Monalin
Townland in the civil parish of Upper Newcastle, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Móin an Lín
Parcel 5653343
- Area
- 209 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 69 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan) The objective
- Townland
- Monalin
Planning applications on this parcel
5 Mar 2025Conditional
amendments to the permitted development WCC Reg Ref. 24/154 as follows: • Changes to 10 residential units, house types 8G and 8G1, numbers 11 to 20, Oakmount Avenue, Oakmount, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow. Remaining residential units granted under WCC Reg Ref. 24/154 in this estate are not subject to amendments under this application. • The amendments consist of the change of house type from a 3-bedroom semi-detached house to a 4-bedroom semi- detached house, including changes to fenestration, balconies, building shape, external finishes, internal layouts, rear gardens and stepped access to private amenity space for the residential units. • All associated site development works to include services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of substation, landscaping, open space and boundary treatment works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560142
28 Mar 2024Conditional
a 5-year permission for a LRD comprising amendments to the previously permitted application (WCC Reg Ref 06/6101/ ABP Reg. Ref. PL27.227704 extended by WCC Reg. Ref. 18/381). The proposed development comprises: (a) An increase of 6 no. residential units to the overall number of residential units permitted under (WCC Reg. Ref. 06/6101 / ABP Reg, Ref. PL27.227704 extended by WCC reg. Ref. 18/381 and further amendment application WCC Reg. Ref. 17/1735, WCC Reg. Ref. 17/740 and WCC Reg. Ref. 22/556) now providing a total of 751 residential units. (b) Amending Estate 4 from previously permitted 85 no. houses, and creche to provide 87 no. dwellings. (c) Amending Estate 6 from previously permitted 83 no. apartments, 5 commercial units and 3 community units to 48 no. dwellings. (d) Amending Estate 8 from previously permitted 36 no. houses to 75 no. dwellings. (e) Re-location of the childcare facility previously permitted in Estate 4 to the Community and Educational zoned lands, and the re-design of same from previously permitted c. 249.03sqm to c. 655sqm. (f) Re-location of 3 no. community rooms (totalling c. 400sqm) previously permitted in Estate 6 and the provision of 1 no. two-storey community facility (c. 400 sqm) on the Community and Educational zoned land. (g) The total provision of 514 no. car parking spaces to include 24 no. EV spaces and 145 no. bicycle parking spaces. (h) Minor amendments to internal residential access roads and cyclist/pedestrian paths within the amended Estates 4,6 and 8. (i) Minor amendments to the previously permitted open space to now provide c. 9,218 sqm Public Open Space & c. 1,226 sqm Communal Open Space. (j) All associated site development works to include services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of 3 no. substations, bin stores, bicycle stores, car parking, public lighting, landscaping, open space and boundary treatment works.
Permission, 210 homes · Wicklow County Council, 24154
12 Apr 2018Conditional
extend the appropriate period of a permission - 06/6101 - demolition of all structures on site incl. habitable house; a habitable house to the west of Season Park; a derelict house to south-west of Season Park estate and a derelict shed. The construction of 861 no. residential units comprising: 608 no. houses comprising: 38 no. 5 bed dormer units, 35 no. 4 bed detached units, 140 no. 4 bed semi-detached/end terrace units, 115 no. 3 bed detached/semi detached/end terrace units, 216 no. 3 bed terrace units, 64 no. 2 bed terrace units: 253 no. apartments in 17 no. blocks ranging in height from 3 to 4 storeys comprising overall: 20 no. 1 bed apartments, 195 no. 2 bed apartments, 38 no. 3 bed apartments, (all apartments provided with balconies and/or terraces. Provision of neighbourhood centre facilities at ground floor of Block 4 and 5 in Estate 6 comprising: 5 no. retail units, 2 no. units, 3 no. community use units, 1 no. unit; provision of 4 no. crèches (1 no. crèche each located in Estates 1,2,3 and 4), provision of a total of c.1,608 no. car parking spaces (1,328 no. at ground level and 280 no. at underground level under Blocks 1,2 and 3 in Estate 6, and under podium level in Estate 2). Construction of the following roads: western distributor road from L1037 to R765 at Moneycarroll, connector road from proposed Western Distributor Road to upgraded signalised junction with R772 at Fisher's junction, from proposed western distributor road to R765 south of estate 6 and lands zoned EC1 from connector road south of estate 6 to St. Josephs School access rom, from western distributor road at Moneycarroll west to R765 Roundwood road. A vehicular access will be maintained at entrance of Monalin House north of estate 6. Construction of central landscaped greenway along the river valley, c 8.0 ha. construction of water storage facility, all ancillary site development, landscaping, road and boundary treatment works, including provision for road embankment for section of proposed western distributor road across the river valley, attenuation lake, profiling of section of land (c0.83 ha) norther west of Fisher's junction, and necessary road improvements of sections of R765 from Moneycarroll to junction with the access road to St. Josephs School
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 18381
21 Jun 2017Conditional
