
- Parcel 1777709: 2,475 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777709.md
- Parcel 2361028: 2,365 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2361028.md
- Parcel 1825875: 1,743 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825875.md
- Parcel 1777810: 1,714 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777810.md
- Parcel 1825878: 1,714 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825878.md
- Parcel 1777811: 1,316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777811.md
- Parcel 1777713: 1,267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777713.md
- Parcel 1777805: 1,215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777805.md
- Parcel 1825877: 1,193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825877.md
- Parcel 1825879: 1,075 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825879.md
- Parcel 1777809: 1,043 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777809.md
- Parcel 1825874: 838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825874.md
- Parcel 1825873: 838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825873.md
- Parcel 1777812: 764 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777812.md
- Parcel 4926041: 762 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926041.md
- Parcel 1777711: 617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777711.md
- Parcel 1825880: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1825880.md
- Parcel 1777710: 172 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1777710.md
- Parcel 4905138: 43 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905138.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- P1 RU (Agriculture): South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin; 44 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.sdcc.ie/en/devplan2022/adopted-plan/

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

18 applications, newest first.

- 14 Sept 2023, South Dublin County Council SD23A/0226: Refuse permission. Permission. The construction of a split level single storey dwelling (199 sq.m.) with a detached garage (40 sq.m.), an on-site proprietary waste water treatment plant and percolation area, modifications to existing agricultural entrance at the L2019 to access the proposed dwelling and all ancillary site development works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/64811
- 30 Jun 2021, South Dublin County Council SD21A/0177: Refuse permission. Permission, 1 home. Construction of a detached single storey split level bungalow; single storey domestic garage; upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to vehicular entrance; secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/61027
- 12 Mar 2021, South Dublin County Council SD21A/0059: Refuse permission. Permission, 1 home. Construction of a detached, single storey split-level bungalow; single storey domestic garage; upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to vehicular entrance; secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/60401
- 4 Apr 2018, South Dublin County Council SD12A/0059/EP: Refuse ext. of duration of permission. Extension of duration of permission. A dedicated area within the existing quarry site in which no more than 10,000 tonnes per year of imported inert materials (soils, stones, rock, concrete, tarmacadam) generated by off-site construction activities shall be segregated, processed, recycled and reused as raw materials for the existing on-site asphalt manufacturing plant. The proposed development requires a Certificate of Registration under the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 and 2008.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/53968
- 2 Dec 2015, South Dublin County Council SDQF15A/4: Decision quashed by high court. Quarry registration. Continued development of a quarry, 40.875ha. Reinstatement of worked out quarry to agricultural use by importation of inert subsoil and top soil amounting to a total of 11,151,570 cubic metres.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/49710
- 15 Aug 2012, South Dublin County Council SD12A/0059: Grant permission. Permission. A dedicated area within the existing quarry site in which no more than 10,000 tonnes per year of imported inert materials (soils, stones, rock, concrete, tarmacadam) generated by off-site construction activities shall be segregated, processed, recycled and reused as raw materials for the existing on-site asphalt manufacturing plant. The proposed development requires a Certificate of Registration under the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 and 2008.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/43700
- 18 Nov 2011, South Dublin County Council SD11A/0271: Refuse permission. Permission. The establishment of a waste management facility with a maximum intake volume of 10,000 tonnes per annum to accept inert waste material including waste bituminous mixtures (EWC 170302), waste concrete (EWC 170101) & waste gravel and crushed rocks (EWC 010408) for it's recycling & reuse in the existing tarmacadam manufacturing plant located on the site. The site currently has a waste permit (Waste Permit No. WPR 051/2) with a permitted volume of 500 tonnes per annum. This facility requires a Certificate of Registration under the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 and 2008.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/43211
- 6 Jul 2010, South Dublin County Council SD10A/0197: Declared withdrawn. Permission. The establishment of a Waste Management Facility with a maximum intake volume of 24,000 tonnes per annum to accept inert waste material including waste bituminous mixtures (EWC 170302), waste concrete (EWC 170101) & waste gravel and crushed rocks (EWC010408) for it's recycling & reuse in the existing tarmacadam manufacturing plant located on the site and to facilitate the deposit of waste bituminous product, waste gravel and waste concrete into haul roads throughout the subject quarry site in which the subject waste facility is located. The site currently has a Waste Permit (Waste Permit No. WPR 051/2) with a permitted volume of 500 tonnes per annum. This development requires a Waste Facility Permit under the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 and 2008.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/41139
- 7 Nov 2008, South Dublin County Council SD08A/0764: Withdraw the application. Permission. One and a half storey office building single storey facing the N7. The building has a total area of 540sq.m., it includes office space, toilets and canteen, on the ground floor with board room on the upper floor and installation of a 'hydro' effluent treatment plant.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/38015
- 29 May 2008, South Dublin County Council 06S.PA0006: Report returned to an coimisiún pleanála. Strategic infrastructure application. Proposed resource recovery facility for the thermal treatment of non-hazardous residual, municipal and construction and demolition waste.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/36652
- 19 Jul 2007, South Dublin County Council SDQU05A/4: Recommended decision. Quarry registration. Application for Registration of a Quarry under Section 261 of Planning & Development Act 2000.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/25671
- 6 Jun 2007, South Dublin County Council SD07A/0424: Refuse permission. Permission, 1 home. Dormer bungalow, entrance and puraflo treatment unit at side.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/32916
- 9 Oct 2006, South Dublin County Council SD06B/0449: Grant permission. Permission. Two storey extention to rear of existing house incorporating velux windows to rear and alterations to front elevation to include new bay window and replacement hall door, with associated site works including replacement of existing septic tank with new bio-cycle unit.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/29127
- 17 Aug 2006, South Dublin County Council SD06B/0635: Grant permission for retention. Retention. Garage conversion to living room and the front gate with raised pillars and fence as built.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/29868
- 2 Nov 2001, South Dublin County Council S01A/0319: Grant permission. Permission, 1 home. Bungalow and sewage treatment plant.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/4202
- 13 Mar 2001, South Dublin County Council S00A/0918: Refuse permission. Permission. Bungalow and sewage treatment plant.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/12549
- 28 Feb 2001, South Dublin County Council S01B/0108: Refuse permission. Permission. Revision to roof design on granted planning permission, Ref. S00A/0449. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/3378
- 25 Sept 2000, South Dublin County Council S00A/0449: Grant permission. Permission. Dormer bungalow, bio cycle effluent treatment unit and stables.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/11337

