Fonthill

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fonthill, from 28 m² to 34,064 m² (3.41 ha, 8.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3HA-LV (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2RES (Existing residential)
  South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 19 Nov 2024Application declared inva

  NOT IN DCC ELECTORAL AREA. SHOULD BE FINGAL CO. CO. PERMISSION alterations to previously approved planning application No. FW21A/0023. The alterations consist of increasing the width of the house by 600mm along with associated site works

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2538/24

• 31 Jan 2024Grant permission

  Single storey extension to the existing Hermitage Medical Clinic to provide a Day of Surgery Admission Unit (c.197sq.m) located within the existing central courtyard including the provision of an AHU Plant Enclosure (c.46sq.m) at first floor level and all associated site development works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0018

• 21 Dec 2023Part 8 approved by council

  The proposed for construction of a Brine Saturation Facility at the existing SDCC Salt Depot site located on the Lucan Road Old, Dublin 20 The proposals consist of a raised concrete plinth to contain the following equipment; • Rainwater harvesting tank with back up mains feed • Brine storage tank • Salt Silo • Brine Saturator (width:3m, depth: 3m, height: 2.5m) • Adjoining cesspool to store any brine run-off.

  Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD238/0008

• 20 Dec 2023Grant permission

  The removal of the existing cabin (granted temporary permission under Ref: SD21A/0270) and will seek temporary permission (5 years) for a newly proposed single storey cabin measuring c.137.3sqm. The proposed cabin will provide additional executive office space for the hospital operations. All associated site development works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0220

• 22 Aug 2022Part 8 approved by council

  Proposed Development of Additional Salt Barn, New Mechanical Service Depot and 2 No New Diesel Pumps with Associated Underground Fuel Storage Tanks at the Existing Palmerstown Depot, Adjoining The Deadman's Inn, Old Lucan Road, Dublin 20. The works comprise of: - Construction of an additional Salt Barn - New Mechanical Services Depot for servicing of SDCC vehicles and plant consisting of new vehicle maintenance workshop and ancillary support services including offices, canteen, storage and sanitary facilities. - 2no. new diesel pumps with associated underground fuel storage tanks. - Modifications to existing Salt Barn site entrance. New site entrance and exit with security hut and entrance gates - New Wastewater Treatment System and percolation area to EPA guidelines - General site works, including new access and circulation driveways, vehicle parking bays, hard and soft landscaping, granite clad blockwork boundary walls to match existing and metal railings.

  Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD228/0005

• 28 Jul 2022Grant permission

  The erection of a temporary golf gym pavilion and all associated site works (structure is located within curtilage of a Protected Structure RPS 002).

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0056

• 25 Mar 2022Grant permission

  New enclosure to existing fire escape stairs and new exit to existing two storey childcare facility.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0083

• 8 Dec 2021Refuse permission

  Replace an existing 15m telecommunications structure with a new 21m monopole structure carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within an extended 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound; associated ground equipment cabinets; associated site works; the proposed development is within the curtilage of a protected structure, no works proposed will directly affect this structure.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0331

• 20 Oct 2021Invalid application

  Erection of a temporary golf gym pavilion and all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0286

• 29 Sept 2021Grant permission & grant retention

  Temporary permission (5 years) for retention of 1 existing single storey cabin measuring 38.7sq.m; temporary permission (5 years) for a new cabin measuring 125.5sq.m. (total area of existing and newly proposed cabin will be 164.2sq.m). They are needed for I.T and Admin support space for hospital operations; and all associated site development works.

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0270

• 29 Sept 2021Grant permission

  Construction of a general storeroom (single storey) measuring 91.4sq.m; overhead canopy connecting the proposed store to main hospital building; all associated site works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0269

• 23 May 2018Grant permission for retention

  Retention permission for the installation of Klargester Biodisc treatment plant plus change of use of store to daycare rooms at first floor of existing two storey childcare facility.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0182