construction of 45 new residential units broken down as follows: 8 no house type A - 2 storey terraced blocks comprising of 4 no 3 bedroom units each, 12 no house type B - 2 storey terraced blocks comprising of 4 no 3 bedroom units each, 4 no house type C - 2 storey terraced blocks comprising of 4 no 2 bedroom units each, 8 no house type D - 3 storey semi detached 4 bedroom dwellings, 10 no house type E - 2 storey semi detached 3 bedroom dwellings, 3 no house type F - 2 storey detached 4 bedroom dwellings, provision of entrance to this development via Estate 2 known as Barley Field. The above refers to previously granted Planning Permission Pl Ref 06/6101 (Pl27.227704) all the above together with all ancillary site works necessary to complete the development
Permission, 45 homes · Wicklow County Council, 17740
7 Jun 2017N/a
alterations to previously granted Planning Permission Reg Ref 06/6101 (Pl27.227704) to include the following: redesign of section of estate 2 (known as Barley Field) to omit 114 apartment units as granted under Planning Ref 06/6101 (Pl27.227704), provision of 45 no units broken down as follow: 8 no house type A - 2 storey terraced blocks comprising of 4 no 3 bedroom units each, 12 no house type B - 2 storey terraced blocks comprising of 4 no 3 bedroom units each, 4 no house type C - 2 storey terraced blocks comprising of 4 no 2 bedroom units each, 8 no house type D - 3 storey semi detached 4 bedroom dwellings, 10 no house type E, 2 storey semi detached 3 bedroom dwellings, 2 no house type F - 2 storey detached 4 bedroom dwellings, all the above together with all ancillary site works necessary to complete this development
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17670
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3367 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 62 ha
- 153 acres
- Land parcels
- 183
- registered freehold, median 204 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
183 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monalin, from 0 m² to 346,368 m² (34.64 ha, 85.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 191 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Jun 2026N/a
change of use from building previously granted as a creche but not used or operating as such, to two semi-detached three bedroom dwellings with connections to services and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 26105
22 Dec 2025Refused
new vehicular entrance including ancillary works to existing house
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2561057
2 Oct 2025Conditional
Attic conversion for storage, including three rooflights to the front roof slope and one rooflight to the rear.
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560782
6 Mar 2025Conditional
conversion of existing attic space including introduction of roof lights to front and rear roof slopes along with frosted window in gable wall to existing dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560151
5 Mar 2025Conditional
amendments to the permitted development WCC Reg Ref. 24/154 as follows: • Changes to 10 residential units, house types 8G and 8G1, numbers 11 to 20, Oakmount Avenue, Oakmount, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow. Remaining residential units granted under WCC Reg Ref. 24/154 in this estate are not subject to amendments under this application. • The amendments consist of the change of house type from a 3-bedroom semi-detached house to a 4-bedroom semi- detached house, including changes to fenestration, balconies, building shape, external finishes, internal layouts, rear gardens and stepped access to private amenity space for the residential units. • All associated site development works to include services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of substation, landscaping, open space and boundary treatment works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560142
28 Mar 2024Conditional
a 5-year permission for a LRD comprising amendments to the previously permitted application (WCC Reg Ref 06/6101/ ABP Reg. Ref. PL27.227704 extended by WCC Reg. Ref. 18/381). The proposed development comprises: (a) An increase of 6 no. residential units to the overall number of residential units permitted under (WCC Reg. Ref. 06/6101 / ABP Reg, Ref. PL27.227704 extended by WCC reg. Ref. 18/381 and further amendment application WCC Reg. Ref. 17/1735, WCC Reg. Ref. 17/740 and WCC Reg. Ref. 22/556) now providing a total of 751 residential units. (b) Amending Estate 4 from previously permitted 85 no. houses, and creche to provide 87 no. dwellings. (c) Amending Estate 6 from previously permitted 83 no. apartments, 5 commercial units and 3 community units to 48 no. dwellings. (d) Amending Estate 8 from previously permitted 36 no. houses to 75 no. dwellings. (e) Re-location of the childcare facility previously permitted in Estate 4 to the Community and Educational zoned lands, and the re-design of same from previously permitted c. 249.03sqm to c. 655sqm. (f) Re-location of 3 no. community rooms (totalling c. 400sqm) previously permitted in Estate 6 and the provision of 1 no. two-storey community facility (c. 400 sqm) on the Community and Educational zoned land. (g) The total provision of 514 no. car parking spaces to include 24 no. EV spaces and 145 no. bicycle parking spaces. (h) Minor amendments to internal residential access roads and cyclist/pedestrian paths within the amended Estates 4,6 and 8. (i) Minor amendments to the previously permitted open space to now provide c. 9,218 sqm Public Open Space & c. 1,226 sqm Communal Open Space. (j) All associated site development works to include services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of 3 no. substations, bin stores, bicycle stores, car parking, public lighting, landscaping, open space and boundary treatment works.
