Bray Commons
Townland in the civil parish of Bray, barony of Rathdown, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Coimín Bhré
- Area
- 3.9 ha
- 10 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 919 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bray Commons, from 5 m² to 5,136 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Passive Open Space (Open space, park)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, Wicklow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Objective A (Existing residential)
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5Local Shops & Services (Other mix of uses)
Bray Municipal District Local Area Plan 2018, 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
20 Jun 2025Conditional
demolition of the existing two-storey derelict house and derelict single-storey rear outbuilding with a replacement fully serviced two-storey dwelling house. The development will also provide for a new gated vehicular side access and all site development works and connection to existing public mains services
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560459
23 Aug 2024N/a
alterations to existing grass area to provide 4 no additional parking spaces to match existing at Rivervale Apartments under PRR 19/594
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 24349
6 Nov 2023Conditional
Change of Use of part of Unit 14, (82.68 m²) from Retail to Dental Clinic comprising the subdivision of the existing Unit 14 by erecting a cross wall at 14 m from the front elevation and for the replacement of the existing entrance doors with new doors in matching style and colour, replacement signage and the erection of internal partitions to form 2 no. dental booths supported by ancillary accommodation
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360396
14 Nov 2022Conditional
proposed change of use from retail to medical centre; internal alterations to existing kitchen/staff area, to include partial demolition of existing wall structure and construction of new wall structure; demolition of internal wall structures of existing toilet; construction of 1 no. toilet, store room and reception/seating area; construction of 6 no. consulting rooms; new fire exit door to rear elevation and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 221206
10 Nov 2020Conditional
proposed 45m2 domestic garage / home gym building to the rear garden of the detached dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201136
4 Nov 2020Refused
for the existing as constructed boundary walls / fences, to the front of the detached dwelling
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 201114
4 Nov 2020N/a
proposed 45m2 domestic garage / home gym building to the rear garden of the detached dwelling
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 201115
17 Jan 2020Refused
detached bungalow, parking and vehicular entrance, all above with associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2027
22 Nov 2019N/a
new detached bungalow, new parking and vehicular entrance, all above with associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 191257
4 Jun 2019Conditional
alterations to existing grass area to provide 4 no additional parking spaces to match existing at Rivervale Apartments
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19594
24 May 2019N/a
alterations to existing grass area to provide 4 no additional parking spaces to match existing at Rivervale Apartments
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19568
7 May 2019Conditional
extension / elevational changes to existing 94 sqm detached bungalow, proposed works include: front extension comprising 41.3 sqm of floor area, rear extension comprising 13.7 sqm of floor area, the raising of existing roof to provide 56 sqm of habitable dormer accommodation at first floor level. All of the above works, together with ancillary site works necessary to complete the development
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19479
26 Oct 2017Conditional
extensions and alterations to existing 98 sqm dwelling. The works will include 1 a circa 48.5 sqm ground floor extension to rear of existing dwelling providing new kitchen, family and dining area 2. a circa 26.5 sqm upper floor extension providing a master bedroom and ancillary rooms 3. alterations to existing elevations and internal layout 4. widening of entrance gates and driveway 5. decommissioning of existing septic tank and connection to public mains and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171303
6 Jan 2009Grant permission
Development comprising revisions to development permitted under Reg. Ref. D07A/1
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D09A/0004
19 Oct 2007Grant permission
Consisting of 96 no. dwelling units (18 no. one bedroom units, 48 no. two bedroo
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D07A/1471
13 Apr 2007Refuse permission
91no. dwelling units (18no. 1-bed units, 49no. two-bed units and 24no. three-bed
Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D07A/0480
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 Bray Commons.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bray Commons.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bray Commons.
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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3340 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Bray Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Bray Commons · Coimín Bhré
- Area
- 39,007 m² (3.9 ha, 9.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Bray, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Electoral division
- Kilmacanoge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmacanoge electoral division: 15,082 people in 4,983 households; 74% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Killarney, Oldconnaught, Oldconnaught (Co. Dublin)
- Placenames
- Bray Commons 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.