Mountpelier

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountpelier, from 52 m² to 690,519 m² (69.05 ha, 170.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 62 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3HA-DM (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 76 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU (Agriculture)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 30 Sept 2026Valid

  Development consisting of (i) construct two storey extension to rear of existing family home (ii) fit new replacement wastewater treatment system on site together with all ancillary siteworks.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26B/0435W

• 22 Apr 2024Grant extension of duration of permission

  Importation and spreading inert materials (clay/stone and soils) over lands 8.210 ha for the purposes of land recovery for agricultural activity; all ancillary works to include completion of all conditions attached to previous planning applications Reg Ref: SD11A/0024 and SD13A/0252; access to proposed development shall be from existing entrance from Montpelier Road to applicants family home.

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0276/EP

• 17 Apr 2023Grant permission

  Permission sought by Peter Lawlor to build two story extension to rear of existing dwelling providing additional bedrooms and living accommodation. Overall height of existing dwelling 7.300 meters. Overall height of proposed extension 6.150 meters. Area of existing dwelling 280.8 sqm. area of proposed extension 211.5 sqm. Total area 491.3 sqm together with required ancillary work.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22B/0403

• 21 Nov 2022Grant permission

  Changes to previously granted permission PR/0456/22; Minor elevation changes to proposed extension and entrance porch to existing house, change in flat roof finish to the proposed extension, external wall insulation to the existing house and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22B/0507

• 11 Oct 2021Grant permission for retention

  Planning permission was granted on the site under SD19B/0486 & ABP-307604-20 for a two storey dormer extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage; new front porch; replace roof of existing cottage and associated works. Retention permission now sought for the repositioning and changes to the permitted two storey dormer extension to the side/rear together with a new single storey extension to the rear; 1 additional dormer window to the front roof; new front porch; internal changes and external changes to permitted windows and doors to elevation; Total floor area of the extension is 174sq.m.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD21B/0523

• 7 Apr 2021Grant permission

  Complete extension granted under Ref. SD06B/0567 and SD06B/0567/EP to extend existing private dwelling; proposed extension (119.6sq.m) & existing dwelling (104.2sq.m); install proprietary treatment system.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21B/0194

• 7 Oct 2020Grant permission & refuse permission

  Removal of existing roof & chimney to existing house; construction of new dormer roof with accommodation at first floor level; construction of new extension to south (rear) of house & alterations to doors, windows and finishes on existing house; construction of new detached garage to accommodate 2 car garage and live/work office space; replacement of existing septic tank with new wastewater treatment system and all associate works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20B/0379

• 14 Apr 2020Refuse permission

  Demolish the existing extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage and replace with a two storey dormer extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage with a slate roof to match the existing cottage; new front porch; remove existing decayed slate roof to the existing cottage and replace with a new slated roof to match original; internal alterations; external finishes to match existing and associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19B/0486

• 26 Mar 2020Grant permission

  Importation and spreading inert materials (clay/stone and soils) over lands 8.210 ha for the purposes of land recovery for agricultural activity; all ancillary works to include completion of all conditions attached to previous planning applications Reg Ref: SD11A/0024 and SD13A/0252; access to proposed development shall be from existing entrance from Montpelier Road to applicants family home.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0276

• 25 Mar 2020Grant permission & refuse permission

  Construction of a new single storey extension to the side and rear elevation; new roof light construction to the rear elevation and new flat roof construction to the side elevation; construction of a new detached domestic garage and all associated site ancillary works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20B/0107

• 28 Jan 2020Refuse permission

  Construct a firing range to include 10 firing shelters and landscaping; conversion of existing agricultural building to a commercial building to facilitate the proposed development; demolition of portion of agricultural building; provision of 12 car parking spaces; provision of a soakaway to service the proposed development and existing farmhouse; provision of an effluent disposal system to comply with current EPA guidelines to service the proposed development and existing farmhouse and associated works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0020

• 1 Oct 2019Grant permission for retention

  Retention for change of use of the site from religious instruction and the recreational activities of a religious body to the use of Orlagh House (Protected Structure ref. 374) as a wedding venue and corporate event space/destination with ancillary accommodation facilities.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0059