• 18 May 2018Grant extension of duration of permission

  Development consisting of 2 phases (1A and 1B): Phase 1A comprises the construction of (i) a retail anchor of c. 7935sq.m. gross floor area (c. 3500sq.m. convenience net sales area and c.1728sq.m. comparison net sales area) including a licensed alcohol sales area, ancillary offices, staff facilities, bulk store and cage marshalling area at first floor level; (ii) a cafe (235sq.m.) and retail services unit (180sq.m.) on the first floor level; (iii) circulation space to include an atrium at ground and first floor levels; (iv) signage; (v) service yard at first floor level; (vi) 551 car parking spaces to be provided at grade, part under first floor retail; (vii) CHP plant, ESB substation and all ancillary landscaping, site works and services; (viii) road upgrades to the following junctions - (1) St. Lomans Road-Fonthill-Bothar an Life/Shancastle Avenue roundabout junction, (2) Fonthill Road/Coldcut Road junction, (3) Bothar an Life/Ascaill an Life roundabout junctions (west and south), (4) N4/Fonthill Road off-ramp junction. Phase 1B comprises 5 ground floor retail services units (c.1041sq.m. total gross) and an additional 36 car parking spaces at grade (to bring the total to 587 spcaes) to be provided on completion of the east-west boulevard all on c.2.39ha site located to the southeast of the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and north of the B & Q Unit off the Coldcut Road. (An Environmental Impact Statement wass submitted with the application).

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD12A/0014/EP

• 22 Feb 2018Refuse permission

  2 storey extension over an existing 3 storey accommodation block totalling 2,700sq.m containing 62 in patient bed spaces and ancillary hospital facilities (nurses' stations, storage areas etc.) existing roof lantern, stainless steel mast and plant items will be relocated from present roof to new raised roof; an increase in the height (by 1.4m) of the screening panels around the chiller compound on the roof of the lower ground floor; all associated site development works. The new parapet height of the accommodation block will increase from +58.3m to +65.265m.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0252

• 22 Feb 2018Grant permission

  4 storey multi car park with 8 car parking levels, accommodating 487 car parking spaces in a building with an area of 13,667sq.m and a height of ca.11.2m at it’s highest point; all associated site development and landscaping works including alterations to the existing internal road network. The multi-storey car park will be located south east of the existing hospital building.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0251

• 24 Jan 2018Refuse permission for retention

  Change of use of store to daycare rooms at first floor of existing two storey childcare facility.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD17A/0329

• 3 May 2016Grant extension of duration of permission

  Single storey paediatric clinic 5.5 metres high accommodating 18 consulting suites and associated ancillary accommodation, measuring 1104sq.m; the reorganisation of an existing car park currently accommodating 56 spaces and its extension to provide an additional 50 spaces (106 in total); 18 bicycle spaces; an electricity sub-station internalised in a plant room within the building; a pedestrian connection to the existing clinic; all associated site development and landscape works, including the incorporation of excess spoil material within the landscaped grounds of the Hermitage Clinic. Access is provided via the existing internal road network at the Hermitage Clinic.

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD11A/0142/EP

• 10 Feb 2016Grant permission for retention

  Retain existing 15m slim line shrouded monopole (previously granted planning under reference SD10A/0265 which was a temporary permission for a period of 5 years which has expired) containing 3 antennae, 1 dish, associated equipment ground based cabinets and fencing. The proposed development is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure. No works proposed will directly affect this structure.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0034

• 2 Jun 2015Grant permission

  5 year permission for single storey portacabin of 162sq.m on the western area of the roof of the building, providing overflow office accomodation; all associated site development works.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD15A/0149

• 9 May 2014Declared not exempt

  Erection of external pallet store - 24sq.m.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED14/0016

• 25 Jul 2013Declared exempt

  The widening of part of an existing campus road and the relocation of a footpath for access purposes for County Council maintenance vehicles.

  Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED13/0030

• 19 Oct 2012Grant extension of duration of permission

  One-storey extension to existing three-storey accommodation wing of hospital and 77 no. additional car-parking spaces on lands (site area 9.45 hectares) at Hermitage Medical Clinic: extension to provide in-patient accommodation for 31 persons on second floor level (over existing lower-ground, ground and first floor levels) to include 9 no. single bedrooms, 5 no. 2 person bedrooms, 3 no. 4 person bedrooms and ancillary accommodation, height of existing accommodation wing to extend by 3.45 metres with existing parapet height increasing from +58.30 to +61.75; existing roof lantern, stainless steel mast and plant items to be relocated from present roof to new raised roof.

  Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD07A/0542/EP

• 8 May 2012Grant permission & grant retention

  Retention of existing 10m high, free standing unipole carrying antennas in an enclosed shroud together with ground based equipment cabin. Permission is sought to install a .3m dish upon the unipole. The application site lies within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (RPS036 - a former tram shed and power station as listed in the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2010-2016).

  Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD12A/0081

• 26 Mar 2012Grant permission for retention

  Retention of the existing 10m high, free standing unipole carrying antennas in an enclosed shroud together with ground based equipment cabin. The application site lies within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (RPS 036) a former tram shed and power station as listed in the South Dublin County Council Development Plan 2010 - 2016.

  Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD12A/0053

• 26 Jan 2012Grant permission

  Development consisting of 2 phases (1A and 1B): Phase 1A comprises the construction of (i) a retail anchor of c. 7935sq.m. gross floor area (c. 3500sq.m. convenience net sales area and c.1728sq.m. comparison net sales area) including a licensed alcohol sales area, ancillary offices, staff facilities, bulk store and cage marshalling area at first floor level; (ii) a cafe (235sq.m.) and retail services unit (180sq.m.) on the first floor level; (iii) circulation space to include an atrium at ground and first floor levels; (iv) signage; (v) service yard at first floor level; (vi) 551no. car parking spaces to be provided at grade, part under first floor retail; (vii) CHP plant, ESB substation and all ancillary landscaping, site works and services; (viii) road upgrades to the following junctions - (1) St. Lomans Road-Fonthill-Bothar an Life/Shancastle Avenue roundabout junction, (2) Fonthill Road/Coldcut Road junction, (3) Bothar an Life/Ascaill an Life roundabout junctions (west and south), (4) N4/Fonthill Road off-ramp junction. Phase 1B comprises 5 no. ground floor retail services units (c.1041sq.m. total gross) and an additional 36no. car parking spaces at grade (to bring the total to 587no. spcaes) to be provided on completion of the east-west boulevard all on c.2.39ha site located to the southeast of the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and north of the B & Q Unit off the Coldcut Road. An Environmental Impact Statement is submitted with this application.

  Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD12A/0014

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

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Liffey Valley 000128

Recorded monuments

• DU017-081 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Monitoring of a Bord Gaís pipeline revealed a spread of burnt stone and charcoal (L4.2m, Wth 5.4m, D 0.25m) along the bank of the Liffey in 2000. No subsurface trough was found suggesting that an above ground trough was in use (O'Neill 2002, 101). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Sureweld, factory, 1880–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay double-height former factory, c.1895, now in use as a store building. Yellow brick walls with red brick semi-circular arches and impost course. Replacement metal and timber windows. Large door openings inserted to three sides. Entirely clad and roofed with green-painted corrugated iron, c.1950, with brick chimney stack and monitor section to roof. Simple mid twentieth-century storage building to immediate north also clad in corrugated iron.

• Mill race, 1830–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-stage weir and extensive mill race, c.1850, with associated sluices and culverts. Ruined remains of mill buildings and culverts to south.

• Fonthill House, country house, 1850–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey over basement former house, c. 1870, now in use as an office. Red brick walls with granite quoins and string courses, coursed limestone rubble walls to north. Granite surrounds with keystones to window openings housing timber sash windows. Hipped slate roof with timber bracketed eaves and red brick chimney stacks. Limestone rubble yard wall to west and north-west with segmental carriage arch. Cobbled lower yard to west. Granite gate piers to estate road entrance.

• Fonthill House stables, stables, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey former stables, c. 1870. Limestone rubble walls with replacement metal windows and replacement timber doors. Granite dressings with brick relieving arches to openings. Cast-iron ventilation grills and ventilation slits with brick dressings to north wall. Segmental carriage arch in west wall. Pitched and hipped slate roof.

• Fonthill House Coach House, outbuilding, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former coach house, c. 1870, in use as an outbuilding. Red brick walls facing house and entrance with granite quoins, platband and surrounds to window openings containing timber sash and casement windows. Limestone rubble wall to yard with pair of segmental carriage arches having granite surrounds. Various openings altered. Hipped slate roof with bracketed eaves and brick chimney stacks.

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 Fonthill, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3085 (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 Fonthill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Fonthill · Cnoc an Fhuaráin

Area

399,167 m² (39.92 ha, 98.64 acres)

Civil parish

Palmerston, and its townlands

Barony

Uppercross

Electoral division

Palmerston West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

7,323 people lived in 2,230 households in the Palmerston West electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 6% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Astagob, Astagob, Hermitage, Irishtown, Palmerston Upper, Quarryvale, Yellow Walls

Placenames

Fonthill 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.