Permission, 210 homes · Wicklow County Council, 24154
21 Jul 2023Conditional
the addition of an extension to enable disabled living required by our household and associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23614
19 Jul 2023Conditional
demolition of the existing primary school building, and construction of a new single and two storey primary school building (following expiry of permission Ref:18/13) with 10 classrooms, 2 classroom Special Educational Needs (SEN) Unit and ancillary accommodation (2563m2), 36 no. parking spaces, 36 no. bicycle spaces, new main entrance/exit to road and including extension of public pavement, new foul and surface water drainage, new boundary treatment to the east, south and north, hard landscaping and planting, SEN garden and new play areas, and all associated and ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360161
4 Jul 2023N/a
demolition of the existing primary school building, and construction of a new single and two storey primary school building (following expiry of permission Ref:18/13) with 10 classrooms, 2 classroom Special Educational Needs (SEN) Unit and ancillary accommodation (2563m2), 36 no. parking spaces, 36 no. bicycle spaces, new main entrance/exit to road and including extension of public pavement, new foul and surface water drainage, new boundary treatment to the east, south and north, hard landscaping and planting, SEN garden and new play areas, and all associated and ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360138
29 Jun 2023N/a
an extension to enable disabled living required by our household
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23567
14 Feb 2022Conditional
conversion of attic to provide office area, WC, utility room and storage area; erection of dormer window to the rear north-west roof pitch to serve office area in converted attic; 2 no. skylights to rear roof pitch; changes to existing openings position and sizes; internal alterations; along with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22137
10 Feb 2022N/a
100 bed nursing home together with service areas, car parking, roads and ancillary site development works and services
Outline permission · Wicklow County Council, 22120
9 Sept 2019Conditional
bungalow, mechanical sewage treatment system with soil polishing filter system and 40 sqm domestic garage with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19995
9 Aug 2019N/a
bungalow, mechanical sewage treatment system with soil polishing filter system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19873
26 Mar 2019N/a
bungalow and garage, mechanical sewage treatment system with soil polishing filter system to EPA 2009 standards and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19314
2 Nov 2018N/a
20 sqm pigeon loft to rear garden of existing dwelling, all together with ancillary works and services connections
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181224
11 Sept 2018Conditional
the demolition of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, permission is sought for the erection of a new single storey rear extension, a new roof to facilitate the new extension, together with some minor elevational alterations, new front porch, upgrade to existing front entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181004
13 Aug 2018Conditional
subdivision of site and construction of 187 sqm, 4 bedroom dormer bungalow to the rear garden, new vehicular access via existing cul de sac, all together with associated landscaping, alterations to existing boundaries and all other associated and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18918
3 Aug 2018N/a
subdivision of site and construction of 187 sqm 4 bedroom dormer bungalow to the rear garden, new vehicular access via existing Cul de sac, all together with associated landscaping, alterations to existing boundaries and all other associated and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18893
26 Jun 2018N/a
demolition of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, permission is sought for the erection of a new single storey rear extension, a new roof to facilitate the new extension, together with some minor elevational alterations, new front porch, upgrade to existing front entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18721
20 Jun 2018Conditional
126 sqm single storey bungalow, vehicular access via proposed shared entrance with existing adjoining dwelling, connection to all existing services, all associated landscaping, car parking and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18681
7 Jun 2018N/a
126 sqm single storey bungalow, vehicular access via proposed shared entrance with existing adjoining dwelling, connection to all existing services, all associated landscaping, car parking and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18620
12 Apr 2018Conditional