• 31 Jul 2017Grant approval

  South Dublin County Council intends to lodge an application with An Bord Pleanála under section 175(3) of the Planning & Development Act 2000 (as amended) for the approval of the “Dublin Mountains Visitor Centre” Development. The site of the proposed development is Coillte's Hell Fire and Massy's Wood forest properties (totalling c.152 ha) in the townlands of Mountpelier, Killakee and Jamestown in South Dublin. Development is also proposed along stretches of the R115 and R113 regional roads connecting the site to the urban areas of Woodtown and Ballycullen to the north. Development is also proposed along stretches of the R115 and R113 regional roads connecting the site to the urban areas of Woodtown and Ballycullen to the north. The proposed development includes (a) the conversion of 26 ha of Coillte’s Hell Fire forest property from productive conifer forest to mixed deciduous woodland for use primarily as amenity open space; (b) modifications, including new sections of trail, and upgrade of the existing network of walking and equestrian trails throughout the Hell Fire and Massy’s Wood forest properties; (c) construction of a ‘tree canopy walk’/pedestrian bridge over the R115 to link the trail networks of the two properties, with a ‘bridge house’ at the Hell Fire end of the bridge; (d) conservation works to the Hell Fire Club building (South Dublin Record of Protected Structures ref. 388) and the architectural heritage of the Massy’s Wood property including the walled garden (part of South Dublin Record of Protected Structures ref. 384); (e) installation of heritage interpretation signage along the network of trails; (f) construction of a new parking area for 275 no. cars (including 14 no. disabled spaces) and five coach spaces to replace the existing parking area on the Hell Fire forest property; (g) construction of a visitor centre comprising two buildings (one single storey and one two-storey) side-by-side at an elevation of c. 300m on the Hell Fire forest property, with a combined gross floor area of 980 sqm, accommodating the following uses/spaces: audio-visual/exhibition facility (101 sqm), education room (55 sqm), café with seating area (175 sqm), servery (36 sqm) and kitchen (60 sqm), ‘Ramblers’ Lounge’ (43 sqm), retail (45 sqm), kiosk (27 sqm), toilets (66 sqm), facility management offices (55 sqm), and associated reception, circulation, plant and storage spaces; (h) construction of a stand-alone electricity substation (23 sqm); (i) installation of a new watermain line and sewage pipe under the R115 from the Hell Fire property to the existing watermain and public sewer network; (j) construction of a network of swales and ponds for attenuation of surface run-off, and a culvert beneath the R115 to channel overflow of surface water into the Glendoo Brook; (k) modifications to the existing entrance to the Hell Fire forest property; (l) installation of new fences along sections of the Hell Fire property boundary; (m) all ancillary works and landscaping on the Hell Fire and Massy’s Wood properties. It is proposed to make modifications to the stretches of the R115 and R113 roads connecting the site to the urban area to the north, including the provision of a footpath (minimum 1.5m width) and an advisory cycle lane (1.5m width), and the retention of a carriageway of sufficient width for two-way traffic except at one location where a single lane traffic shuttle is proposed. The proposed modifications to the roads do not require encroachment into adjoining private lands, but do require localised widening of the R115 by 1.2m into the Massy’s Wood property for a stretch of c.100m. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application and the EIAR may be inspected free of charge during office hours, or purchased at the offices of South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, and An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, until 25 September 2017

  Application under part 10 · South Dublin County Council, SD17X/0001

• 24 Oct 2016Grant permission

  40sq.m domestic garage to the rear of existing house to fit 2 cars and some storage area.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD16B/0349

• 20 Oct 2016Grant permission

  Importation and spreading of inert material (clay and soils etc.) over lands 7.566ha for the purposes of land recovery for agricultural activity with all ancillary works. Access to the proposed development shall be from existing entrance on Montpelier Road to applicant's family home which shall be rearranged to accommodate proposed development.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0069

• 9 Apr 2014Grant permission

  New single storey porch extension to side of existing dwelling.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14B/0097

• 2 Apr 2014Grant permission for retention

  Retention and completion of Farm Building A, built pre-2005, area 292sq.m. to accommodate cattle and sheep with storage area for animal feed; Farm Building B, built pre-2005, area 36.3sq.m. to accommdate storage of hay; Farm Building C, area 155.7sq.m. to accommodate 10 stables, tack room and animal feed store; outdoor riding arena No. 1, built pre-2005 for private use; access road to family farm and farm buildings with shared entrance to public road as per Reg. Ref. SD11A/0024 and all ancillary works.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD13A/0252

• 25 Feb 2014Grant permission

  New single storey extension and new chimney stack to the side of the existing detached bungalow with a tiled roof to match the existing and to remove the existing lead roofs over the existing front bay windows and replace with a new tiled roof to cover the existing bay windows.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14B/0045

• 19 Mar 2013Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention for new rear extension with new loft room at first floor over same to rear of existing cottage dwelling and full planning permission for insertion of windows and external doors to entire structure and completion of renovation works internally and for placement of new sewerage treatment system and percolation area on site and for relocating and alteration of existing entrance to form new vehicular access from public road to site.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD12B/0303

• 1 Oct 2012Refuse ext. of duration of permission

  Agricultural shed to accomodate livestock (cattle) with ajoining manure pit - pit size 204sq.m.; all ancillary works; entrance shall be from existing entrance granted SD02A/0680.

