Planning Register
South Dublin County Council · SD05A/0344 · Permission

Ballynakelly and Newcastle South, Newcastle-Lyons, County Dublin.

Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

Council received 18 Jan 2006We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (7542 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
Applications only for this county. Appeals, zoning, RZLT and consultations: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Fingal only for now.

SD05A/0344 is a planning application for permission at Ballynakelly and Newcastle South, Newcastle-Lyons, County Dublin., received by South Dublin County Council on 18 Jan 2006 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: A residential development of 743 no. dwellings including a neighbourhood centre of 1,859.2sq.m. and a creche of 846sq.m., at Ballynakelly and Newcastle South, Newcastle-Lyons, County Dublin. An eight year planning permission is sought. The development comprises of the following: 78 no. 2 bedroom houses; 209 no. 3 bedroom houses; 27 no. 4 bedroom houses; 10 no. 5 bedroom houses; 5 no. apartment blocks containing 7 no. 1 bed apartments, 20 no. 2 bed apartments, 12 no. 3 bed apartment, 4 no. 2 bed duplex units and 2 no. 3 bed duplex units; 57 no. duplex blocks containing 48 no. 2 bedroom duplex units, 151 no. 3 bed duplex units, 52 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 123 no. 2 bedroom apartments. The neighbourhood centre comprises of 5 no. retail units from 69sq.m., 84sq.m., 90.5sq.m., 101sq.m. and 134sq.m.; public house measuring 935.4sq.m., off licence measuring 189sq.m. and restaurant measuring 255sq.m.; the proposed development also provides for 4.155ha of public open space including the provision of a landscaped area adjoining the Tower House on the Athgoe Road; roads infrastructure including 3 no. junctions with Newcastle-Lyons Main Street (R120 Rathcoole Road) and 1 no. junction with Athgoe Road; on and off street car parking; and provision of lands for a traveller accommodation site measuring 0.5 ha; on an overall site of 22.789 hectares; planning permission is also sought for the demolition of 2 no. habitable dwellings. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The council granted permission on 14 Mar 2006. The five-week observation window closed on 22 Feb 2006. The register records an appeal (PL06S.217096), decided: attach con(s),amend con(s) & remove cons. The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. The scheme is for 743 units. Within 500 m there are 46 other decided applications in the last five years and 16 appeals.

Appeal window closes 11 Apr 2006 closed 7460 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (14 Mar 2006) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
Council registerSite report

Proposal

A residential development of 743 no. dwellings including a neighbourhood centre of 1,859.2sq.m. and a creche of 846sq.m., at Ballynakelly and Newcastle South, Newcastle-Lyons, County Dublin. An eight year planning permission is sought. The development comprises of the following: 78 no. 2 bedroom houses; 209 no. 3 bedroom houses; 27 no. 4 bedroom houses; 10 no. 5 bedroom houses; 5 no. apartment blocks containing 7 no. 1 bed apartments, 20 no. 2 bed apartments, 12 no. 3 bed apartment, 4 no. 2 bed duplex units and 2 no. 3 bed duplex units; 57 no. duplex blocks containing 48 no. 2 bedroom duplex units, 151 no. 3 bed duplex units, 52 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 123 no. 2 bedroom apartments. The neighbourhood centre comprises of 5 no. retail units from 69sq.m., 84sq.m., 90.5sq.m., 101sq.m. and 134sq.m.; public house measuring 935.4sq.m., off licence measuring 189sq.m. and restaurant measuring 255sq.m.; the proposed development also provides for 4.155ha of public open space including the provision of a landscaped area adjoining the Tower House on the Athgoe Road; roads infrastructure including 3 no. junctions with Newcastle-Lyons Main Street (R120 Rathcoole Road) and 1 no. junction with Athgoe Road; on and off street car parking; and provision of lands for a traveller accommodation site measuring 0.5 ha; on an overall site of 22.789 hectares; planning permission is also sought for the demolition of 2 no. habitable dwellings. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

Status
Officer Allocation
Decision
Grant permission on 14 Mar 2006
Final grant
23 Aug 2006
Permission expires
11 Aug 2006
Units
743
Floor area
7.68 ha
Site (from polygon)
23.22 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 24 Jun 2005
    Further information requested
  • 18 Jan 2006
    Further information received
  • 18 Jan 2006
    New application
    Observation window closed 22 Feb 2006
  • 14 Mar 2006
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 11 Apr 2006
  • 10 Apr 2006
    Appeal lodged

Around this site this application first, then everything within 500 m

Explore from hereFull reportWatch
Click a dot to open its row.
Loading planning applications…
Detail from the 1837 Ordnance Survey six-inch map: townland boundaries, field patterns and roads
Full report
Freeduring launch · PDF or print
OS six-inch sheet, 1837 · public domain
Full report · within 0.5 km of the pin

Full planning report for 53.29596, -6.49650

One document, every dataset, each section with its source and fetch time. Print it or download it as a PDF. It informs a planning search; it is not a statutory search.

Freeduring launch

1 Where this is — preview

1 Deadlines still open

Full reportFree while we launch — no account, no payment. Open it on screen or download the PDF.

Appeal

The register records appeal PL06S.217096 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    G1 — Open space with recreation

    OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities

    Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

    P1 — Rural

    RU: To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture

    Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.

    R1 — New residential

    RES-N: To provide for new residential communities in accordance with approved area plans

    Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.

    R2 — Existing residential

    RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity

    An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • NIAH-recorded building · 17
      water pump; Saint Finian's Catholic Church; Newcastle National School
    • Radon risk area · 3
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 15
      Castle - motte; Church; Cross

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 122120). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/25663.

    Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
    SourceLicenceFetchedLink
    npadCC-BY-4.011 Sept 2026, 18:51open