Dunmurry West

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunmurry West, from 132 m² to 90,870 m² (9.09 ha, 22.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1Agriculture
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 14 Nov 2024Conditional

  for a) construction of a detached bungalow with a shared vehicular entrance. b) An EPA compliant wastewater treatment system. c) All associated site works on family lands

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 24356

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for a) a detached bungalow with a shared vehicular entrance. b) an EPA compliant wastewater treatment system. c) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 24319

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. 17/191 - Development consisting of: (a) The conversion of an existing garage with a floor area of 22.6 Sq.m to a sun room (with new windows to also be installed); (b) The construction of 2 new dormer roof windows to the front elevation of the existing dwelling (dwelling granted permission under planning register reference 94/902); (c) The retention of an existing single storey domestic garage and shed with a floor area of 41.7 Sq.m and (d) All associated site development works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 22278

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  the proposed alterations and extensions to an existing detached single storey dwelling house. The proposed development consists of the following: demolition of chimney stacks, part demolition and reconfiguration of hipped roofs, single storey extensions to the ground floor; two storey side extension; modifications to existing cottage; realignment of driveway and yard area and all associated site works and services. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of proposed removal of existing septic tank and installation of a 7 person wastewater treatment unit and 25 square metres of a sand polishing filter unit with 25 square metres attenuation layer in accordance with EPA 2009 standards

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21135

• 3 Nov 2020Refused

  is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of up to 30 years for a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on a site area of 49.74 hectares within the site of the Dunmurry Springs Golf Club. The proposed development consists of solar photovoltaic panels covering an area of up to 92,024 m² on ground mounted steel frames; 1 no. 38 kV on-site substation/control room and palisade fencing; up to 10 no. inverter/transformer container units; underground cabling and ducts; boundary security fence; use of existing entrance to public road at Dunmurry Springs Golf Club; new and upgraded internal access tracks; upgrade of an existing maintenance access onto the public road; construction of a maintenance shed; CCTV cameras; 1 no. temporary site compound; landscaping and all ancillary site services and works within the townlands of

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201325

• 15 Nov 2018Conditional

  development to the rear of existing house and consist of a bedroom, bathroom, WC, kitchen/living area and lobby

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181377

• 2 Nov 2018Refused

  The development consist / consists of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm within a site area of 26 hectares consisting of solar photovoltaic panels covering an area of up to 185,000m2 on ground mounted steel frames, 1 no; on-site substation / control room and palisade fencing, up to 5 no. inverter / transformer stations, underground cables and ducts, boundary security fence, use of existing entrance to public road at Dunmurray Springs Golf Club, upgrade to parts of existing track from the public road to the proposed solar farm, new and upgraded internal tracks, CCTV cameras, two temporary site compounds and all associated site services and works located within townlands. Permission is sought for 10 years.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181328

• 24 Sept 2018N/a

  (1) Planning permission for construction of a one and a half storey extension to rear consisting of 3 bedrooms, internal alterations to existing dwelling to provide gamesroom, provision of 3 no. rooflights and additional window to south elevation, and (2) retention permission for existing stand alone bike/pedal car store, home gym and domestic store building including all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181164

• 29 Mar 2018N/a

  (1) Planning permission for construction of a one and a half storey extension to rear consisting of 3 bedrooms and minor internal alterations, provision of 3 No. rooflights and additional window to south elevation, and (2) Retention permission for existing stand alone playroom and home gym with domestic store building, including all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18346

• 23 Feb 2017Conditional

  Development consisting of: (a) The conversion of an existing garage with a floor area of 22.6 Sq.m to a sun room (with new windows to also be installed); (b) The construction of 2 new dormer roof windows to the front elevation of the existing dwelling (dwelling granted permission under planning register reference 94/902); (c) The retention of an existing single storey domestic garage and shed with a floor area of 41.7 Sq.m and (d) All associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17191

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 Dunmurry West.