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0009/EP

• 23 Aug 2012Grant permission for retention

  Retention of alterations to previously approved scheme (SD02B/0285): the unauthorised development includes a sunroom extension to the front corner of the previously approved scheme; repositioning of the front door and porch window; construction of a timber deck and construction of a single car garage. All works carried out in c.2002.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD12B/0214

• 9 Aug 2012Declared not exempt

  Bringing in topsoil to reclaim land and improve hill grazing for cattle

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED12/0031

• 24 Nov 2011Cannot determine

  (1) Retention of change of use of lands from agricultural to a commercial riding school; (2) three stable buildings; (3) two riding arenas; (4) office building with changing area and septic tank with pump system; (5) storage building; (6) access road with shared entrance to public road and all ancillary works; (7) six car parking spaces and one horse box space to accommodate proposed development; (8) This application includes a Natura Impact Statement.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD11A/0279

• 25 Oct 2011Grant extension of duration of permission

  To extend existing private dwelling (size of proposed extension 119.6 sq.m., size of existing dwelling 104.2 sq.m., total 223.8 sq.m.) and install proprietary treatment system.

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD06B/0567/EP

• 14 Jun 2011Grant permission & grant retention

  Build private domestic garage to rear of existing private dwelling; also (1) retention permission of alterations to permission granted under Planning Reg. Ref. SD06A/0056; (2) (a) relocation of waste water treatment system; (b) reduction in height of roadside boundary wall to accommodate required site lines; excavation of entrance driveway to accommodate gradient of access not exceeding 2.5% over last 6 metre of approach to public road; (c) retention and completion of works to front boundary and entrance; (d) retention of relocation of dwelling and alterations to driveway including provision of parking hard standing area around dwelling.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD11A/0024

The 25 most recent of 68 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Wicklow Mountains SAC 002122

Recorded monuments

• DU025-001001 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This passage tomb and its adjacent companion (DU025-001002-) are located on the crest of Montpellier Hill, just SE of a ruinous hunting lodge called the Hell Fire Club (DU025-001003-). The monument enjoys panoramic views N and E with those to the S and W somewhat restricted by forestry. These passage tombs are part of a cluster of passage tombs situated largely along the N and W perimeter slopes of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. The monument appears as a hollowed-out mound (dims. 18.8 N-S; 26m E-W; H 1.5m) enclosed by a shallow ditch with an external counterscarp bank running from E-W. It may have been re-configured into a ring-barrow at some time in prehistory. That portion of the monument at the NE adjacent to the Hell Fire Club is clearly robbed-out and in this quadrant the mound is flattened. There were kerbstones, not apparent today, visible along the perimeter in the SE which were recorded first from the diaries of Austin Cooper, an 18th century antiquarian who visited the monument in 1779 (Herity 1974, 257; Price 1942, 66 Healy 1975, 1-19). Cooper writes “"On The Top of the Hill of Montpelier stands a house built by the late Mr. Connolly, it is all arched and is now entirely out of Repair. Upon the Top of this Hill formerly stood a Kaim, which was removed to make room for the house... behind the house are still the Remains of the Kaim, the Limits of it, were composed of large Stones set Edgeways, which made a sort of a Wall or Boundary of abt. 18 Inches high & withinside those, were the small stones heaped up. It is 34 yards Diameter or 102 in Circumfe. In the very Centre, is a large Stone 9 feet long, 6 feet broad & abt. 3 feet thick, not raised upon large Stones but lying low, with the Stones cleared away from about it. There are several other large Stones lying upon the Heap. About 60 yards S.W. of this Stands a single Stone, of abt. 5 feet high, but whether. it is a part of this Druidical Remains, or only put up there for the Cattle to scratch themselves (the Use it is now made of) I shall not positively say" (Price, 1942). In 2016 a research excavation (16E0497) funded by Dublin South County Council took place with the purpose of assessing whether any archaeological features were present and what the nature of those deposits were. (Jackman 2016, 1-33). Two trenches were excavated ; Trench 1 15m x 2m orientated N-S running from the centre of the monument towards the external edge and Trench 2 10m x 2m orientated E-W across the centre of the northern quadrant in the most disturbed part of the monument. Original cairn material was identified relating to the tomb construction by excavation. The enclosing fosse which follows the edge of the monument was identified as a late robber trench probably associated with the quarrying of kerbstones as building material for the construction of the nearby Old Military Road at the beginning of the 19th century. Within layers of disturbed deposits were some significant finds including a polished stone axehead and a decorated stone. Further analysis will determine whether this stone belongs with the corpus of megalithic art. Compiled by: Margaret Keane Revised upload on: 7 July 2018