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Windmillhill.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DU021-038: Windmill, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU021-038----. Situated on top of Windmill Hill. The site comprises a circular tower that rises to two storeys. It is built of randomly coursed masonry (int. diam.2.8m, wall T 1.20m). There are segmental arched doorways in the NE and SW, which are rebated with bar holes. A fireplace lies to the W on the ground floor. In the SE is an inter-mural pointed recess. Stone stairs lead to first floor. The interior is lit by plain rectangular opes in NE and S sides. This windmill is probably 18th century in date but it occupies the site of an earlier windmill referred to in 1413 AD. (D'Alton 1838, 677). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Uploaded on: 18 January 2013
- DU021-113: Cairn - burial cairn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU021-113----. On the summit of Windmill Hill, is a broad low circular cairn, (Diam 40m ; H 1.5m ) commanding extensive views in all directions. The cairn is grass covered and was first reported by Ó Lionáin and Davis having been identified in 2014 from lidar survey and analysis (see attachment DU021-013----_2). On the southern quadrant of the denuded cairn is a windmill (DU021-038----). Both monuments lie directly NNE of an enclosure identified by geophysical analysis (Target 2018) DU021-114----. which itself sits centrally within a ceremonial enclosure DU021-115---- . The cairn is situated off-centre within another enclosure (DU021-116----) which can be traced intermittently following the contours of the ridge on of Windmill hill, possibly representing a hillfort first reported by O’ Lionáin and Davis. Approximately 150m to the SE of the cairn, beyond both enclosing monuments, is a ring-ditch DU021- 117----. Compiled by: Margaret Keane Updated on: 29 November 2018
- DU021-114: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU021-114----. Placed centrally within a ceremonial enclosure (DU021-111----) this regular circular enclosure, illustrated as an incomplete ring-ditch was first reported in 2018 in a geophyscial survey (Target Archaeological Geophysics, 2018). It is depicted as an incomplete circuit, running from SSE, through W to NNE, which appears to have been encroached upon and disturbed by the adjacent cairn DU021-113---- (see attached image DU021-113_01). The ring-ditch encloses an area 25m in diameter presenting according to the geophysical report as a series of concentric positive and negative curving responses (ibid.) with no surface expression. Within this enclosure are concentrations of high response suggestive of archaeological activity. The monument lies just SW of DU021-113----, a cairn, and DU-021-038 a windmill. It also lies within another enclosure DU021-016---- which may represent a hillfort. Compiled by: Margaret Keane Uploaded on: 29 November 2018
- DU021-115: Ceremonial enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU021-115----. This regular circular enclosure has been described as a series of narrow and weakly magnetic curving responses and trends (Target, 2018). It is most clearly visible in imagery from W to S to E, it fades from view further NE and NW and is truncated at the N by the current edge of the quarry which runs from NW to NE. It was first identified in geophysical analysis carried out on foot of previous research (Ó Lionáin and Davis, 2014). The enclosure (diam. 170m) encircles the hilltop at Windmill hill containing DU021-010----, a continuous ring-ditch at its centre. Just off-centre to the NE of DU021-010---, is DU021-009---- a cairn, and the windmill DU021-038----. It is most clearly visible in imagery from W to S to E, it fades from view further NE and NW and is truncated at the N by the current edge of the quarry which runs from NW to NE. It lies within the confines of a hillfort possible DU021-112----. Beyond the ceremonial enclosure, approximately 80m to the south-east, is a ring-ditch DU021-013----. Compiled by: Margaret Keane Uploaded on: 14 January 2019
- DU021-116: Hillfort, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDU021-116----. An irregular oval enclosure which appears to enclose parts of the summit of Windmill Hill. The monument was first reported (Ní Lionáin and Davis, 2014) in 2014 on the basis of lidar survey and analysis and subsequent geophysical analysis (Target, 2018) further clarified its features. The monument is most clearly seen at the W as a poorly defined series of positive and negative linear responses, curving at the W and extending in overall length 215m to the ENE. Additional curved lengths are visible at the ENE edge of the ridge with N and S sides more linear and less obvious. The monument measures 114m N-S in form is probably a hill fort enclosing a total area of 2.5 HA. DU021-038 a windmill, DU021-109---- a cairn, DU021-111---- a ceremonial enclosure with associated enclosure DU021-110---- lie within the confines of the hillfort. To the SE of the hillfort is a ring-ditch DU021-113----. Compiled by: Margaret Keane Uploaded on: 15 January 2019

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Windmillhill.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Windmillhill, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/dublin/windmillhill.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/dublin/windmillhill.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/dublin/windmillhill.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Windmillhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin: https://everytownland.com/dublin.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Bustyhill: https://everytownland.com/dublin/bustyhill.md
- Carrigeen: https://everytownland.com/dublin/carrigeen.md
- Colmanstown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/colmanstown.md
- Keatingspark: https://everytownland.com/dublin/keatingspark.md
- Newtown Lower: https://everytownland.com/dublin/newtown-lower.md
- Steelstown: https://everytownland.com/dublin/steelstown.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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