Recorded monuments

• KD022-001001 Hillfort
  Description

  Outline of hillfort clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP AHL092) taken 26/06/1963. The upper portion of Dunmurry Hill (OD 769 feet) is girdled by a very poorly preserved, low, broad, grassed-over stoney bank (av. Wth 6m; int H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.5-1.4m), augmented and reused as a townland boundary wall with Guidenstown South from NNW-NE, and reduced to a low scarp (H0.6m) at SE. (At NE the former townland boundary wall indicated on the OS 6-inch mapping has been levelled.) A large oval area is enclosed (diams. c. 370m NW-SE; c. 200m NE-SW) and contains a small enclosure (KD022-001002-) on the summit of the hill, with a small mound or possible cairn just to its E (KD022-001003-) and two possible hut sites downslope to the SSE (KD022-001004- and KD022-001005-). A large telecommunications compound has been built in the NW sector and a service road overlies the older enclosing element along the SW. The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Oval fort situated surrounding the summit and SE facing slopes of Dunmurry Hill. The summit offers panoramic views in all directions. The univallate hillfort has a total site footprint of 6.3ha and comprises a poorly preserved, grass covered stoney bank up to 6m wide and 0.5m high, with no obvious ditch feature. A mound (probably prehistoric), two possible hut structures and a small enclosure are apparent within the interior of the hillfort. Interior under pasture with patches of scrub and gorse. There have been no archaeological investigations of this hillfort.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0672.html). See attached image courtesy of Cambridge University Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 6 February 2020

• KD022-001002 Enclosure
  Description

  On the summit of Dunmurry Hill (OD 796 feet) within a hillfort (KD022-001001-). A small poorly preserved, sub-circular area (int. diams. 6.3m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE; ext. diams. 27.7m NW-SE; 22.4m NE-SW) is defined by a low, broad, grassed-over stoney bank (Wth 7.8m at NE-13.4m at NW; int H 0.3-0.6m; ext H 0.9-1.5m). A concrete Trigonometrical Station erected on the bank at NW is used as a scratching post and is heavily poached around the base. The monument is hachured as a raised area/mound on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map, and it is possible that it is the remains of a partially robbed-out cairn. A second possible cairn (KD022-001003-) lies 8m to the NE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of revised upload: 12 December 2017

• KD022-001003 Mound
  Description

  Just off, to NE of, the summit of Dunmurry Hill (OD 769 feet) and 8m NE of a small enclosure (KD022-001002-), both of which are contained in a hillfort (KD022-001001-). A low (H 1.3m at S-1.9m at N), circular (base diam. 26.4m; surface diam. 8m), grassed over, stoney mound, possibly the remains of a cairn. Two possible hut sites (KD022-001004- and KD022-001005-) lie c. 30m downslope to the SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of revised upload: 12 December 2017

• KD022-001004 Hut site
  Description

  On the upper, SE-facing slope of Dunmurry Hill (OD 769 feet) some 30m SSE of a mound (KD022-001003-) and 10m NNW of a second possible hut site (KD022-001005-), all contained in a hillfort (KD022-001001-). A shallow, circular depression (diam. 7m; D 0.3m) is defined by a low scarp along the E and W, by a low bedrock face (H 0.4m) along the N, and by a gentle counter-scarp along the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of revised upload: 12 December 2017

• KD022-001005 Hut site
  Description

  On the upper, SE-facing slope of Dunmurry Hill (OD 769 feet) some 40m SSE of a mound (KD022-001003-) and 10m SSE of a second possible hut site (KD022-001004-), all contained in a hillfort (KD022-001001-). A shallow, circular depression (diam. 5m; D 0.4m) is defined by a low scarp along the E and W, by the rising hillslope along the N, and by a gentle counter-scarp along the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of revised upload: 12 December 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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

The EPA radon map did not answer.

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dunmurry West.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Dunmurry West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Dunmurry West

Area

2,012,423 m² (201.24 ha, 497.28 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmurry, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly East

Electoral division

Dunmurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

504 people lived in 155 households in the Dunmurry electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackmillershill, Cloghgarrett Glebe, Dunmurry East, Guidenstown South, Kilmoney South, Rahilla Commons, Rahilla Glebe

Placenames

Dunmurry West 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.