• DU025-001002 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This passage tomb and its adjacent companion (DU025-001001-) are located on the crest of Montpellier Hill, just SE of a ruinous hunting lodge called the Hell Fire Club (DU025-001003-). The monument enjoys panoramic views N and E with those to the S and W somewhat restricted by forestry. These passage tombs are part of a cluster of passage tombs situated largely along the N and W perimeter slopes of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. All that survives of this monument are traces of a denuded cairn topped with a trigonometric station (diam. 18m) (Herity 1974, 257; Price 1942, 66 Healy 1875, 1-19). Compiled by: Margaret Keane and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 7 July 2018

• DU025-001003 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated on the crest of Montpellier Hill the house enjoys panoramic views N and E with those to the S and W somewhat restricted by forestry. The building popularly known as the 'Hell fire Club' was built by the Right Hon. William Connolly, speaker of the Irish House of Commonsc.1729. It was situated in the centre of an extensive deerpark. A detached five-bay single-storey-over-basement former hunting lodge on hill summit, built c.1740, burnt soon after, with vaulted stone roof repair, now derelict. Projecting porch / gallery with arched window to front, between plain openings in main elevation. Two wings with small rooms and sloping stone roofs, and projecting shelter walls. Projecting wing to rear with small semi-circular window. Internal rooms with fireplaces, arched doorways and niches, and connecting gallery. Healy noted that the house consisted of two large rooms and a hall on the upper floor. There was a small loft over the parlour and hall. There was a small loft over the parlour and hall. On the ground level was the kitchen, servants' quarters and stairs to the upper rooms. The hall door was reached by a flight of stone steps (Healy 2004, 162-3). Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 7 July 2018

• DU025-020001 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the W facing slope of Mountpeliar. An aerial photograph taken in 1963 (CUCAP, AIG 75) shows traces of a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a low earthen bank with a field boundary cut across the eastern half of the site. It has since been planted with trees leaving no visible trace above ground (Healy 1961, 124). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

• DU025-020002 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the S slopes of Mountpelier. Named 'fort' on the 1843 OS 6-inch map and shown on the 1937 ed. as a subcircular enclosure (est. diam. c. 26m). The site has been planted with trees and incorporated into Killakee Woods (Healy 1961, 124). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

• DU025-057001 Cist
  Description

  Situated on a N facing slope with extensive views to the E, N and W. In 1978 two burials were found during removal of topsoil from a quarry (Kelly 1987-8, 73). One was a crouched inhumation accompanied by a Food Vessel and contained within a trapezoidal cist. A sample of the bone produced a date of 3765+-BP which placed it in the early Bronze age (Kelly 1998, 113-116). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

• DU025-057002 Pit-burial
  Description

  Situated on a N facing slope with extensive view to the E, N and W. A pit burial containing a cinerary urn inverted over a cremation (NMI 1978:342-345). In 1978 two burials were found during removal of topsoil from a quarry (Kelly 1987-8, 73), the second burial came from a cist (DU025-057001-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single storey farm house, c.1835. Smooth rendered walls. uPVC casement windows. uPVC door in simple projecting porch. Pitched pantile roof with three rendered chimney stacks. Various single-storey extensions and outbuildings to east and west, including detached corrugated iron shed.

• Farmyard complex, 1825–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard with detached five-bay single-storey former farm house, c.1835. Roughcast rendered walls with iron casement windows. Projecting porch with glazed timber door. Pitched slate roof with three brick chimney stacks. Several single-storey rubble stone barns with pitched slate roofs surround the house.

• Hell Fire Club, hunting/fishing lodge, 1730–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey-over-basement former hunting lodge on hill summit, built c.1740, burnt soon after, with vaulted stone roof repair, now derelict. Projecting porch / gallery with arched window to front, between plain openings in main elevation. Two wings with small rooms and sloping stone roofs, and projecting shelter walls. Projecting wing to rear with small semi-circular window. Internal rooms with fireplaces, arched doorways and niches, and connecting gallery. Robbed megalithic tomb and triangulation survey pillar nearby.

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

At the centre of the townland of Mountpelier, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3155 (ZIP).

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 Mountpelier with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Mountpelier · Mountpelier

Area

3,703,472 m² (370.35 ha, 915.15 acres)

Civil parish

Tallaght, and its townlands

Barony

Uppercross

Electoral division

Bohernabreena, the unit of the census

Census 2022

5,672 people lived in 1,740 households in the Bohernabreena electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bohernabreena, Friarstown Lower, Friarstown Upper, Glassamucky, Glassamucky Brakes, Glassamucky Mountain, Killakee, Oldcourt, Orlagh, Piperstown, Woodtown

Placenames

Mountpelier 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.