extend the appropriate period of a permission - 06/6101 - demolition of all structures on site incl. habitable house; a habitable house to the west of Season Park; a derelict house to south-west of Season Park estate and a derelict shed. The construction of 861 no. residential units comprising: 608 no. houses comprising: 38 no. 5 bed dormer units, 35 no. 4 bed detached units, 140 no. 4 bed semi-detached/end terrace units, 115 no. 3 bed detached/semi detached/end terrace units, 216 no. 3 bed terrace units, 64 no. 2 bed terrace units: 253 no. apartments in 17 no. blocks ranging in height from 3 to 4 storeys comprising overall: 20 no. 1 bed apartments, 195 no. 2 bed apartments, 38 no. 3 bed apartments, (all apartments provided with balconies and/or terraces. Provision of neighbourhood centre facilities at ground floor of Block 4 and 5 in Estate 6 comprising: 5 no. retail units, 2 no. units, 3 no. community use units, 1 no. unit; provision of 4 no. crèches (1 no. crèche each located in Estates 1,2,3 and 4), provision of a total of c.1,608 no. car parking spaces (1,328 no. at ground level and 280 no. at underground level under Blocks 1,2 and 3 in Estate 6, and under podium level in Estate 2). Construction of the following roads: western distributor road from L1037 to R765 at Moneycarroll, connector road from proposed Western Distributor Road to upgraded signalised junction with R772 at Fisher's junction, from proposed western distributor road to R765 south of estate 6 and lands zoned EC1 from connector road south of estate 6 to St. Josephs School access rom, from western distributor road at Moneycarroll west to R765 Roundwood road. A vehicular access will be maintained at entrance of Monalin House north of estate 6. Construction of central landscaped greenway along the river valley, c 8.0 ha. construction of water storage facility, all ancillary site development, landscaping, road and boundary treatment works, including provision for road embankment for section of proposed western distributor road across the river valley, attenuation lake, profiling of section of land (c0.83 ha) norther west of Fisher's junction, and necessary road improvements of sections of R765 from Moneycarroll to junction with the access road to St. Josephs School
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 18381
23 Mar 2018N/a
dwelling, garage, bored well, wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards and all associated ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18303
15 Mar 2018N/a
6 no 2 storey semi detached 3 bedroom dwellings type 6A 1 no 2 storey detached 4 bedroom dwelling type 6B 4 no 2 storey semi detached 3 bedroom dwellings type 6C 2 storey apartment building comprising of 12 no apartments, 1 and 2 bedroom units and ancillary communal open space 2 storey building comprising 391 sqm of community room area together with communal open space 2 storey crèche building. The above refers to previously granted Planning Permission Ref 06/6101 (Pl27.227704), all the above together with all ancillary site works necessary to complete the development including parking and public open space
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18267
The 25 most recent of 33 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Monalin.
Recorded monuments
- WI013-032 Enclosure
Description
Tree covered sub-circular enclosure (map. dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 62m E-W) visible on 1838 OS 6-inch map. Trees cut down and substantial damage due to quarrying (SMR file). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 07 February 2013
Architectural heritage
- Monalin House, house, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey late Georgian gentleman's residence with prostyle portico, built in 1842, but incorporating an earlier house. Rusticated render to ground floor and lined render to the first floor with giant order plain pilasters. The central section is slightly recessed The stone portico is supported on columns with Tuscan order capitals; this encloses panelled double front doors which are framed with pilasters as before and has decorative sidelights and fanlight. Windows are all flat-headed and those to ground floor have bracketed cornices; frames are six over six and sash. The high parapet completely obscures the roof and rainwater goods. To the south side is an informal courtyard comprising former stables. The house is at the head of a long winding driveway. Internally the house is well preserved and in original condition. The ground floor is on two levels. The rear portion is set half a level above the front and is reached by a broad central stair.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Monalin.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Monalin, Wicklow Hills105 sales
The townland
- Name
- Monalin · Móin an Lín
- Area
- 620,175 m² (62.02 ha, 153.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Upper Newcastle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Newcastle Upper, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newcastle Upper electoral division: 4,790 people in 1,619 households; 82% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinahinch Lower, Ballinahinch Middle, Kilmurry, Merepark, Moneycarroll, Newtown Mt. Kennedy
- Placenames
- Monalin 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.